Bonjour! Musings to share from a recent trek to Montreal, one of my favorite cities. Back in November, after the election, I thought the future would bring us at least one strange military parade around independence day, and while I got the exact date wrong, it was still a good idea to spend some timeContinueContinue reading “Fourth of July 2025 – Montreal”
Category Archives: displacement
“Cloverdale” and “Leading Nowhere” – New Poems
Pleased to unveil two new writings of mine, “Cloverdale” and “Leading Nowhere,” which appear in the latest Rabble Review, Issue 8, pages 126 and 145, respectively. Rabble Review is a mobile-based progressive periodical focused on working-class issues, representing fine artists and authors from around the world. Grateful to be included. RR’s mission is “to captureContinueContinue reading ““Cloverdale” and “Leading Nowhere” – New Poems”
Offseason – New Poem
Offseason (Italian Sonnet) Pleased to share another new scribbling of mine, “Offseason,” which appears in the latest issue of The Big Windows Review, an excellent literary zine based out of Ann Arbor. This piece is an Italian sonnet. I don’t usually write to form, but sometimes in writing and music, I think using a predeterminedContinueContinue reading “Offseason – New Poem”
At the Soup Wagon – New Poem
Pleased to unveil “At the Soup Wagon,” a new scribbling of mine that appears in the latest issue (#6) of Rabble Review, page 38. Rabble is a digital, mobile-based online progressive periodical, with a distinctly working class focus. This particular issue/theme “takes a critical look at the daily grind and the toll it takes onContinueContinue reading “At the Soup Wagon – New Poem”
The Creek that Was a River / Huevos
New work for the new year. Happy to be part of the January, 2023 edition of “Whimsical Poet: A Journey of Contemporary Poetry,” a fine collection edited by Sarah Altman, available at Amazon for purchase. “The Creek that Used to Be a River” and “Huevos” are my contributions (reprinted here). Check out the links andContinueContinue reading “The Creek that Was a River / Huevos”
Doug Hoekstra 