<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/class-notes/john_poch.html" dsn="news"><item_date>02/13/2026 08:45:56 AM</item_date><title>John Poch</title><firstname>John</firstname><middlename/><maidenname/><lastname>Poch</lastname><graduation_year/><body><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: #212121;">John Poch (’00 Ph.D.),</span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: #212121;"> Winona Lake, Indiana, released his newest book of poetry, </span><a title="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fslantbooks.org%2Fbooks%2Fthe-future-of-love%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cnorthtexan%40unt.edu%7C939abdf774ae46dd488c08de60197160%7C70de199207c6480fa318a1afcba03983%7C0%7C0%7C639053860414249083%7CUnkno" href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fslantbooks.org%2Fbooks%2Fthe-future-of-love%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cnorthtexan%40unt.edu%7C939abdf774ae46dd488c08de60197160%7C70de199207c6480fa318a1afcba03983%7C0%7C0%7C639053860414249083%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=hseFMdRwNWjBJ3mgAebNHwsDElLWpHxN0FTHIehMHBc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><i><span style="font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: #0078d7;">The Future of Love</span></i></a><em><span style="font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: #212121;">, which explores love in all its forms, from a muse to a baker and from a </span></em><span style="font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: #212121;">sculptural<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><em><span style="font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;">object to a sea. John, a </span></em></span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;">professor of English and creative writing at Grace College in Indiana, has written eight books of poems, and his work has been published in <em>Ploughshares, Paris Review and other publications. </em><span style="font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: #212121; font-style: normal;"/></span></p></body><image><img src="/_images/johnpoch.jpg" alt="John Poch in cotton field "/></image><alumni_association_member>No</alumni_association_member><author/><type>class-notes</type><categories/><relationships/><main-content>
		
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