John Poch
John Poch’s most recent book is Texases (WordFarm, 2019). His poems appear widely in magazines such as the Paris Review, Poetry, the Sewanee Review, and The Nation. He teaches in the creative-writing program at Texas Tech University.
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Rock and Roll
King David strumming the gut strings, gutting the silence of the temple dust and air, improvises on his instrument, looking for the riff, the new tune, and outside a literal storm flashing, falling toward and on Jerusalem. The steady drumming of his heart and right foot rock along, harmonic, bass lines thundering substance under all. […]