Bobbie Louise Hawkins (July 11, 1930 – May 4, 2018)[1] was a short story writer, monologist, and poet.
The family later moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico, where she met and married her first husband, Olaf Hoek, a Danish architect.
Creeley believed that any wife of a poet would want to write herself, but derided Hawkins's attempts, to the point that she was "too married, too old, and too late" for her do so.
After retiring, she continued to offer readings and teach at Naropa's Summer Writing Program.
She released two CD’s, Live at the Great American Music Hall and Jaded Love.