Koch Poems - Poems about Koch

...Kenneth Koch 'The DUPLICATIONS' ditto " " " " " " " " " " " " "......

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...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)......

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..."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'......

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...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......

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...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 ......

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...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 ......

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...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......

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...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......

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...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......

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...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......

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...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......

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...(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......

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