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Category Archives: Uncategorized
The After Party
Happy to report that a new Doug Hoekstra poem, “The After Party,” is up and running at the estimable Deep South Magazine right here: http://deepsouthmag.com/2018/04/23/the-after-party/ Deep South is an online magazine covering the literature and culture of the South, celebrating … Continue reading
Ode to Brian Jones
Recently went to see the Rolling Stones’ Exhibitionism at the Musicians Hall of Fame here in Nashville. Got me reflecting on the founder of the stones, the long gone Brian Jones. Ode to Brian Jones Blonde hair. Devilish grin Dreaming … Continue reading
Posted in 2018, dreams, Music, Poetry, time, Uncategorized
Tagged Brian Jones, dreams, Exhibitionism, Howling Wolf, lost, Muddy Waters, music, Pink Cadillac, Pisces, The Rolling Stones, time, vox dobro
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April Fool’s
April Fool’s Day (a Short Essay) When I was a kid, my folks always played the same April Fool’s joke on me. I’d be lying in bed and one of them would come in and wake me, saying “it snowed … Continue reading
Posted in 2018, essays, family, Life, memory, Uncategorized
Tagged April Fool's Day, Chicago, family, generations, pranks
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Ode to the Sunday Paper
Just in time for the weekend, folks…. Ode to the Sunday Paper One of my greatest pleasures is sitting down on Sunday morning cup of coffee in hand, once twice, three times refilled reading through every section of the newspaper, … Continue reading
Posted in 2018, observation, Poetry, Relationships, Uncategorized, Writing, zen
Tagged forgiveness, New York Times, Relationships, the Sunday Paper, Writing, zen
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Buk
Buk Reading Bukowski write about cats is like punching a hole in a giant bag tied around the world by those who do not know but still must classify categorize and kill things of beauty Reading Bukowski write about writing … Continue reading
Posted in 2018, courage, Poetry, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged Bukowski, courage, First People, labels, love, poetry, Writing
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Nashville Haikus
Recently I was reading some Alan Watts (Zen and the Beat Way), and was struck by his analysis of haiku poetry. He wrote “by the seventeenth century the Japanese Zen Masters had brought ‘wordless’ poetry to perfection in the haiku, … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, 2018, Nashville, Poetry, Uncategorized, zen
Tagged Alan Watts, Blonde on Blonde, Haiku, Nashville, poetry, Quonset Hut, Wedgewood and Houston
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