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JOHN ROWE
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To Rowe or not...
not the quintessential poet
rather a poet of few words
turning them within context
tuning them to serpent harmonies
coiled meanings, twisted finales
seemingly simple he takes our hand
as a child might, or a man, leading
or being led into an alchemist's
retort, a philosopher's stone,
his scant words like dross pile up
suddenly spiraling into gold.
- Tom Odegard 3/12/05
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JOHN B. ROWE (1964 - )
Berkeley High School - Class of 1982
San Diego State University - BA English/Creative Writing, 1987
J.R.'s poetry has appeared in:
BAY AREA POETS SEASONAL REVIEW, BREVITIES, CARQUINEZ POETRY REVIEW, THE CRAZY CHILD SCRIBBLER, GRRRRR - A Collection of Poems About Bears (Arctos Press), MINOTAUR, POETRY DEPTH QUARTERLY, REMEMBERING (anthology of Poets' Dinner contest winners), and elsewhere.
J.R.'s chapbook AT MY WIT'S BEGINNING (Eventuality Press), in its 2nd printing as of 12/07, presents the poet's lighter side. Cover price is $3 ($4 by mail).
J.R.'s poem Forever -- An Old Man Considers His Hand won a grand prize in Artists Embassy International's Dancing Poetry Festival Contest 2002.
J.R. was featured in November 2003 on KRBS radio's "Poetry On Request" (Oroville, CA).
An East Bay Area native, J.R. resides in Albany, California, where he served in 2008 on the selection committee for the city's first poet laureate. He is president of the Bay Area Poets Coalition and associate editor of Poetalk magazine.
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