Bonie I miss Scotland and my friends who took me around by bus and by foot, through gardens and gargoyles past castles and river walks when the rain stopped and the yellow flowers bloomed golden across empty glens deep in the highlands cutting a path for the ancients beyond easter aquhorthies and hotel portmahomack whereContinue reading "Bonie"
Wheat
Another old poem, from a college class where we had to pick a painting and write to it. So I went into character. “Wheat” by Thomas Hart Benton This ain’t no oldy-moldy picture of Some holier than thou Madonna looking Down her pretty eye-talian nose at me and Lots of other plain spoken common folkContinue reading "Wheat"
Tennessee Vintage Baseball
The Turning Point Blue versus gray, brother versus brother At Chickamauga and Vicksburg, she remained In the car, as I scoured the fields of battle, Closed my eyes and traced the flight of the cannonball Into the future Under a hackberry tree, near Sulphur Dell On a crackerjack blanket we watch Underhand bowlers and artisticContinue reading "Tennessee Vintage Baseball"
Me, Jude, Peter and his Auntie
Peter and his Auntie This past summer (2013), Jude and I went to the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville to see the three surviving Monkees hop the first train to Clarksville and play a string of their deepest album cuts and greatest hit singles. More than a bubblegum parade, it was an impressive array of tunesContinue reading "Me, Jude, Peter and his Auntie"
Simplicity – High School
Showing Jude some of my ancient writings, I found a portfolio from High School English, poems and stories neatly typed for the teacher’s consideration. “Simplicity” is from that folder. I stole the first line from a Nick Lowe song. Overall, I see a kid trying so hard to be earnest. But, that’s how it was.Continue reading "Simplicity – High School"
Doug Hoekstra 