Here’s a link to my Amazon Author’s site: https://www.amazon.com/author/lanninglee Sketches from the Hawaiian Archipelago, a collection of short stories So Very…
Toward a Better End
He rarely restedHardly treadedSwam forwardPushing throughA thickening waterWearing out his arms and legsWeaving through uneven lanesCurve and swerveInching aheadTo touch…
Ending with a Hawaiian Curse
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He Wove Magic
He fought as a flyweight in his Wisconsin college daysSkinny, yes, but a vicious tacticianGrowing up on Kaua‘i, his nickname…
How the Riff-Raff Celebrate Aloha Friday
Friday nights, pau hanaAt an unnamed venueA group plays traditional Hawaiian musicThe crowds come in drovesJam the inside seating areaJam…
All Is But Toys
Last Monday I did what I always doSettled now into my retirement routineI woke up, for which I’m thankful every…
Just So You Know
Things that bloomKnow no nameBut what’s given by thoseMoving things they senseForget whatever it is they’re calledNor do they careBeing…
Happy Halloween
I stopped by the downtown post office earlier today to buy stamps. Do you know how often I buy stamps these…
Long Before Litigiousness
When I was in preschoolA long, long time agoOnly a three-year-old, mind youAt snack time we’d eatIcy yellow pineapple cubesSprinkled…
Time Can’t Fade
We knew each other well a long time agoI hated every moment apartWe were perfect for meBrilliant schemes of flesh…
Finding Home
He’d buried happy moments of the past back to the beginning, and then, very near the end, he followed the…
Where I Can’t Smile
The therapeutic child asks meWhat it is that turns us backThis pharma baby lecturing on progressQuestions my lack of forward…
Lesson
Someone far away speaks somethingClutching the eagle-taloned lecternBird of prey perched upon ball of earthMinistering to us down hereLooking downMy…
Rise
Now we will riseWith no storm suppressionNo night hanging dark heavinessNothing to distort or fadeThat image of usSet long years…
“Moving,” Episode 25 of my 5th Lt. David Chan Hawai’i-based mystery series, is now available on the Kindle Vella platform.
Two Lives
He sits in concert on his roof tonightWrapped around his guitarBlues rifts and lonesome lyricsThe sound that money makesAnd fame…
Immortal
This is good; I want to be alone. I’m amazed I’m the only one here. You’d think the place would be swarming…
Cake Pressure
The wishYour classic bated-breath momentFocus under pressureAll those eyesIn the flamesOf flickering little spotlights castMy face floating above the frostingMy…
Eating Chinese
It was with great sadness that I learned my beloved Pauoa Chop Suey has closed down. In memoriam, I’ve compiled a…
Aloha Pants
Between skinny dipping and vanaThere is a fine timeUntil one thin spineBreaks off in my heelThe blood streaked trailBack to…
Lanning Lee 