John Poch was born in 1966, is the winner of the Donald Justice Prize for poetry, and teaches at Texas Tech University in Lubbock.

Other poems by John Poch in Verse Daily:
August 18, 2008:   "The Ghost Town" "It need not be a desiccated wreck..."
December 27, 2003:  "Thief" "Before the snow, I stand in a darkening field...."
November 18, 2003:  "Talking About Fire" "Prometheus and his old hawk, sore..."
October 3, 2002:  "The Veery" "I have predicted the end of spring for the fifth time..."

Books by John Poch:

Other poems on the web by John Poch:
"Superman"
"The Llano Estacado"
"A River"
"Penelope"
"The Salesman"
Three poems
"John's Christ"
"Backwards"
"The Owl and the Table"