Rattle Poetry

ep. 298 - John Poch


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John Poch is the author of seven collections of poems, including Poems (2004), a finalist for the PEN/Osterweil Prize; Two Men Fighting with a Knife (2008), winner of the Donald Justice Award; and Fix Quiet (2015), winner of the 2014 New Criterion Poetry Prize. He is a founding editor of 32 Poems Magazine and a co-editor of Old Flame: From the First 10 Years of 32 Poems Magazine. He is the series editor of the Vassar Miller Poetry Prize, and he recently published a book of essays, God’s Poems: The Beauty of Poetry and the Christian Imagination, and a book of aphorisms on the practice of poetry, Notes on the Poet. He teaches at Grace College in Indiana.
Find his little book of criticism here:
https://www.measurepress.com/measure/catalog/books/notes-poet/
As always, we'll also include the live Prompt Lines for responses to our weekly prompt. A Zoom link will be provided in the chat window during the show before that segment begins.
For links to all the past episodes, visit:
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This Week’s Prompt:
Write a poem in which space is very important. Include a scent.
Next Week’s Prompt:
Write a poem in which a wall comes down.
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