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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 ho.

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Tag: #Animals

Short Short Stories

1. Death Wish Rendered unconscious by a fall in the bathtub, a president of Russia drowned. * * * 2. … More

#Animals, #Death, #Sex, #StoriesfromHawaii, #WriterThursday

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

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

Fair Game

The hole in the snowbank was deep, and as I peered into it, I imagined I was looking at some … More

#Animals, #PoemsFromHawaii, #Winter, #Wisconsin, #WriterMonday

Undulate

You are reminded every time you see it, it’s there, not here, that it’s not you, you are you,  the … More

#Animals, #Changes, #PoemsFromHawaii, #WriterSaturday

Space Cowboys

You don’t need any money to explore space.In fact, according to a story I read,a cow jumped over the moon, … More

#Animals, #PoemsFromHawaii, #Space, #WriterSaturday

Sloth

I would say or do anything to get out of this situation. Hey, I see clothes fluttering on the line … More

#2021AprilPADChallenge, #Animals, #PoemsFromHawaii, #Travel, #WriterMonday

Hunting for a Subject

I was sitting at the Tahitian Lānai piano barwith the actual Surgeon General of the United States,on vacation here in … More

#2021AprilPADChallenge, #Animals, #Drinking, #OnWriting, #PoemsFromHawaii, #Smoking, #WriterWednesday

The Stuff of Dreams

The first time I traveled there, a lengthy journeyall the way from Hawai‘i, I was alreadyan old man, had long … More

#Aging, #Animals, #Memory, #PoemsFromHawaii, #Scotland, #Travel, #WriterMonday

The Cryptid Tale

Dr. Choo of the Zoology Department at O‘ahu University has made it his life’s work to investigate sightings and stories … More

#Animals, #China, #FlashFictionFeb, #Hawaii, #LovedOnes, #Marriage, #WriterTuesday

Target

He watched the Buddhist monks practice their archery at Kapiolani Park.  They would draw back the bow string, close their … More

#Animals, #Childhood, #FathersandSons, #FlashFictionFeb, #food, #Hawaii, #Learning, #ShortStory, #WriterFriday

A Marriage of Two Minds

“So what do you think it looks like?” she asks. We’re head to head, lying on the grass, staring up … More

#Animals, #Changes, #FlashFictionFeb, #Love, #Marriage, #Relationships, #ShortStory, #WriterThursday

To Save a Life

       Kwan woke to her neighbor’s rooster crowing.  It was a welcome new sound these days for her.  Other neighbors hated, she knew, … More

#Animals, #Death, #FlashFictionFeb, #gooddeeds, #ShortStory, #TakingChances, #WriterSaturday

My dog howls at the moon

Is it because he wants to have the moon here with him?Does he want to eat itfor all he knows … More

#Animals, #Astronomy, #Poetry, #WriterTuesday

Miss Bianca

“Let’s go to Auntie Ruthie’s house.” “By bus?” “No, let’s walk.” “Walk!  But it’s so far.” “No it’s not far.” “Yes … More

#Animals, #Cars, #Childhood, #Mothers, #WriterFriday

Turtle Logic

It was the coldest winter on record in Wisconsin.  David was glad to be back home in Hawai‘i for winter break.  Grad … More

#Animals, #Childhood, #Grief, #Hawaii, #ShortStory, #Teachers, #WriterSunday

NaNoWriMo: More About That Later, Chapter 6, Like Riding a Bike

One October when I was living in Madison, I agreed to housesit for some friends who were headed out of … More

#Animals, #Education, #FirstGrade, #Memoir, #NaNoWriMo2020, #Wisconsin, #WriterSaturday, #WritingPrompt
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