…a Christmas tale I’ve been meaning to post…. Little Red Shoes (Christmas 2012) This year was a big one for me and my son, Jude. He started middle school and he turned TEN, marking a full decade on the earth. He’s getting big, as people note, but he’s also becoming even more of who heContinueContinue reading “Little Red Shoes”
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Performance Art
When I teach at Watkins, I throw some Lorrie Moore at my students, from “Self-Help.” She’s a brilliant writer; this book is all second person. So, I give them the option of freewriting in second person. It’s pretty difficult, really, and I never tried it myself, until…a friend’s zine was calling for submissions based (loosely) onContinueContinue reading “Performance Art”
Short Songs Long Lives
Casting ourselves back to early 2012, this one appeared in Canopic Jar #25, http://www.canopicpublishing.com/canopicjar/25/doug1.htm (fine zine, check it out) Short Songs, Long Lives (January 2012) She sent me a note about a song she’d just written, no instruments, “simple and sorta county.” “I love my little tune,” she added. Don’t know why, but this remindedContinueContinue reading “Short Songs Long Lives”
Luck Be a Lady
Dear Readers: So, I’m going to use this blog to keep myself writing, short and long, on a regular basis. But, part of it is also about sharing published and unpublished “works” from the catalogue. Eventually I’ll post a piece or two from my past story collection (“Bothering the Coffee Drinkers”) and preview a piece or two from my upcomingContinueContinue reading “Luck Be a Lady”
Levon and Duck
Hey folks, here’s a brand new poem I haven’t even sent anywhere yet….but by posting it here, it is protected by all applicable copyright laws! 🙂 Dig the read! Levon and Duck (February 2013) My son takes piano lessons. I try to teach him About staying in the pocket but You know it’s a toughContinueContinue reading “Levon and Duck”
Doug Hoekstra 