Happy to report on another new poem of mine published – “Ode to the Blue Room” – featured in the latest One Sentence Poems (Right Hand Pointing poetry journal). This piece follow a distinct Nashville vibe but riffs off some other things, as well. And, yes it’s one sentence. Hope you enjoy it, Doug. http://www.onesentencepoems.com/osp/doug-hoekstra-ode-to-the-blue-room/
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The Teeterboard
Happy to share a new piece, “The Teeterboard,” published 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. Glad to have another one up at FC. Check it out and enjoy. http://www.femininecollective.com/the-teeterboard/
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
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)”
Doug Hoekstra 