Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Ox Writing Contest
Perpetual Motion
Hale’iwa Ali’i Beach Park adjacent to Halei’iwa Harbor on Oahu’s North Shore is one of my favorite spots on Oahu. I love to sit on the warm sand right beside…
Bamboo Shoots Prompt for Year of the Ox Writing Contest
Writing Prompts for the June 2021 Year of the Ox Writing Contest
Okay, here at the prompts for June. Remember, these prompts are springboards, so no crack your head on the board when you hit um instead of the pool, and no…
Bamboo Shoots breeze
A very rough draft of Jim Harstad’s memoir, ON HE RODE — Chapter Thirty-Seven
Looking at my naked self in a full-length mirror reveals a diverse palette of possibilities, some anticipated, some not. It seems that by choosing sudden baldness over the more gradual…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Ox Writing Contest -- May 2021
Friends
My childhood friend claimed the sky belonged to him. As we sat there on the lānai, looking out over the grounds, he suddenly said all the clouds, any birds flying…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Ox Writing Contest -- May 2021
Watch Your Face
Tita flap her hands make her calm make her happy. Tita cannot talk but she perceptive –she know what you going do before you going do it like wait at…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Ox Writing Contest -- May 2021
Words are Strange
Words are strange… As they tell us stories through air, and through our many mediums They never have the same meaning. Though the words may stay the same, the difference…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Ox Writing Contest -- May 2021
Still Hungry
Craving comfort food I challenge myself to parallel park Right in front of Jane’s Saimin Stand Japanese high notes bounce along wooden walls From the old jukebox in the corner….
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Ox Writing Contest -- May 2021
Pipeline
Pipeline You paddle out Wait your turn Waiting in the line up is how you learn The wave builds up You feel it too Adrenaline rushes through you…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Ox Writing Contest -- May 2021
Heliophilia
Don’t get too close or you’ll get burned. Don’t look too long or you’ll go blind. Admire her beauty from afar. Find comfort in her…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Ox Writing Contest -- May 2021
Stuck in a Box
Small and suffocating Overwhelming emotion Panic and anxiety Everything I am used to Boundaries and borders I would never step outside It might be better this way Keep the…