John Poch

John Poch holds an M.F.A. in Poetry from the University of Florida{{cite web |url=http://web.english.ufl.edu/crw/teaching_alums.html |title=Alumni & Alumnae Teaching at Universities |website=web.english.ufl.edu |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140731210155/http://web.english.ufl.edu/crw/teaching_alums.html |archive-date=2014-07-31}} and a Ph.D. in English from the University of North Texas.{{Cite web|url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poets/detail/john-poch|title = John Poch|date = 22 September 2021}} He was the inaugural Colgate University Creative Writing Fellow, and from 2001 to 2023 he taught in the creative writing program at Texas Tech University.{{Cite web|url=http://www.versedaily.org/2008/aboutjohnpochtmfwak.shtml|title = Verse Daily: About Two Men Fighting with a Knife by John Poch}} He serves as series editor for the Vassar Miller Poetry Prize at the University of North Texas Press, and for ten years edited 32 Poems with poet Deborah Ager.{{Cite web |url=http://www.english.ttu.edu/general_info/directory/faculty_profile_pages/poch_detailed.asp#internet |title=Texas Tech University :: Department of English :: General Department Information :: John Poch |access-date=2012-03-21 |archive-date=2012-05-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120524014842/http://www.english.ttu.edu/general_info/directory/faculty_profile_pages/poch_detailed.asp#internet |url-status=dead }}

In 2023, Poch accepted the position of Professor of English and Creative Writing at Grace College in Winona Lake, Indiana.{{cite web |title=Finding Beauty through a Degree in English: Meet John Poch, Professor of English and Creative Writing |url=https://www.grace.edu/finding-beauty-through-a-degree-in-english/ |website=Grace College Campus News & Blogs |access-date=18 March 2025 |date=September 11, 2023}} In this role, he has also served as one of the original organizers of the [https://www.grace.edu/about/the-winona-christian-writers-conference/ Winona Christian Writer's Conference].{{cite web |title=Grace College to Host Inaugural Winona Christian Writers Conference |url=https://www.grace.edu/grace-college-to-host-inaugural-winona-christian-writers-conference/ |website=Grace College Campus News & Blogs |access-date=18 March 2025 |date=November 25, 2024}}

• Fulbright Core Scholar Fellowship (University of Barcelona, 2014) {{Cite web|url=http://www.cies.org/grantee/john-poch|title = John Poch | Fulbright Scholar Program}}
• New Criterion Poetry Prize {{Cite web|url=https://www.newcriterion.com/posts.cfm/John-Poch-wins-2014-New-Criterion-Poetry-Prize-7347|title=John Poch wins 2014 New Criterion Poetry Prize}}
• Donald Justice Poetry Prize {{Cite web|url=http://today.ttu.edu/posts/2008/07/professor-receives-prestigious-donald-justice-poetry-prize|title=Professor Receives Prestigious Donald Justice Poetry Prize | July | 2008 | Texas Tech Today | TTU}}
• Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Prize {{Cite web |url=http://www.english.ttu.edu/faculty_profiles/honors_awards_P_to_R.asp#poch |title=Texas Tech University :: Department of English :: Faculty Profiles :: Honors and Awards: P-R |access-date=2012-03-21 |archive-date=2012-05-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120524052042/http://www.english.ttu.edu/faculty_profiles/honors_awards_P_to_R.asp#poch |url-status=dead }}
• Colgate Creative Writing Fellowship {{Cite web |url=http://www.english.ttu.edu/faculty_profiles/honors_awards_P_to_R.asp#poch |title=Texas Tech University :: Department of English :: Faculty Profiles :: Honors and Awards: P-R |access-date=2012-03-21 |archive-date=2012-05-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120524052042/http://www.english.ttu.edu/faculty_profiles/honors_awards_P_to_R.asp#poch |url-status=dead }}
• The Nation/Discovery Prize {{Cite web |url=http://www.english.ttu.edu/faculty_profiles/honors_awards_P_to_R.asp#poch |title=Texas Tech University :: Department of English :: Faculty Profiles :: Honors and Awards: P-R |access-date=2012-03-21 |archive-date=2012-05-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120524052042/http://www.english.ttu.edu/faculty_profiles/honors_awards_P_to_R.asp#poch |url-status=dead }}

• {{cite book| title=Between Two Rivers| publisher=Texas Tech University Press| year=2019| isbn=9781682830383 }}
• {{cite book| title=TEXASES| publisher=Wordfarm| year=2019| isbn=9781602260221 }}
• {{cite book| title=Longsuffering |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f2Ykx8lO7A}}
• {{cite book| title=Fix Quiet| publisher=St. Augustine's Press| year=2015| isbn=978-1587312694 }}
• {{cite book| title=Dolls| publisher=Orchises Press| year=2009| isbn=9781932535204 }}
• {{cite book| title=Two Men Fighting with a Knife| publisher=Story Line Press| year=2008| isbn=9780978599799 }}
• {{cite book| title=Ghost Towns of the Enchanted Circle| publisher=Flying Horse Editions| year=2007 }}
• Chad Davidson and John Poch. {{cite book| title=Hockey Haiku: The Essential Collection| url=https://archive.org/details/hockeyhaikuessen0000poch| url-access=registration| publisher=St. Martin's Press| year=2006| isbn=9780312356071 }}
• {{cite book| title=Poems| publisher=Orchises Press| year=2004| isbn=9781932535006 }}
• {{cite book| title=Old Flame (editor, with Deborah Ager and Bill Beverly)| publisher=WordFarm Press| year=2012}}
• Gracious: Poems from the 21st Century South. Texas Tech University Press. 2020.
• Cantiamo, Prendiamo Il Coltello (translated by Pietro Federico). Edizioni Ensemble. 2022.
• Pietro Federico, Most of the Stars: An American Song (translator). St Augustine's Press. 2025.

• God's Poems: The Beauty of Poetry and the Christian Imagination. St Augustine's Press. 2022.
• Notes on the Poet: A Little Book of Criticism. Measure Press. 2023.

• {{cite book| title=In Defense of the Fall| publisher=Trilobite Press| year=2000 }}

• [https://www.pbs.org/video/2365818843/ PBS Interview]
• [https://linebreak.org/poems/liquid-italy/ "Liquid Italy", Linebreak]
• [https://vimeo.com/89636736 "Shrike", Videopoem]
• [https://vimeo.com/114291370 "Sonnet on Time", Videopoem]
• [http://www.hobartpulp.com/web_features/three-poems--10 "3 Prose Poems", Hobart]
• [http://www.versedaily.org/2008/theghosttown.shtml "The Ghost Town", Verse Daily]
• [http://www.theparisreview.org/poetry/5461/february-flu-john-poch "February Flu", Paris Review]
• [http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poem/244584 "Elegy for a Suicide", Poetry]

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