Hawai‘i Literature & Art
— Since 1978 —
Dashing out into the night sky Breathing in the addicting air The twinkling stars up above Make me feel as if I’m young again I will lie down in the grass To stare at the moon Wonder about what really exists up there I want to say that you are there But the adolescent questions…
Budding Poets, Seek beauty that washes up ashore Or jot down the details of a cord Follow the light Or scribble down a rare sight Look up to the sky Describe how to fly Listen to the creeping of a little, grey mouse Describe the sound in your warm, cozy house Can you hear the…
"Back then their lives fit together very neatly, page for page." Word count: 1,513.
This is a poem about writing poems.
A short story about a stalker/spy and what it's like to be her for two hours.
The renshi puts all the links together from Bamboo Shoots.
Entries are being accepted through 2:00 p.m.(HST) March 31st
Inheritance by wanda fujimoto my grandmother died before I had a face she reclaims me now with silence and a brown photograph: her kimono, hair, face, the instep of her turned-in foot I have no stock in this place the woman in the picture is the sole estate of…
Ass Why Hard by Garrett Kaoru Hongo We sit out on the concrete slab of our backyard patio, catching the sun sifting through apricot and lemon trees, both of us studying: him, stacks of books high as the egg crates we piled in back of the Hongo Store; me, my sports page and guide to…
I need someone to hold me accountable. 100 words