Author

Hokis

Hokis is an American poet of Armenian descent. Her collection "OnBecoming" is a poetic memoir detailing her personal rise from political trauma. It can be found alon Amazon.

21 pieces

POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
Journey of the Adopted Self
Featured Image: Lacie Slezak This birthed body Put upon the library shelf. Fiction or non-           The perpetual,…
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POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
Whittling Saplings
Featured Image: Jeremy Bishop All we have are our words. We must use them precisely as we whittle together from the bark…
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POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
Firestorm Winds
Kiss me like you are grateful for me. That I exist. Not because I am special, no. My flesh and blood are…
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EMPOWERMENT, POLITICS
Justice in June: Open-Source Lessons on Becoming an Active Ally
created by Bryanna Wallace & Autumn Gupta   Choose how much time you have each day to become more informed as step…
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POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
Green(gas)lit District
Featured Artwork: Stuart M. Buck at the bottom end of the mouth tube sphincter held in place. like an ancient book of…
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POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
{to} Stay Home {is not to} Stay Safe
Featured Image: Wall Street Journal Hurt you – lying? think not. sure, I mean, what? – not batter lids. silent! – fair,…
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POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
We Speak
Like ghosts of lands once stolen from ashes dust the thresholds of new beginnings — the end of what was that which…
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POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
Familiar, Familial Border
When do unattended-to childhood patterns Turn away from shame and Toward intentional tools of destruction Requiring only a whispered demand to be …
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POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
Ancestral Rise
I never really bought into the mythical “falling” into love. I believe in the mystical “rising” into love. The fairy dust of…
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POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
My Own Sugar Daddy, My Own Pimp
Some sex workers Are independent, self-employed Negotiating the game With the forgotten, or unenjoyed Wide lens teaches Wisdom settles into bed “Every…
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POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
Lopsided Truth
truth shifts to trust with one required base pair reassignment. … trutH; drop the grand Hoax shush the lies to self and…
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POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
PISTOLS, STAMENS, AND SPIKES
“The only way is to hug the cactus.” Her inebriated lips casually spill over his black denim-ed lap. “I guess this means…
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