Notes on the Poet: A Little Book of Criticism

by John Poch

Book Overview

In Notes on the Poet, John Poch revives the ancient but little-practiced art of the aphorism. Like prayer ribbons, these compressed utterances are tied to that space between reading and writing, poet and poem, life and art, making up a "little book of criticism," but criticism with an artist's insight: "A poem is like a child's plow. A toy for toil," Poch writes. His eye for the poetic image and ear for the turn of phrase display the focused wisdom...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1939574366
• ISBN13: 9781939574367
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: Measure Press Inc.
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 4.3" x 7.0"