Happy to share a new piece, “The Teeterboard," published up at Feminine Collective, a journal in which “powerful women” (and a few good men) share their inspiring stories of daily life….humanity, raw, and unfiltered. Glad to have another one up at FC. Check it out and enjoy. http://www.femininecollective.com/the-teeterboard/
Monday Morning
Happy to have a new poem, "Monday Morning," featured in the Spring 2018 issue of Door is a Jar Magazine. Check it out and support this fine indie press. https://www.amazon.com/dp/1718908040/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1527053740&sr=1-1
Blade Runner Love
New poem (“Blade Runner Love””) up at Feminine Collective, a journal in which “powerful women” (and a few good men) share their inspiring stories of daily life….humanity, raw, and unfiltered. This is a repeat performance at FC for me, and am very chuffed to be one of these “few good men," at this fine zine. Continue reading "Blade Runner Love"
Unopened Cover Art
Been working on a collection of poems for release this year and decided to do the artwork myself (samples below). The concept came from the notion that art is like a collection of fragments—memory, imagination, anticipation—broken and reassembled. There are two poems in the collection that are central to its whole—the title poem, “Unopened,” whichContinue reading "Unopened Cover Art"
Innovation (Sedoka)
A couple years ago, I stumbled across a book of poems by Ryokan, a Zen Monk poet from Japan (1758-1831). He was fond of writing sedokas. Googling will tell you that “the sedōka, or “head-repeated poem,” consists of two tercets of five, seven, and seven syllables each. An uncommon form, it was sometimes used forContinue reading "Innovation (Sedoka)"
Doug Hoekstra 