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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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Sweet

I am ice cream fool in love with you,the whole red and white striped jacket deal,white slacks creased, and my … More

#Food, #Love, #Romance, #WriterTuesday

Taste of the Place

We eat well on this tour, a different restaurant for most meals.The breakfasts included at each of our hotels provide … More

#Food, #Korea, #Travel, #WriterWednesday

It’s All Relative

That X restaurant must be good because a lot of X eat there?As in: That Chinese/Korean/Japanese restaurant must be goodbecause … More

#family, #Food, #WriterFriday

State Your Name and Your Business Here

I’m not used to such formality, and there’s the additional layerof being ordered to do this by a man wearing … More

#Fear, #Food, #WriterMonday

Quid Pro Quo

The blackbirds are too many nowand fierce today. Even thoughI hurried to hang the laundry on the linebefore the sun … More

#Animals, #Food, #WriterSaturday

Stay Away

I recall the manapua,my favorite steamed char siu buns,half-moons and pork hash.The box half full or half empty? When that … More

#Food, #Memories, #Romance, #WriterMonday

Bittersweet

My cousin makes the best lemon meringue pie ever. One reason has to be the magic lemon tree that growsbehind … More

#Food, #WriterSunday

New Ways To Love

Sarah’s grave looks new, well newer, and spreads outto a green grass field, the unfilled spaces for future use,to be … More

#family, #Food, #PoemsFromHawaii, #WriterThursday

I Am a Roll

I am but a lowly butter roll, sitting in this tawdry woven basket, on this threadbare pink linen napkin amid … More

#Death, #Food, #PoemsFromHawaii, #WriterTuesday

The Growler

Here’s my rough draft for today, Saturday 01.22.22. I eat fast food maybe four times a year.  When I do, Burger … More

#Food, #StoriesfromHawaii, #Strangers, #WriterSaturday

This and That and That

He’d read about why they put the chicken all that long way in the back of the store.  It was what … More

#Chicken, #Food, #Shopping, #StoriesfromHawaii, #WriterSunday

The Family Recipe

I’m not sure where all he learned how to do it, but my father was a master cook. In fact … More

#Cooking, #Food, #ParentsandChildren, #PoemsFromHawaii, #WriterTuesday

Blood

My father and I both love our steak rare.My mother has a hard time watching us eat it.My father jokes … More

#Food, #Parents, #ParentsandChildren, #PoemsFromHawaii, #WriterFriday

The Advent of Microwave Popcorn

A veritable second incarnation of popcorn        immaculate microwave popcorn               holy popcorn reborn A sofa-slouching second coming        shark-frenzy feeding session               the … More

#Addiction, #Food, #PoemsFromHawaii, #WriterSunday

Eating Healthy

I’m leaning over this pot of stewing vegetables, trying to stay healthy, I’ve thrown everything into the mix I can … More

#Dreams, #Food, #PoemsFromHawaii, #WriterSunday

Food Glorious Food

If you were ever told that there were starving children somewhere who would be ecstatic to eat your unwanted food, … More

#Food, #PoemsFromHawaii, #WriterThursday

Target

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

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

Closing Time at the Kaka‘ako Café

Even though the café was a small one, between cooking and running the front by herself, Asako was having a … More

#CharacterSketch, #Food, #Hawaii, #ShortStory, #Work, #WriterSunday

Prune Mui

When I was growing up, every neighborhood had someone like Mrs. Matayoshi.  If there were someone living near you who had … More

#Christmas, #Death, #Food, #Mystery, #Neighbors, #ShortStory, #WriterWednesday

Now the bad news

You can’t turn around and follow your sweetbread and malasada crumb trail back in time.Frighteningly, friend, it’s been sucked up … More

#Food, #Poetry, #sonnetsfromhawaii, #WriterSunday
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