Michael HawesMay 313 min readCoffee Cup CantosSettling In To A Dreamless SleepWedding rings, dreams, kokopillau, lightning trees, wanderers and a cotton thread running from ancient Egypt to Early Texas.
Michael HawesOct 21, 202335 min readCoffee Cup CantosGhost StoryA true ghost story from 1970’s Nanaimo where something is not quite right with an old house on Harewood Rd.
Michael HawesApr 3, 20235 min readCorrespondenceSubtle As A Twig VibratingTexas Cherokee medicine in the 21st Century. Dignifying childhood's early quenching. Letter to my sisters by Michael Hawes.
Michael HawesAug 12, 20223 min readCorrespondenceWhat Happens After You DieI dreamt that I recorded the voices of my grandparents from beyond the grave.
Michael HawesMay 29, 20226 min readCoffee Cup CantosA Kiss On The WindHealing, hurting, hauling, howling and hoping on the Sea To Sky Highway.
Michael HawesApr 6, 202213 min readCoffee Cup CantosA Parlay With Something OtherGlimpses of evil and the responsibility of deliverance.
Michael HawesJan 13, 202272 min readEssaysHome Sweet Home, Harpocrates and A Grain Of SaltA look at early Texas history, with a focus on the non-Native players as seen through a Texas Cherokee's perspective.
Michael HawesJan 11, 20227 min readCoffee Cup CantosOil ChangePaying my respects to one of my guiding hands. Compadre, you’re with me everyday and I could never fill up your boots.
Michael HawesDec 28, 202111 min readCoffee Cup CantosYou Can Swim BackSwimming at gunpoint in Beaumont, Texas, a side trip to the Alamo and playing Red’s last requested songs on the Greyhound.
Michael HawesNov 7, 202110 min readPostal StoriesLuck Has Nothing To Do With It In which I learn of the purpose and fate of a poem I wrote twenty years before my retirement.
