Koch Poems - Poems about Koch

...When ex-president Nixon responded to a question about his criminal constitutional violations, his answer about "Pockets of Revolution" existing in the country was somewhat plausible, but it also show......Read the rest...

...Kenneth Koch 'The DUPLICATIONS' ditto " " " " " " " " " " " " "......Read the rest...

...Eric Mottram on the American literary and cultural scene during 1965-66 while he was the recipient of the American Learned Societies’ award for a year. (begun in the last post and to be continued)......Read the rest...

..."What's next?" is the voice I hear ring in my ear, And sometimes it's obvious, "I'll have a beer!" With answer so effortless, I want to cheer, It seems you're the simplest answer I hear. "What'......Read the rest...

...Life lives, life dies. Life laughs, life cries. Life gives up and life tries. But life looks different through everyone's eyes.” Daniel B Koch......Read the rest...

...I just started reading or should I say re-reading a book by the late, great poet Kenneth Koch. It's called "I Never Told Anybody" and it's all about teaching poetry in a nursing home. It's ......Read the rest...

...It’s a swill no one interrupts— A pill that consumes and corrupts Our honor's been jailed And truth’s will is impaled As the blood PAC tempest erupts Author's note: Many of the super-rich ......Read the rest...

...Today is April 1st. Transit strike. Mayor Koch accepting the fact. Myself, far from crisis central, in North Manhattan, measuring the temperature of my apartment. In the sun it is warm. The cro......Read the rest...

...Footprint Eraser Written By: D. Collins 10/5/14 America had better get onboard with the Dutch. Our most abundant exhaust is what will s......Read the rest...

...Way before the Mayor died, He planned out to a T Exactly what the wording on His tombstone ought to be. The only items missing Were his dates of birth and death, Considering he didn’t know When he’d......Read the rest...

...New York’s lost an icon Who was in your face and brash. He always spoke his mind and thus, With many he did clash. A three-term mayor with a bridge That’s honored with his name, His trademark “How’m......Read the rest...

...For Kenneth Koch We met each other in Smyrna Birthplace of Seferis Walked all the day together around Ephesus Admiring the antiquities And chatting about the troubles of a new era We came from......Read the rest...

...(A Variation of: Your Departure Versus the Hindenburg by Kenneth Koch) Every time you enter the room I see it as an extension of Pompeii That great 76 A.D. volcano erupting In molten la......Read the rest...