Hawai‘i Literature & Art
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This New Year’s Day, in addition to the traditional Ozoni meal, sake toast, and oseichi meal, we had a group challenge to submit their First or “Hatsu” haiku of the…
I ate oysters in both locations, and I had a card. “Ate” is what you call it, but come on, is it really eating? We carried stamp cards, a gimmick,…
Happy New Year. I was wondering how we might encourage more writers to participate in our online contest. I asked Eric and Darrell, again, about the car prizes. I was…
Year of the Dragon Haiku JANUARY Crisp cool New Year’s day Waking bird songs joined by Sound of sweeping brooms. 1/1/2024. We woke early to sweep up the red firecracker…
I was reading a piece this morning that a friend, maybe drafted yesterday, and posted online. There is a phrase about laughter, how it splays down the streets of the…
Okay, listen very carefully because I will now speak in Pig Latin. Er, I mean READ very carefully because I will now WRITE in Pig Latin. As-way always-way, ese-they ompts-pray…
I was out in my yard one morning and heard the faint strains of reveille. Sometimes the wind carries it over from the East Range. It is one of those…
Summertime in Vilas Park She loves picnics, he does not Her idea of a picnic lunch is cheese French bread, wine, and fruit It feels like dry rain coming He’s…
This is a story about Thanksgiving from the perspective of all the different kinds of food and kitchen items that are involved in preparing a Thanksgiving dinner. The story begins…
Okay, friends, let’s go 100 to 1000 words, and remember, these are prompts you can ignore if you want to write about something else. We welcome pieces in any language,…