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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 ho.

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Category: Relationships

Buried Love

Sally Anuhea was an avid newspaper reader. Even as she aged, she kept loyal to a print copy, although the … More

#Aging, #Relationships, #Time, #WriterSaturday

Two Alike

It had been a while. She sat there like a little jewel, the sun sparkling on her back when he … More

#Love, #Relationships, #WriterSaturday

Hit

This time he wrote the song about the break-up of his first marriage. The funny thing is, that was the … More

#Murder, #Music, #OnWriting, #Relationships, #WriterWednesday

Address Book

Tonight I’m looking through Mom’s old address book, pages worn and browned,some so brittle the dog-eared corners disintegrate as I … More

#Relationships, #Relatives, #WriterFriday

Questions

“Isn’t that cute?” “Uh huh.” I’m sure it’s a question of time, that love may conquer all, but behind my … More

#Dating, #Relationships, #Romance, #WriterFriday

On Love’s History

Whenever a love is lost, it signifies a languageshared by two people, unique to them, becomesa dead tongue, some forgotten … More

#PoemsFromHawaii, #Relationships, #WriterThursday

Maybe You Can’t Fix What I Have

Broken when the US mail chokes how my letters take so much time is it there yet read it immediately … More

#Love, #PoemsFromHawaii, #Relationships, #WriterMonday

Love’s Countdown

In the beginning there was inertia,and inertia led, as you might expect,to nothing, so what had beensomethingness became nothingness: Take-out … More

#Love, #PoemsFromHawaii, #Relationships, #WriterSaturday

Impermanent Ink (Blue Period)

You sent me the self-portrait in a card once, maybe 1980. You are lying on your stomach, propped up on … More

#Love, #PoemsFromHawaii, #Relationships, #WriterTuesday

Now and Then

We sit sipping coffee.  Awkward.  Growing cold. My son and daughter, I say, in their 30s, have given me three grandchildren. I … More

#Love, #PoemsFromHawaii, #Relationships, #WriterMonday

We Meet

That night I saw you firecracker starburst red,ablaze in a beautifully carved body,an exquisite silhouette scribed against the dark,your hand … More

#Love, #PoemsFromHawaii, #Relationships, #WriterMonday

Transistor Days

On the square, silver Sony radiowith the cheap black leatherette wrist strapI always feared would snap,our soundtrack falling lost into … More

#Love, #PoemsFromHawaii, #Relationships, #WriterSunday

It’s Not Me, It’s you

It’s been a while.I wish you were here.How have you been?Life hasn’t been the same without you.Do you miss me?Do … More

#PoemsFromHawaii, #Relationships, #WriterSaturday

The Fruits of Love’s Labor

May I write a song for us?Maybe about our family tree?How about our hawking birds and stinging bees?The scheme of … More

#PoemsFromHawaii, #Relationships, #WriterSunday

Mind in the Time

Remember that, she says, as we sit sipping coffee, I was all whipped-cream nosed. It has been 40 years since … More

#Love, #PoemsFromHawaii, #Relationships, #WriterWednesday

Unwound

My legs are tired, heavy.Each step’s more a slog.The clock slows down.Someone forgot to wind it.Used to stay on top … More

#PoemsFromHawaii, #Relationships, #Time, #WriterMonday

Add the Garden

For a long time you have cultured all these seeds,sprouted them like Mother Nature puttering herself,transferred them gently from little, … More

#Love, #PoemsFromHawaii, #Relationships, #WriterWednesday, #Yardwork

Gone South

You know your romance has gone awry when toys fail. I’m not talking about batteries. I mean when suggest a … More

#Love, #StoriesfromHawaii, #WriterThursday, Relationships

Bread Alone

There were no more good reasons I could come up with, no more desperate excuses I could dream up for … More

#Love, #PoemsFromHawaii, #Relationships, #WriterWednesday

A Dream Within a Dream

I listened to my boss’s pep talk. Let me make this clear as crystal to all of you.You’ve heard, I … More

#Competition, #Dreams, #HusbandsandWives, #PoemsFromHawaii, #Relationships, #Rivalries, #WriterTuesday

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