Hawai‘i Literature & Art
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Aloha, Writers, and Happy Lunar New Year. I’m looking for writing prompt suggestions. If you have one for this month, please email it to me [email protected] Mahalo : ) UPDATE: Okay, here are two: Write about something that puzzles you. Maybe a time when you were confused about something you saw or heard, or sometime…
“So what’s so important that you have to yell?” the platform director asked, looking up at the flustered man. The Asian-looking man, who stood a half foot taller than the gentleman dressed in his perfectly pressed blue suit and cap, stopped short. Blinked. Regained himself, as if he’d been living in another world for a…
Aloha and a very Happy New Year to you all. First, the 45th Anniversary Banquet & Fundraiser (including a Silent Auction) is coming up on Saturday, March 2nd. If you can, please come out and support BRP: 45th Anniversary Banquet & Fundraiser Also, please consider purchasing a copy of the 45th anniversary BR issue: 45th…
Say, 65 years ago this morning I would have been awake much earlier than sunrise, earlier than that time when worms begin to quiver in fear of rising birds, and most amazingly, earlier than my parents. It was the only day of the year when I would jump out of bed with the kind of…
Aloha BR ‘Ohana, Missed the deadline of last month’s Shoots assignment. I composed a poem based on an ancient tale of the Māori people called Rona. The English translation follows. Hope you enjoy it. A tale of ancient times in a drought-ridden ʻāina. Te Kete, te Tahā Wai ā te Rākau Ngaio Kore wai…
Happy last month of the year to all the Bamboo Ridge `Ohana. I hope your shopping days are few, short, and experienced with minimal stress. This month’s prompt is simple. The prompt is Gift Let’s go for the usual 100 to 1000 words. Write in any language you prefer. Provide an English translation if you…
It was always like, Hey, brah The f-ing moon’s setting on us We gotta get outta this place Because our folks Are gonna freak if we not home When da sun come up All those good young days Now mostly passing thought blurs Every stunt could have been The last thing we ever did But…
Okay, this time lets do 100 to 1000 words. Remember, you can ignore these prompts if you choose to do so. Write about whatever you’d like to write about. In any form you wish. Had it with English? Write a piece in the language of your choice. Hawaiian. French. Japanese. Klingon. Pig Latin. No need…
I’ll show you a place high on a desert plain Where the streets have no name –U2 Cactus scattered on barren land, twisted by heat and age. Smoke trees, desiccated cottonwoods clustered in dry washes scraped clean by fiery winds from uncertain distances. Colors raged away by the passionate light…
It was with great sadness that I learned my beloved Pauoa Chop Suey has closed down. In memoriam, I’ve compiled a list of things I’ve learned over my years of eating at Chinese restaurants. When you go to a Chinese restaurant be ready to you use your one flimsy napkin to wipe down your chopsticks,…