Doug Hoekstra

Carry Me

My son Jude turns 16 this Sunday (November 4). Here’s a new one I wrote for him, after a stroll at Radnor Lake. Happy Birthday, Jude – with all my love – always. Dad. Carry Me Rambling autumn walk, burnt colors turn to sounds woodpecker clouds hammer the trees like claves in an orchestraContinueContinue reading “Carry Me”

Unopened

Doug Hoekstra’s third book, a collection of published and unpublished poems titled Unopened will hit the streets February 5, 2019. The book also features Hoekstra’s original artwork. Publicity will be handled by the Nashville-based JKS Communications. More details on this site and elsewhere, as they happen.

The Open Window

Happy to return to Feminine Collective with a new short story, “The Open Window.” Glad to be a repeat contributor to this journal. As they say at FC, it’s a journal in which “powerful women” (and a few good men) share their inspiring stories of daily life….humanity, raw, and unfiltered. Check it out and enjoy.ContinueContinue reading “The Open Window”

Pennyblack Music

Happy to weigh in on the Pennyblack Music 20th anniversary (scroll down to the “H” artists). Pennyblack is a fine UK music zine run by fine folks who I met on my first gig run through Scotland (reminiscing enclosed). Check out the link, check out the zine and big congrats to John Clarkson and company.ContinueContinue reading “Pennyblack Music”

Hello It’s Me

Hello It’s Me (A Short Story) A black piece of plastic spun around and around, etched memories carved into grooves and transmitted into the ethers through diamond cut magic. Timeless. Better than digital. Warmer and somehow, more human. Vinyl never closed, it just cut its hours and came back with a vengeance in the newContinueContinue reading “Hello It’s Me”