Okay, it’s September, which means it’s time to buy all your Halloween stuff yesterday. One of these days I predict that Valentine’s Day candy will be taken off the shelves and immediately replaced by Halloween candy. This month, let’s do 100 words minimum with no max upper limit. A good warm up for NaNoWriMo in…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for August 2023 Year of the Rabbit Bamboo Shoots Writing Contest Prompts : )
Tiny Rabbit
Many eons ago, a family of Rabbits lived in Green Glenn with other old-time families—the Minks, Mockingbirds, and Foxes. Life was good for everyone, particularly the Rabbits. Their days were filled with sweet grass, crunchy flower bulbs, and plentiful wild cabbages. Good health and prosperity were evident in the magnificent coats of each Rabbit. In…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for August 2023 Year of the Rabbit Bamboo Shoots Writing Contest Prompts : )
Lomeo and Iulieki, one pidgin tragedy—-500 words
Wuz one hot August night In fair Kapahulu Under one full, moon of da egg of da Golden Duck. Gang fights Da Wong ʻohana Against Da Mahi ʻohana Big, big beefs ʻOhana against ʻohana On da basketball court At da bus stop At Alex Drive In. Big beefs Going get mo trouble. Finally, da judge…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for August 2023 Year of the Rabbit Bamboo Shoots Writing Contest Prompts : )
The end of the carnival
The summer of Magic Island Ferris wheel and rollercoaster Loud laughter and faster lights Fading after closing time Standing in the growing quiet Waiting by the dark roadside Tired and watching For my ride Wondering when I may be retrieved Sometime soon I hope Under this night’s moon Would be good The lightening crowd The…
Okay, this month let’s do the usual. Write between 100 and 500 words. Remember, you can ignore all of these prompts if you want to do your own thing. BUT This month you have to work the word August or summer into your piece. That’s a must. Otherwise, feel free to ignore the following list…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Rat -- July Contest
Do You Know How Hot It Is Outside?
He spends all his time indoors. He works in an air-conditioned office, in a room well-insulated from the city outside. It’s a room that smells like carpet, Lysol, and coffee. When I take him his lunch, I lean down to kiss him, and he smells of soap and laundry detergent. He flinches from me, crinkles…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Rat -- July Contest
Through The Looking Glass
When my dentist friend meets me for after-work drinks I worry he first notices my teeth Still stained from too much coffee He’s thinking, oh, she needs to take care of that. Her smile would be so much brighter. Or something like the first few dates with a psychologist I often wondered if I…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Rat -- July Contest
All Happy Weddings Are Not Alike in the Same Way: 500 words
Is it too late in life to write about my wedding in the summer of 65? I felt my moʻopuna needed to know. I’m not sure why it took me so long to write this but here goes. It’s an oppressively hot summer, in Honolulu, the year is 1965. I’m Faye Sing and I’m…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Rat -- July Contest
4th of July
Summer fireworks at home alone. Independence Day from people. I set fire to the BBQ grill And let butter soaked peaches heat up With melted chocolate on the flesh with chopped walnuts. The wind carries the ashes away outdoors. I bring my dessert indoors. My chores include washing dishes, sweeping up, and mopping the floors….
Bamboo Shoots breeze
Akule
Akule I was home to Maui for the summer, home from the university and final exams. Dead broke, I took a job picking pineapples in the waning weeks of the season for a buck fifteen an hour, trying to get a head start on fall semester costs. I sweated for six weeks in the fields,…