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Lanning Lee

Aloha and e komo mai. I'm an author of prose and poetry born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. I publish a daily rough draft here on my author site. Please read with me, comment, and please share your own writing. Mahalo for reading, and a hui hou.

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Category: Friendship

Okay

When you can’t kill the deer it’s okay to say okay. Give in to life and let live. The one … More

#Death, #friendship, #life, #PoemsFromHawaii, #WriterThursday

Broken Trust

Many years have passed, and I still can’t get the image out of my head,all the broken glass I swept … More

#friendship, #Pain, #PoemsFromHawaii, #Truth, #WriterSaturday

Another Friend

Here’s my rough draft for today, Thursday 01.20.22 Another Friend He was a ball hog. You should have seen him … More

#Death, #friendship, #PoemsFromHawaii, #WriterThursday

The Lion, the Witch, and the Broomstick

He comes in out of the rain, slides off his lion’s head, grabs a beer, and leans back against the … More

#Fear, #friendship, #Halloween, #Love, #StoriesfromHawaii, #WriterTuesday

The Mango Tree

I was trimming the mango tree that afternoon, a long time ago now. My soul is sick without you, and … More

#Death, #friendship, #Love, #PoemsFromHawaii, #WriterMonday

I Don’t Ask

You cover the hole in your throat with your finger to tell me the story, the odd scratchy vibrato striking … More

#friendship, #Health, #PoemsFromHawaii, #WriterTuesday

Disappearances

That was a long time ago and I’d never known about it. None of our mutual friends had mentioned it … More

#friendship, #PoemsFromHawaii, #WriterMonday

A Maze

It’s good for a local island boy to see life from somewhere else once in a while. Madison was an … More

#PoemsFromHawaii, #Wisconsin, #WriterThursday, Friendship

Accident

We’d collected tops, when they became a fad, nearly eclipsing yoyos.You replaced the nylon or cheap metal tips with nails,then … More

#friendship, #Games, #PoemsFromHawaii, #WriterMonday

Remembering Jeff

What I remember of him was he never seemed to take things too seriously, the spin of him, how he … More

#Death, #friendship, #PoemsFromHawaii, #WriterFriday

The Homecoming (Part Six)

He and Mel had been out drinking with the gang, but everyone else had pooped out and gone home.  Tomorrow … More

#Childhood, #friendship, #Hawaii, #ShortStory, #WriterSaturday

The Homecoming (Part Four)

He sipped the tea, sat back in his chair, and closed his eyes.  You can always tell a good Chinese … More

#friendship, #Hawaii, #Living, #Nostalgia, #Retirement, #ShortStory, #WriterThursday

The Homecoming (Part Three)

His plane had arrived late. Too late to ride the party bus. Sipping his tea, he watched the old woman … More

#friendship, #Grief, #Hawaii, #ShortStory, #WriterMonday

The Homecoming (Part One)

He sat at the empty round table sipping watery black tea, wondering what had happened to those 75 years.  Of … More

#friendship, #Hawaii, #Memories, #ShortStory, #Time, #Travel, #WriterSaturday

Friends

My childhood friend tried to claim the sky belonged to him.  As we sat there on the lānai, looking out … More

#friendship, #Hawaii, #WriterMonday

Kauaʻi, Boys, Is nō ka ʻoi

EXTERIOR. ON THE BEACH AT KEKAHA, KAUAʻI, HAWAIʻI EVENING Four friends, BEANPOLE, BROWNIE, GOODIE, and PEANUT sit on the sand … More

#Changes, #Childhood, #friendship, #Hawaii, #Learning, #PlayScript, #TakingChances, #Teenagers, #WriterSaturday

Tapping the Well

I’ve been in the graphic design game for many years.  My successes, when they’ve occurred, have been noteworthy.  Ten years … More

#Competition, #Creativity, #friendship, #ShortStory, #WriterMonday

High Stakes

Ed had been in a bad auto accident.  More precisely he’d been hit when he was crossing Beretania Street near … More

#Accidents, #friendship, #Hawaii, #Love, #Relationships, #Rivalries, #WriterTuesday

The Last Unopened Letter

I grew up calling the neighboring islands of our state that weren’t O‘ahu the “outside” islands, and that big continent … More

#Ethnicity, #FlashFictionFeb, #friendship, #Hawaii, #Memories, #Race, #Wisconsin, #WriterSaturday

Midwest Aloha

I lay there looking up at what seemed like a bunch of wood and metal.  I could feel things digging into … More

#FlashFictionFeb, #friendship, #Strangers, #Weather, #Wisconsin, #WriterSaturday

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