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Lanning Lee

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: Race

Very Zen

“Excuse me, sir, but you can’t stop here. Please keep walking.” She’s pleasant enough, but I sense a sinister undertone, … More

#life, #Race, #Travel, #WriterFriday

Safari

Even though a paler woman sitting sunning outside said they wereSaid so to the other two paler woman, all natives tooBut … More

#Anger, #Prejudice, #Race, #WriterTuesday

Unlikeness

Pick up the white sheetA song composed upon itHold it up to eye levelThe paper’s edge facing youA threat to … More

#College, #Race, #WriterFriday

“You Are Beautiful”

More than 60 years removed now, so long ago,you are mostly ghosts now, but you were thengood news, big headlines … More

#Movies, #Pride, #Race, #WriterFriday

That’s What’s That

2021 marks the 60th anniversary of the movie version of Flower Drum Song.32 years later, a second Hollywood movie, The … More

#Music, #Musicals, #PoemsFromHawaii, #Race, #WriterSunday

Race

In Hawai‘i, my Korean half dominates my look, so I blendin with the majority, no one can even tell I’m … More

#2021AprilPADChallenge, #Education, #Ethnicity, #Hawaii, #PoemsFromHawaii, #Race, #Wisconsin, #WriterFriday

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

Strong Women

She was having a hard time going to sleep, maybe fear of the dark and all those kinds of trauma … More

#Children, #Education, #Grandparents, #Hawaii, #Politics, #Prejudice, #Race, #ShortStory, #WriterSaturday

London/Derry

Our guide seats us on the time worn smooth stones of the ancient wallhuge and never breached defense ringing round … More

#Grief, #Ireland, #Poetry, #Prejudice, #Race, #Travel, #War, #WriterTuesday
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