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/
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Cotton
Pleased to unveil the first published poems of the year, two brand new ones, “Cotton” and “Younger than I” , now up and running at the excellent print and online literary magazine Better than Starbucks Check them out at the link below, along with a host of excellent writers. https://anthonywatkins.wixsite.com/btsjan2019/poetry-free-verse
Ode to My Chuck Taylors
Here’s a new poem, “Ode to My Chuck Taylors,” just for here….enjoy. Doug Ode to My Chuck Taylors On a listless Sunday afternoon My black hi-top Chuck Taylors Lie waiting on the hardwood floor Classic, cool, casual They beckon me to dance With abandon and intrigue Like lovers of my past and The way weContinueContinue reading “Ode to My Chuck Taylors”
Hello It’s Me
Hello It’s Me (A Short Story) A black piece of plastic spun around and around, etched memories carved into grooves and transmitted into the ethers through diamond cut magic. Timeless. Better than digital. Warmer and somehow, more human. Vinyl never closed, it just cut its hours and came back with a vengeance in the newContinueContinue reading “Hello It’s Me”
This Hard Land
New essay entitled “This Hard Land” up at Ink 19. Thanks to James Mann for giving me the nudge to write this. Tried to weave a bunch of ideas together, to stack mirrors upon mirrors – but really, props go to the Boss for the inspiration. Doug https://ink19.com/2018/07/magazine/features/this-hard-land
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