Flight: New Novel (Preview)
A new book by author Ned Hayes. ( Coming soon! ) Preview of First Chapter I should have found you twenty years ago. Lost in impossible dreams I burned with impatience, looking for you everywhere. Where were you in those times? "J'aurai du te découvrir il y a vingt...
Throwing Away the Alarm Clock: a Poem Charles Bukowski
- published on the date of his death... March 9, 1994 - THROWING AWAY THE ALARM CLOCK by Charles Bukowski my father always said, "early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise." it was lights out at 8 p.m. in our house and we were up at dawn to...
Of the Empire: a Poem by Mary Oliver
Of The Empire We will be known as a culture that feared death and adored power, that tried to vanquish insecurity for the few and cared little for the penury of the many. We will be known as a culture that taught and rewarded the amassing of things, that spoke little...
Love after Love, a poem – Derek Walcott
- published on the date of his birth... January 23, 1930 - Love after Love by Derek Walcott The time will come when, with elation, you will greet yourself arriving at your own door, in your own mirror and each will smile at the other’s welcome, and say, sit here. Eat....
This is One of Those Poems Without any Rhymes
This is One of Those Poems without any Rhymes by Brian Bilston This is one of those poems without any rhymes, the sort of thing you might read in the Telegraph or Times Guardian. For, as proper poets know, rhyme's deleterious and only gets in the way when you're...
Remembering Brian Doyle
Today, November 6, is the birthday of Oregon writer Brian Doyle. I've had the great pleasure of getting to know the writing of Brian Doyle this past year. I was introduced to his work by the wonderful and amazing Kirstin McAuley at the Oregon Episcopal School,...
The October Country
“October Country . . . that country where it is always turning late in the year. That country where the hills are fog and the rivers are mist; where noons go quickly, dusks and twilights linger, and mid-nights stay. That country composed in the main of cellars,...
Poem: New Year (Rosh Hashanah)
Rosh Hashanah - Oct 2-4, 2024 new year. Ned Hayes Rosh Hashanah comes this year on a day of cool wind, a breathtaking portent of winter taking the world, rude lover tossing the sheets away. in autumn the sadness of all things is greatest for now the world was...
The Hobbit (published 87 years ago today!)
J.R.R. Tolkien published his famous novel The Hobbit on September 21st, 1937. That was 87 years ago today. Tolkien's little story was soon seen as destined for greatness. The book won a prize from the NewYork Herald Tribune and was soon nominated for a Carnegie...
RIP: My friend Steve Silberman
Steve Silberman (1957 - 2024) I'm sad today. I'm sad because I just heard that my friend Steve Silberman is gone. I didn't expect him to die. I don't think anyone expects to die. I especially don't expect my friends to go away at all -- I thought Steve would be here...
Italy – A Summer Reverie
A summer reverie in Italy with my family this August. An amazing trip... and I wrote many long and elaborate journal entries (which no doubt will lead to a novel set in Italy one of these days...). For now, enjoy a few photos from our adventures!
Willow Springs: Short Fiction Prize Winner
I was honored to be asked to be this year's Judge for the Willow Springs Press 2024 Spokane Prize for Short Fiction. After reading all the entries with great diligence, I selected Nightwatch by Mathew Goldberg, and in concert with the Willow Springs team, I'm happy to...
