FEATURE
December 2006

John Poch


THE CORTLAND REVIEW

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SSAY
Tony Barnstone
  "A Manifesto on the Contemporary Sonnet: A Personal Aesthetics"
Tony Barnstone considers the sonnet from its formal beginnings to its evolution into the twenty-first century, including some generative techniques for sonnets of your own


S
ONNETS
Tony Barnstone

Willis Barnstone
Lorna Knowles Blake
Kim Bridgford
Billy Collins
Leisha Douglas
Barry Ergang
Ross A. Gay
Soheila Ghaussy This marks an author's first online publication
Miranda Girard This marks an author's first online publication
Myrna Goodman This marks an author's first online publication
Susan Gubernat
Heidi Hart
Jay Leeming This marks an author's first online publication
Anne Marie Macari

Patricia O'Hara
John Poch
Michael Salcman
Patricia Smith
A.E. Stallings

Gerald Stern
Joyce Sutphen
Jeet Thayil
Meredith Trede This marks an author's first online publication

 

John Poch teaches at Texas Tech University. He is the author of Poems (Orchises, 2004) and Hockey Haiku (St. Martins Press, 2006).

The Salesman    


The morning paper sells it like it is,
razors away the natural. From beguiled
to guiled, I flee the house and aim amiss
my key like a mild knife. I am a child

pout disappointed at the checkout. Look,
I'd cotton a cotton revolution, sun
held back eschatologically, thin book
put down for now, to savor, not be done.

Take care, away my wall. Savior, say
and colorfield my hour without the frame
of spine and thread and glue. Redeem the they
I blame, my art of naming Thee the same.

When I relive my sailor-suited days,
I (once a great berry-er) can praise.

 

 

John Poch: Poetry
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