n., /hō/kēs/ Armenian for "my soul."
Artist Soapbox begins the year with Hokis, poet and deep thinker. Listen in and find encouragement and support, practical tips to guide your creative process, great vulnerability, and a generous…
OnBecoming is a heroic story of rising from political trauma. The collection holds readers by the gripped fist, navigating the only way out of a dark place; taking on the tedious task of unwinding mindsets and patterns, digging deep into the resilience of ancestral blood, and fighting gravity to rise from grief.
Hokis is Armenian for “my soul,” or “my beloved.” It is the name my Armenian birth mother gave to me when we met in 1992. I chose it for my…
Full title: OnBecoming (Aesthetic Evolution of the Rising Ancestor) A poetic memoir by Hokis. Imagine being a child (a young girl) adopted, unsure about yourself Because you don’t have all…
By Jessica Colleen McDermott Hokis’ first poetry collection, On Unbecoming: Aesthetic Evolution of this Rising Ancestor, blends memoir and poetry to produce a narrative that feels at once both familiar…
Here I am Aching to know What’s on the other side of My grief. My child, To share this wisdom Would be The Gracious Luxury For us both. Sometimes it’s…
Kiss me like you are grateful for me. That I exist. Not because I am special, no. My flesh and blood are alive, now on this planet. I chose you…
Strong Love is to Survive Loveby Hokis, Senior Editor The tunnel through to humility remainsencrusted with broken glass, barbed wire, andboots ready to nest on throats.People enter pulled by love or…
A hurricane brews far out at sea-
a hot wind of creativity’s evolution
it nearly shakes the hand of this unsettle world’s tonic mist.
