Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Ox -- December Contest
Kitty’s View
The view outside my window whose sill upon which Hello Kitty sits, is that of a large magnolia tree. This tree was likely planted by the previous owner of this…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Ox -- December Contest
Haiku and Senryu about effects of the recent storm
The winds of the storm front blew down the blossoms of a tree near my office and scattered them over the grass. When the rains came, the downpours flooded and…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Ox -- December Contest
My tutu : 295 words
My tutu She’s building, fountains Shooting higher than the tallest ʻōhiʻa tree in the forest. Her fountains spit rocks and glass Her hemo-skin anger is unbridled. Her wiry tresses snap…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Ox -- December Contest
My Father’s Laugh
My Father’s Laugh I heard my Father laugh the other day, It was same broken “heh, heh, heh” That issued from a half crooked grin As he perused some new…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Ox -- December Contest
I Get Good Prices
It was a big moment in his life, when he first learned where he could buy a watch at a great price. He was a watch man, owned many. Always…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Ox -- December Contest
SK(wat)?
Two isolated capitals, initials, abbreviations, codes, symbols — perhaps a prestige logo? Or complete and utter nonsense? Or maybe the beginning of a word or phrase, the remainders of which…
Bamboo Shoots Prompt for Year of the Ox -- December Contest
December 2021 Year of the Ox Writing Contest Prompts : )
Okay, November entries were great, so let’s try this. Either choose something else in the space where you write that triggers another piece of writing, or go into another room/area…
Bamboo Shoots breeze
A Very Rough Draft of Jim Harstad’s Memoir, ON HE RODE — Chapter Forty-Three
Out on the open road again, Miss Chevy rides smoothly enough at the moderate speed I’m driving her, and I’m well aware that moderation could win the day, assuming the…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Ox -- November Contest
Waiting for the Sun
Her polished paw waves at a diminishing morning sun, slowing her solar-powered arm to arrhythmic ticking. Absent a circadian rhythm, her movement synchronizes solely with the passing arc of the…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Ox -- November Contest
Okusan
Dark wood of indeterminate pedigree, it is unfinished but organically varnished by human handling. Eighty-odd years old, corners rounded, several of its convex beads nicked, it’s as sturdy as ever,…