Martin Ott's most recent book is Spectrum (C&R Press, 2016). The author of seven books, he won the De Novo and Sandeen prizes for his first two poetry collections. His work has appeared in more than two hundred magazines.

Other poems by Martin Ott in Verse Daily:
October 8, 2018:   "Stranger" "The man emerged from a Starbucks..."
February 1, 2013:   "Syzygy" "The dead have lost their sense of humor...."

Books by Martin Ott:

Other poems on the web by Martin Ott:
Two poems
Three poems
"Clusters"
Four poems
"Alligators Are Out There Eating Sharks, No Big Deal"
"The Poem That Got Away"
"Mercy"
Three poems

Martin Ott's Website.

Martin Ott on Twitter.

About America, We Call Your Name: Poems of Resistance and Resilience:

"Poetry is one of the oldest forms of resistance. Entering not only our minds but our hearts, poems can swim under the highest walls erected by the powerful, subverting the most staggering onslaughts of distortion and outright lies, undermining threats, answering despair, rescuing the simplest and yet most profound ways that we know, reviving our courage, inviting action. Tyrants, despots, fascists of all kinds, beware this book. It may bring even you to your senses!"
—Susan Griffin

"'The master's tools,' writes Audre Lorde, 'will never dismantle the master's house.' Poems are one of humanity's most important tools because they operate outside of policy, outside of the system. They are the instruments of the people not of the palace. This timely, urgent, and vital collection reminds us of the civic work poems do. They deliver a different kind of knowing—a deeper wisdom—than conventional news or posts or feeds. The resistance and resilience of these poems comfort and connect us, but they also catalyze our voices and our collective rage. Wallace Stevens once wrote, 'Poetry is a response to the daily necessity of getting the world right.' America, We Call Your Name gives me hope in our work as poets and as citizens."
—Dean Rader