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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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Sojourn

More seen, more said, more heard, more thought, their bags packed ever heavier by travel as they go,  the making … More

#life, #PoemsFromHawaii, #Travel, #WriterFriday

Some Peace

We meet our elderly guide in the late afternoon,the graying skies adding to the somber atmosphereoverlaying the double-named London/Derry landscape. … More

#Ireland, #PoemsFromHawaii, #Travel, #WriterWednesday

London Stairs for Going Down

“Mind the stairs, mate,”he shouts in a harsh tone.I look up, he down at me, his facethat of an angry … More

#PoemsFromHawaii, #Travel, #WriterTuesday

Tourist

Tourist I’m walking the neighborhoods of this small Scottish village. It’s too tiny to be called a “town”; maybe it’s … More

#PoemsFromHawaii, #Scotland, #Strangers, #Travel, #WriterSaturday

The Sublime

It’s a sight I used to anticipate several times a year. The area on the Big Island of Hawai‘i known … More

#Emotion, #PoemsFromHawaii, #Travel, #WriterThursday

Each Journey a First

The idea is knowing I can go somewhere, and I amcreating the first pattern of steps no one has ever … More

#PoemsFromHawaii, #Travel, #WriterWednesday

All Those Miles

“Put ‘er there, pal,” he says, sounding as though he’s stepped out of an O. Henry story. I put my … More

#StoriesfromHawaii, #Travel, #WriterFriday, Friendship, Time

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

Some London Aloha

My sister and I are headed for the Royal Observatory, and we’ve decided to take a ride on the Thames … More

#Kindness, #London, #PoemsFromHawaii, #Strangers, #Travel, #WriterThursday

The Kindness of Strangers

My first visit to Tate Britain, walking through the entrance, takes my breath away. It would necessitate much running if … More

#Art, #London, #PoemsFromHawaii, #Travel, #WriterWednesday

Hotel

For the life of me I couldn’t find my way back to my room, each minute another turned page in … More

#Egypt, #PoemsFromHawaii, #Travel, #WriterWednesday

An Old Salt

“Look,” my wife says, “they don’t go all the way under.” I see but am not relieved. “They lock you … More

#Hawaii, #Sailing, #ShortStory, #Travel, #WriterFriday

Storming the 7th Continent

I had to jump farther than I would have expected. I had to jump farther than I had since I … More

#Antarctica, #PoemsFromHawaii, #Travel, #WriterSunday

The Homecoming (Part One)

He sat at the empty round table sipping watery black tea, wondering what had happened to those 75 years.  Of … More

#friendship, #Hawaii, #Memories, #ShortStory, #Time, #Travel, #WriterSaturday

Contributing to the Cause

I have been to the Bristol bus terminal enough times now to have lost count.  Not a huge number of … More

#England, #Music, #Travel, #WriterMonday

Ireland Aloha

It was the moment I have wondered about on occasion, that moment when your death has reached the time it … More

#Travel, #WriterFriday, Drinking, Ireland, Writing

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

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

Beyond Sorry

“You don’t recognize me, do you?” She’s smiling at me, a good smile, the kind of smile that lights up … More

#ShortStory, #SmallWorldStory, #Travel, #Wisconsin, #WriterFriday, Disability, Memory, Time

The Second Shot

Sickest I’ve ever been.  I don’t think anyone got annual flu shots back then.  At least I never heard of … More

#Covid, #Hawaii, #Illness, #ShortStory, #Travel, #Wisconsin, #WriterThursday

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