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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: Writer Monday

Getting To Know You

We held a first party yesterday, those of us who could finally attend.After all this time being apart so much, … More

#Covid, #life, #PoemsFromHawaii, #WriterMonday

The House of Missing Keys, Part 9.

Before they knocked on Glenn Makia’s door, Chan and Yamamoto walked out on the pier. The boat was a double-masted … More

#HawaiiCrimeFiction, #LieutenantDavidChanMystery, #WriterMonday

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

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

No More Nice Things

Crayon and magic markers that never came off the walls;paint on the carpets and doors;knife and screwdriver carved furniture and … More

#Art, #ParentsandChildren, #PoemsFromHawaii, #WriterMonday

Self Help

As agreed, I am waiting in the Self Help section of the bookstore.I read in a randomly selected book that … More

#Marriage, #PoemsFromHawaii, #WriterMonday

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

The Summer Solstice

It’s the longest day of the year, in terms not about how your life is trending, but daylight hours. For … More

#Fall, #life, #PoemsFromHawaii, #Seasons, #Spring, #WriterMonday

For a Minute or Two, Maybe

I did not know what weather meant until I went to Wisconsin.Winter in Hawai‘i, more rain. Summer, more heat.Spring and … More

#PoemsFromHawaii, #Weather, #Wisconsin, #WriterMonday

Carbon Copy

Turns the fingers, hands of sloppy, floppy people smudgy. Muck your hands around and blacken paper, shirt, cheek. Handwashers of … More

#PoemsFromHawaii, #Work, #WriterMonday

When Again?

The clock above his computer was a big one. Its tick, tick, tick could be ignored some nights, but not … More

#Companionship, #Love, #Sex, #StoriesfromHawaii, #WriterMonday

Guardians

Ala Moana Shopping Center is anchored, much like Sears and Liberty House used to do, replaced now by Nordstrom and … More

#Animals, #StoriesfromHawaii, #WriterMonday

And in our battle, they were taken

Both sides said a cross of little and big things to each other, and given the way the conflict played … More

#Loss, #Love, #PoemsFromHawaii, #WriterMonday

To Cover or Not To Cover (Just in Case)

Here’s my rough draft for today, Happy Monday, 01.24.22. To Cover or Not To CoverRemember the first time you damaged … More

#Phones, #PoemsFromHawaii, #Travel, #WriterMonday

Walking That Way

Sadness sets in counting the steps, not looking up, not looking forward. Making your way there watching your feet move, … More

#Aging, #Death, #ParentsandChildren, #PoemsFromHawaii, #WriterMonday

Committed to Memory

It is here now for a minute, that finger-drawn faceon the steamed glass is yours, ars brevis,fading as the warmth … More

#Death, #life, #PoemsFromHawaii, #WriterMonday

‘Tis (After) the Season

As I round the corner, I hear accordion music. There, on a bench outside of Macy’s Ala Moana, sit an … More

#Holidays, #PoemsFromHawaii, #WriterMonday, Music

So I Notice My Electricity Bill Went Up

Two months ago, a pair of Hawaiian Electric workerscame to my house to install a state-of-the-art meterwith all the bells … More

#PoemsFromHawaii, #Truth, #Work, #WriterMonday

Pretty Bird

I don’t see them displayed in tiny cages at restaurants and stores anymore, the way I remember them, confined and … More

#Animals, #PoemsFromHawaii, #WriterMonday

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