I found a similar problem but the solution posted doesn't work for me:
Hugo post directory appearing on homepage, but not posts
Perhaps as it's because I'm using a different Hugo theme?
https://github.com/invinciblycool/lekh
In the demo posts appear on the homepage, but using the latest version of Hugo, only my post directory appears on the homepage.
This is the list HTML code:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
{{ partial "head.html" . }}
<body>
{{ partial "page_header.html" . }}
<h3>Posts</h3>
<div>
<!-- orders content according to the "publishdate" field in front matter -->
{{ range .Pages.ByPublishDate }}
<div>
<a href="{{ .Permalink }}">{{ .Title }}</a><br />
<time>{{ .Date.Format "January 2, 2006" }}</time>
</div>
<br />
{{ end }}
</div>
</body>
</html>
