Hawai‘i Literature & Art
— Since 1978 —
What puts the kick in the chicken, the magic in June? Does anybody sing “Elmer’s Tune” these days? Why would they? What makes me think about it now? Oh my…
Happy New Year. This month, let’s go for 100 to 500 words. This time, I’m thinking of new things. New looks, new cars, new ideas, new shoes, new names, new…
pinkish colored clouds hover above dark mountain shapes a sliver of moon hugs venus surrounded by electric blue slowly darkening into black just another fading sunset above the Waianae mountains…
My stocking stay hang from one of da knobs of da built in bungalow cupboards and now so full of puka da roaches get ‘um I tink mine one…
Some people can smell Rain coming Not you, nor I But when you said I can hear colors in the rain I didn’t ask What colors? Only thought What a…
The first time I saw fireflies I was with my brother in Illinois waiting for fireworks It was dusk, and we were sitting in lawn chairs we carried from the…
A free spirit (FS) with decades of control freak (CF) experience shares defusing techniques with examples, in order of increasing sophistication or infraction severity. Caution: Your results may vary; favorable…
Typing but I’m tired. So I lie on the carpet. Let my hair sprawl on the floor. Strands of a black silk, complex web. Huli onto my stomach and…
Lines to board aircraft Do not compare with the line To buy fireworks. eyk 0258 12;26/2021 At 2:50 AM in the morning after Christmas Day, the line to buy fireworks…
The gown dwarfs the little boy, the cap extending a head-width-and-a-half on either side. He tries to smile, head atilt, but the sun is in his eyes, and at an…