Recently I was reading some Alan Watts (Zen and the Beat Way), and was struck by his analysis of haiku poetry. He wrote “by the seventeenth century the Japanese Zen Masters had brought ‘wordless’ poetry to perfection in the haiku, the poem of seventeen syllables which drops the subject almost as it takes it up…”Continue reading "Nashville Haikus"
Billy and The Tuba
Doug Hoekstra reads "Billy and The Tuba," a short story from his award-winning "Bothering the Coffee Drinkers" collection. Live at Elastic in Chicago. Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWjGiCn4BvA And if you like what you hear, you can click here and pick up a copy: Amazon
Memory
Here's a brand new one, folks, for your immediate pleasure. Enjoy. Memory is like a dream and dreams are like memories chasing you through your days changing shape filling holes until you wake up a different person than the day before which is as it should be or you would become thirty thousand versions ofContinue reading "Memory"
Gravitas
Happy to plug a new Doug Hoekstra flashfiction titled "Gravitas" which just went live at the new issue of "Brilliant Flash Fiction." I don't know how brilliant it is, but hit the link scroll down, and find out. Thanks for the read! https://brilliantflashfictionmag.wordpress.com/2018/01/31/issue-16-january-2018/#more-2855
Wedding Bands
"Wedding Bands," a new piece of flash fiction up at the estimable "Friday Flash Fiction". Love. Memory. Pawn Shops. Bob Dylan. Enjoy. Right here: http://www.fridayflashfiction.com/longer-stories/wedding-bands-by-doug-hoekstra
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