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John in the Illinois wetlands
Poem of the Month
- March 2016:
saturday in dublin - February 2016:
bowl - December 2015:
this silent moment - November 2015:
reading the heavens - December 2014:
well I had something in mind - December 2012:
winter miracle - November 2012:
veterans day - October 2012:
conjugal secret - September 2012:
a difficult morning
"I would consider John Knoepfle one of those classic poets of place. His attachment to the
midwest is a genuine attachment; it is the place that he inhabits, rather than writes
about, and that is what makes the poems so lovely. I think it has to do with his sense of
relationship of place to person to word."
—Brooke Bergen
About John
John Knoepfle is the author of over 20 books of poetry as well as several prose pieces. He is Professor Emeritus of Literature at the University of Illinois- Springfield. His awards include fellowships from the Rockefeller Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts as well as the Mark Twain Award for Contributions to Midwestern Literature. Click here to read
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