Poems and shorter work
On the Seawall
Three recent pieces
Read on On the Seawall: Frank Rosenblatt in Passing: The Rebirth of the Mimetic Impulse
Three pieces published in On the Seawall, the literary site edited by Ron Slate.
The pieces
Also by Douglas J. Penick
The Wanderer
Eleven poems, prose and hybrid pieces on movement, chance encounters, tales and songs.
Winter Light
Five essays on old age as its own time of life, told through Titian, Beethoven, Cézanne and others.
The Oceans of Cruelty
Twenty-five tales from India, retold: a young king, a corpse-spirit and the dark power of stories.
The Prince's Tomb
Fragments, verses and riddles invoking Prince Shōtoku, the visionary regent of early Japan.