She was a lover who’d found something to love wholeheartedlyEveryone knew her as the Bird Lady of Āliamanu IntermediateThe school … More
Author: Lanning Lee
I write both prose and poetry. I was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. I would like to see this site be one of comments and sharing of your own pieces. Together I hope we can grow our writing.
The Former Bird Lady of Queen’s Surf
My maternal grandmother often went to Queen’s SurfWhere she’d sit and feed the birds They recognized her and would flock … More
The Bird Lady of Castle Memorial
She had a thing for birdsMolded out of clayWoven with yarnEmbroidered on her clothes She did that with the Aloha … More
The Birds of Kuykendall Hall
There was an inspirational reason behind the design detailThose novel three stories of floor-to-ceiling glassThe grand transparent window walls of … More
Life from Death
I find these bodies often in the yardRaking, I’ll come across a nestAnd lying nearby, a baby, featherlessBrought down by … More
Last Flight
Birds have that gift of flightTheir lives so simple seemingEating and sleepingBusy nest buildersTrue, they have predatorsFrom which we couldn’t … More
A Fan with a Plan
There are 30 minutes to go before the start of the game. Not many fans of either team are seated … More
End of Session
None of our tough questions get answeredHard heads and tight lips and red facesHiding truths under armor cracks of brief … More
The Friendly Stranger in the 1974 Black Mercury Marquis
When he stepped out of his carI stood still in Mānoa Shopping CenterI thought he was Tom SelleckBut on second … More
Litterbug
As he headed down McCarthy Mall to the faculty union meeting in Kuykendall Auditorium, Dr. Terry Hong saw a boy … More
A Smile
Where it came from, I had no way of knowing. Perhaps it crawled up from the stream below my house. … More
Daily Mantra
All the weeds in my yard will disappearNo tree branches or leaves will ever fallThere will never be a line … More
Keep On Keeping On
In the way you sayIn the shape and in the formIn no uncertain termsEven if it falls exactly as you … More
All Life’s Noise
Listening to nothing in the cool morningI smile as Buddha would if I only wereAnd blow a kiss that molds … More
Off Script
Some song about what goes on under the coversI’ve never experienced quite the same frantic anticsAs seen on TV or … More
Write Like H E Double Hockey Sticks
If you want to tell today’s plain factYou’d best record it right awayBefore it’s blinded and bewildered by timeTurns into … More
The Odds
It’s been a year now since Kenneth stopped in to pay what he owed me. Walking in after three tentative knocks, he produced … More
And you get baloney from how?
Bologna’s a city known for sausageThat disavows any knowledgeOf what goes on down those sketchyDark streets where meat and pavement … More
The Lessoning of You Knew Who
So little of you, you now knowing downLife teaching you smaller bits of selfA growing descentCertainty slides into mysteryNot doubt, … More
Wind and Reed
A new moon slipping overWhite plate and crystalShadowed beneath where sustenanceIs no longer cravedSlipping and slipped beyond supperTongues still tasting … More
Lanning Lee 