Happy September everyone. Been busy working, writing, resisting; hanging with Jude, catching up with old friends across the pond, teaching my boy how to drive a bit and poof, now he’s a sophomore at USN. As the temperature heats up and the water rises, thought I’d share a few bits and bobs of creative stuffContinueContinue reading “Bits and Bobs and “The Wave””
Author Archives: Doug Hoekstra
Eclipse
The solar eclipse is coming, Blocking out light for two minutes Turning the world upside down As it did 99 years ago, When chickens went to roost Birds went into nests And the Chicago White Sox Started to think about Conspiring with gamblers To throw the World Series In the current climate, I wonder… WillContinueContinue reading “Eclipse”
Old Soldiers, Grace, and Gordon
Little story for y’all…happy march to you! “I can’t think of any Gordon Lightfoot song I don’t like. Everytime I hear a song of his, it’s like I wish it would last forever. ” – Bob Dylan. Yup, Gordon Lightfoot is and was a heavyweight songwriter, a Canadian with ties to the cool Greenwich Village andContinueContinue reading “Old Soldiers, Grace, and Gordon”
Chance the Gardener
Been thinking a lot about facades, for many reason. Hopefully this ties a few things together. Enjoy “Chance the Gardener” On the tour, I trace his footsteps. Movies imitating books, Peter Sellers imitating life Watching flickering screens, Mirroring the moves Losing himself in a kineoscope version of The naked American Dream When his father diedContinueContinue reading “Chance the Gardener”
The First Step
New prose poem for everyone…. The First Step Sometimes the first step is the hardest… …even when the incline is not so steep, and the switchbacks cross your path, like the mark of zorro burned onto your ankle at a bad tattoo parlor in a tourist town, you just put on your socks, cover itContinueContinue reading “The First Step”
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