2018 – Page 6 – Doug Hoekstra

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

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. ContinueContinue 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,” whichContinueContinue 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 forContinueContinue reading “Innovation (Sedoka)”

Double Rainbow

I write a lot about my son Jude, which stands to reason, since being a dad is the best thing that ever happened to me. Plus, I figure since everyone is either a child or parent at some point in their lives, it embraces many varied and relatable themes. This scribble was inspired by aContinueContinue reading “Double Rainbow”