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…
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….
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…
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…
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…
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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…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Rat -- July Contest
The Accident of Age
We haunt yesterday’s bonfires Cozy after days of swimming And miles of nature walks Learned every plant and tree We’d seen for a million years But ignored as passing strangers…
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July 2023 Year of the Rabbit Writing Contest Prompts
Okay, let’s write between 100 and 500 words. As always, you can use of the the prompts, or you can ignore them and write about whatever you’d like. So here…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for May 2023 Year of the Rabbit Bamboo Shoots Writing Contest Prompts
Bittersweet
Bittersweet My cousin makes the best lemon meringue pie ever. One reason has to be the magic lemon tree that grows behind her home in Oakland. Those lemons have no…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for June 2023 Year of the Rabbit Bamboo Shoots Writing Contest Prompts
David and Bonnie
There was a boy named David. As he grew older, and left the house more, dirt began accumulating in his eyes—small particles of dirt, drifting on the breeze or shaken…