“Then and Now” On the top of Beech Mountainstands an old abandoned fire tower,reminding me of KerouacAbbey. Snyder. Otherseager for time to write, think, and be Overlooking vast forests and blue lakesthey closed their eyes and heard….nothingexcept an occasional motorboator a distant carmuch as we do today But even then they thoughtcivilization was encroachingcapitalism hadContinueContinue reading “Then and Now – New Poem”
Category Archives: Poetry
Wonderland
Rogerthecat really digs this new poem of mine, “Wonderland,” which just appeared in the latest print edition of Blueline, a fine literary journal out of the Adironacks. Hope you enjoy it as much as he does Wonderland Sitting by the swollen riveron fireplace remains the wonderland hotelan old abandoned line,I hear nothing but the wind,scatteredContinueContinue reading “Wonderland”
Buster Keaton, Doug Hoekstra, and the Bay Area Mindfulness Center
No, the title is not a long lost psychedelic band from the 60s, it is the thing to tie together all the news that’s fit to send, re; The Day Deserved CD and Ten Seconds In-Between book. The July recap follows…. First up, a new recording, answers the question… what do Buster Keaton, Tippi Hedren, and theContinueContinue reading “Buster Keaton, Doug Hoekstra, and the Bay Area Mindfulness Center”
The Continental / New Poem
Pleased to have a new poem, “The Continental,” up at the latest online edition of The Big Windows Review. You can check it out right here (enjoy!): https://thebigwindowsreview.com/2020/01/17/doug-hoekstra-the-continental/
Southern Festival of Books – October 11
Happy to be appearing at this year’s Southern Festival of Books on the “Bards of Nashville” panel. A tall order for me and Mr. Olney, but hey, we both write songs and poetry. Conversation, dialogue, readings – Nashville Public Library Conference Room 3, at 1 p.m. Signing on the colonnade at 2. I shallContinueContinue reading “Southern Festival of Books – October 11”
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