Hawai‘i Literature & Art
— Since 1978 —
So uji him He no moa shame Everytime show up at family gatherings Ack like everyting all good But if you look everybody’s face Side eye kine So dey no…
When people still had landline telephones Sometimes I wanted to throw mine out the window The last time we talked, he told me he’d beaten it The phone rang, it…
Okay, Halloween is coming so we need some spooky prompts. Remember, you can ignore these prompts and write about whatever. We welcome pieces written in any language. There is no…
Amazing how quiet the multitude of viewers Compared to the works that speak to us Each visitor drawn to something somewhere here This woman called to that painting That man…
Aloha kākou , I’ve got one more story in me for Hawaiian History Month. An excerpt from Hannah Grace: A Second-Generation Missionary’s Daughter “One day, after the rains, I felt…
Aloha BR ʻohana and readers, This is Hawaiian History Month. I often ask myself, what do I know about our monarchs? How did they shape our history? How do our…
The Blue in the Stratosphere There is a light gleaming From across the vast and empty sea It is blue, like headlights from a distant far off place of…
Aloha everyone! Bamboo Buckeroo is off on a fabulous adventure so here’s a prompt list from me instead. But in the words of the Buckeroo, “Remember, these prompts are only…
I’m eight years old and itching to become a hero. My great-grandpa’s yard in Wahiawā is steeped in enchantment, and I’ve not yet been trained not to see it. Great-grandpa…
My guardian angel wasn’t there to protect me When my nose sucked in gobs of chlorinated water My eyes stinging and my nostrils power snorting Me floundering around in a…