RICHARD HOFFMAN

Remembering the Alchemists

Posted by rhoff1949 on September 11, 2020 in Featured

Here is my most recent essay, from the current issue of Consequence: An International Literary Magazine Focusing on the Culture and Consequences of War.

for Roger Maris, In honor of his birthday.

Posted by rhoff1949 on September 9, 2020 in Featured

Sacramento Poetry Center

Posted by rhoff1949 on June 22, 2020 in Featured

A wonderful reading this evening with Charles Coe at the Sacramento Poetry Center, hosted by Indigo Moore.

Two Readings

Posted by rhoff1949 on June 11, 2020 in Featured

I was asked to read THESE TWO POEMS from Liberation – New Works on Freedom from Internationally Renowned Poets for the Terezin Music Foundation.

In honor of America: 1776 – 2020

Posted by rhoff1949 on January 30, 2020 in Featured

AN ABECEDARIUM OF COWARDICE — for the Republican senators of the 116th Congress of The United States A is for Acquiesce: In each instance, you chose to call your willingness to give in to a tyrant’s wishes a tactical retreat, even though you had no further tactics in mind. B is for Back down. You […]

A Fable

Posted by rhoff1949 on September 23, 2019 in Featured

I’ve made a few minor edits on this one, posted a while back, and thought it apt: THE END OF TIME: A SHORT PLAY Scene 1: (Idyllic setting: a family is picnicking on the grass.) ENTER Chicken Little (running): The sky is falling! The sky is falling! (Confusion. Alarm.) EXEUNT ALL Scene 2: […]