A year of the dragon entry – 174 words.
Kids have a certain way of knowing.
This one is for Lyle.
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Dragon
I Bring Only Peace
I wrote this piece based on an interaction with a friend I just met. I often wonder why people behave the way they do towards me and it still remains a mystery. I have learned that people act based on their own beliefs and perceptions, and this poem represents my perception of a recent interaction I had with another human being.Word Count: 200
Happy last month of 2012. Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving. Guess what? December’s word limit is 300 words. That’s right. 300 words. The nine triggers for December are: #1. “Return Visit,” by Ben Andres #2 “English Class,” by Kathleen T. Choi #3. “My Name,” by Stella Jhylih Jeng Guillory #4. “The First Time,”…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Dragon
A Mother's Lament
November entry, 90 words
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Dragon
Begin With This
Inspired and enlightened after a long period of writer's block.
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Dragon
Thirty Years Chasing the Lightning
Still no Lightning under glass. Year of the Dragon Contest piece. Trigger #6: Allowance. Word count: 200.
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Dragon
Shreds of Love
no where to turn 117 words year of the dragon contest piece I wrote about a friend over a year now
Bamboo Shoots Submission for General Prose
BM
Natural body odor.
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Dragon
Tsunami
100 words #8 "The wave pulls up its skirt
puckers its lips
drawing them in"
Bamboo Shoots offshoot
From BAMBOO RIDGE Issue Number 45/46, LAST DAYS HERE, by Eric Chock
From BAMBOO RIDGE Issue Number 45/46: Last Days Here, by Eric Chock: Here's Eric Chock's “Confession”: I thought we were poor, our family. There were so many things I couldn't have, like the lacquered bamboo fishing pole twelve feet long that could hold the bait out far enough to where the big ones lived, deeper…