Happy September! Every month we feature new work by one poet and, as we say goodbye to summer, we're excited to bring you five great new poems by Jeffrey Hecker @heckheck03.bsky.social. Check them out at ADozenNothing.com!
A: Without a doubt Robert Deniro. For some reason when I’m writing, I am hearing it back in his voice. Not just any Deniro, but the one in Meet the Parents. And sometimes lately I imagine a robot voice, not a Siri or AI-simulated voice, but like a weird ring-modulated Twilight Zone robot voice.
Q: Hey Gabriel, if you could pick anyone from any time, who would you like to record the audiobook of A Ten Peso Burial for Which Truth I Sign (Fonograf Editions, 2024)?
We're honored to feature Gabriel Palacios as our October poet at ADN and love his answers to our questions, which we'll be sharing throughout the month.
Happy October! The government may be shut down, but poetry is an essential service and ADN has you covered with five new poems by Gabriel Palacios. Check them out at ADozenNothing.com.
This surreal year keeps hurtling past, meaning it's time to say goodbye to our September poet @heckheck03.bsky.social. Make sure you take a minute to experience Jeffrey's unique and delightful poems at ADozenNothing.com, where you can also print them as a free PDF. Thank you, Jeffrey!
Q: Hey Jeffrey, what do you think: Are poets made or born?
A: Poets are made, then born, then made, then born again, then made.
** Not sure what the stage of the poet life cycle involves a watering can, but @heckheck03.bsky.social's work still shows a flair for the unexpected: ADozenNothing.com.
When we posed this question to @heckheck03.bsky.social last month, we had no idea our definition of "uncertain times" could become even more uncertain:
Q: Hey Jeffrey, who’s someone you’d consider a poetry mentor?
A: Scott Cairns taught me that diction and syntax actually matter. He also taught me that a poet could probably be a monk. Tim Seibles taught me humor matters, history matters, and everything else matters. Everything matters.
A: For some strange reason, Gen Z has been receiving too much disrespect—they have done nothing to deserve any of it. I find my current students the most cerebral human beings on the planet – the same planet they will have to save.
All month at ADozenNothing.com, new poems by @heckheck03.bsky.social! Here's our first Q & A with Jeffrey, superimposed over a photo that came up on Google Maps when we searched VA:
Honored to have a poem in the latest Bennington Review among so many poets who clearly possess hoodoo powers I can only talk about if I do not bring it up first. www.benningtonreview.org/home-1
