the prolific wonderful small-press [is there any other kind?] poet doug draime died in 2015.  my brother in rhyme jonathan hayes & i dedicated our anthology of haiku ah: american haiku [mondo edition; 2019] to doug who passed away as we were assembling the first edition of the book.  doug wrote in many forms, including haiku, but his favored poetics is a rough-hewn lyric that explored the marginalized & neglected parts of our society.  as i said, doug draime was a prolific writer who published many many books, chaps & broadsides.  but this is a time that demands a digital presence for all especially any creatives such as poets.  i'm all in & keen for digital publishing & social media.  we are all connected via our computers & smart phones on the interwebs.  so it is very welcome to have a digital platform for the poetry of doug draime.  here you will find his poems as well as links to purchase his books [for even in our digital age we still love our hardcopies!].  i have put doug's website in the links section of this blog.  but if you would rather please click below & discover the poet doug draime.

                                     doug draime