order Four Hearts, (October, 2025) 

These poems explore themes of family legacy, regional history, and the tension between rural identity and broader cultural forces.  At its heart, the work honors the quiet dignity of maintaining human connection in a world that often threatens to erase it. 

order Heights

In Heights, his fourth book of poetry, Hudepohl explores the meanings and mysteries of identity, family and memory. Poet John Drury has noted: "Hudepohl's work looks easy and appealing, but it's also layered and subtle, with tensions underneath every poem."  

order Riverbank 

The poems in Riverbank are about the universal themes of innocence and experience. Poems in this collection have been featured in literary magazines and journals, and read by Garrison Keillor on the NPR radio show The Writer's Almanac.  

order The Journey of Hands

"These poems are about awareness and its transforming powers. They are as trustworthy as the facts that give rise to them, and as priestly as the blessings they bestow. They sanctify, measure by slow measure." --James Baker Hall, former Poet Laureate of Kentucky 

order Psalms

Psalms is a small book of poem-prayers for ordinary days—moments of doubt and hope, hurry and quietude. In simple lines, it invites a steady return to faith through gratitude, honesty, and courage.  

order Praise Poems 

Praise Poems are from a place of quietude and prayer. They are a glimpse into a meditation on belonging, and they are intended to be read as lines of faith and fortitude.