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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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The Secret Keeper

Fortunate the mother who lives the unflawed life of lore, perfect, a smooth vase, snow white, the finest ashes left, … More

#family, #life, #Mothers, #PoemsFromHawaii, #WriterWednesday

Good Riddance

Our local theaters do good work, bringing drama into our lives. Usually when I go, I’m happy, but this was … More

#family, #Fathers, #PoemsFromHawaii, #WriterSunday

The Meaning of Family

You may have heard or read this morning’s news reportabout a man in China, kidnapped 24 years agoat the age … More

#family, #LovedOnes, #PoemsFromHawaii, #WriterWednesday

Kū‘auhau (Genealogy)

Once upon a time there was a little girl from Chicago, City of the Big Shoulders, And there was a … More

#2021AprilPADChallenge, #family, #GivingBirth, #HusbandsandWives, #Love, #PoemsFromHawaii, #Wisconsin, #WriterThursday

The Big Knife

At my house, growing up, we had the Big Knife.  I don’t know if it was the same at your … More

#family, #FathersandDaughters, #Grandparents, #Grief, #Hawaii, #Memories, #ShortStory, #WriterTuesday

Business as Unusual

Robert Morgado did pest control.  His father had done pest control, and so had his grandfather.  When his wife said “Nuff already, … More

#Children, #family, #FathersandDaughters, #FEBRUARY FLASH FICTION CHALLENGE 2021, #ShortStory, #Work, #WriterTuesday

Stormy Weather

He stepped out into a sunless day.  He wondered where it had gone.  Oh no. Could this be that end of the world … More

#family, #HawaiiCrimeFiction, #Murder, #Prose, #ShortStory, #Weather, #WriterMonday

NaNoWriMo: More About That Later, Chapter 10, Moved by Music

My parents never held back when it came to providing us with a variety of cultural experiences.  One of these was … More

#Childhood, #family, #Memoir, #Movies, #Musicals, #NaNoWriMo2020, #Opera, #ParentsandChildren, #WriterWednesday, #WritingPrompt

NaNoWriMo: More About That Later, Chapter 7, The Good Old Summertime

If I’d been the right age to have experienced those long summer breaks of my childhood, where I’d have two-and-a-half … More

#Childhood, #Education, #family, #FathersandSons, #Hawaii, #Memoir, #Summer, #Travel, #Vacations, #WriterSunday, #WritingPrompt, NaNoWriMo2020

When Will Rogers Met Donald Trump

Stuck here at home, unable to see my family anymore,lying in bed at night I think, with short, shallow breaths … More

#family, #Poetry, #sonnetsfromhawaii, #Time, #Travel, #WriterTuesday, #WritingPrompt

The Gardener

I’m watching through the running glass window, an old one from 1926.I see my father, his figure slightly distorted in … More

#family, #PoemsFromHawaii, #Poetry, #Relationships, #WriterFriday, #WritingPrompt

Family Moments (A Lieutenant David Chan Mystery, Chapter 8)

Late that evening, nothing else breaking, David Chan staggered home to get food and a few hours of sleep.  It turned … More

#family, #FathersandSons, #Hawaii, #LieutenantDavidChanMystery, #Murder, #Relationships, #WriterSaturday, #WritingPrompt

Timing (A Lieutenant David Chan Mystery, Chapter 6)

Back at his desk, Chan took a look at the files of some other open cases.  The one that concerned him … More

#CrimeFiction, #Death, #family, #Grief, #LieutenantDavidChanMystery, #Murder, #WriterTuesday, #WritingPrompt

Some Peace

I think about how I heard you rant at death for so long,then near the end ask for it to … More

#family, #Poetry, #sonnetsfromhawaii, #WriterTuesday, #WritingPrompt

The Walk of Life

Passing, I looked inside, saw that family, remembered,their stony group staring at those white china plates,no one speaking a word, … More

#Aging, #family, #sonnetsfromhawaii, #WriterFriday, Writing Prompt

One of the Devils

My father was drafted into active service in the U.S. Army on February 24, 1941. Exactly one year later, on … More

#family, #Hawaii, #military service, #WriterTuesday, #WritingPrompt

All the Trimmings (500)

No one made Thanksgiving feasts like my mom.  For one thing, the turkey was always juicy.  I don’t know why, but that’s … More

#family, #Hawaii, #Holidays, #ShortStory, #WriterMonday, #WritingPrompt

Binding (500)

Binding My father remains a mystery. Especially, and of course, now that he’s gone, I would like more than ever … More

#family, #Hawaii, #WriterWednesday, #WritingPrompt

Memory (HS 146)

Wouldn’t it be wonderful to wipe the slate clean,tabula rasa, my mind a blank, history erased, wake up tomorrow knowing nothingbut … More

#family, #HawaiiSonnets, #WriterMonday, #WritingPrompt

Brand New

“The children,” she said, trying to lift her hand, but only able to look their way, nod her head toward … More

#Death, #family, #ShortStory, #WriterSunday, #WritingPrompt

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