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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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Ride

My thumb, I look at it, pointed on in the direction I’m headed,that famous destination of a’ways down the road … More

#Cars, #Strangers, #Travel, #WriterSaturday

Tradition

His body was given for me, he thought, kept hearing it overand over while he watched the walk along the … More

#FathersandSons, #Religion, #WriterSaturday

Conflict

After her arm was broken, dizzy, she fell trying to call outweakly for anyone to help, then slipped into darkness.She’d … More

#Abuse, #Fear, #Marriage, #WriterSaturday

Practice

It happened one day in the 13th year of his commitment.Standing outside Macy’s, he took a step and foundit landed … More

#Learning, #WriterSaturday

It’s possible I forgot to get married today

The text messages and the voice mails piled up.Are still coming.These guys stay open late.If it were letters, my mailbox … More

#Marriage, #Memory, #WriterSaturday

Christmas Now He’s Gone

It’s blinding, the kind of pain that comes with the rains,up here, this time of year, lots of work for … More

#Death, #FathersandSons, #WriterSaturday

All Is but Toys

“Hello hello hello, everybody.” The big man taps the mic. “If you could please take your seats, we can get … More

#Holidays, #WriterSaturday

Dance

“You want to go to Chicago for what?” I ask. “Tights,” says the dancer in my life. I can’t tell … More

#Birthdays, #Love, #WriterSaturday

This Old Piano

When I sit down on our piano bench, the piano nearly 60 years old now, I am comfortable enough. I … More

#Children, #Music, #ParentsandChildren, #Talent, #WriterSaturday

The Fashion

That was your style for a while, a momentuntil the next idea hit you, what’s trending,your tastes turning like stiles, … More

#Ideas, #Trends, #WriterSaturday

The Myth of Every Hope Fulfilled

From the top of the Gwangbok Lotte Department StoreI can see the Yeongdo(daegyo) Draw Bridge crossing Busan Harbor.From this height, … More

#Dreams, #Hope, #Korea, #LovedOnes, #Travel, #War, #WriterSaturday

Return to Nami Island

Annie and I had planned to ride the ziplinefrom the mainland to Nami Island,famous as the romantic setting for Winter … More

#Korea, #Romance, #Travel, #WriterSaturday

For the Future

Right now, we’re on a South Korean island, Jeju,sitting in what China calls the East China Sea,and what the Koreans, … More

#Death, #Korea, #life, #Travel, #WriterSaturday

From Both Sides

We view the Korean DMZ from several vantage points,each one quite a distance from North Korea itself.At the Odusan Unification … More

#DMZ, #Korea, #Travel, #WriterSaturday

Conduct

We’d sit at stoplights and classical music would playon the public radio station to which she still donated.Again she’d begin … More

#Music, #ParentsandChildren, #WriterSaturday, Aging

Coming out of Retirement

I immediately can see I’m way out of my league,but I’ve foolishly promised my cousin I’d join himat Booth Park … More

#Smoking, #Sports, #WriterSaturday, #Youth

First and Last

I’ve been on at least three hundred first dates,and while I don’t believe anyone can everhave seen it all, I … More

#Dating, #WriterSaturday

Some Rave Review

Have you ever been curious about the notionthat when you are about to die, your lifewill flash before your eyes? … More

#Death, #life, #WriterSaturday

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

Being Bold

My neighbor kid’s been helping me tie up some dead branches. Finished, I’m drinking a beer, he a passion-orange juice … More

#Adults, #Advice, #Children, #Love, #WriterSaturday

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