THE BOOKS
As well as the novel Death by Triangulation, John has published five books of poetry. These are now mostly out of print, but used copies are available from booksellers like Amazon and abebooks.com. New copies of Time Slip ($10 plus S&H) and Gearing of Love ($5 plus S&H) are available from the author . Use the contact form.
TIME SLIP
Guernica Editions, 2010
138 pages
Trade Paperback
ISBN13: 9781550713022
ISBN10: 1550713027
"One is struck by the variety of the poems in Time Slip, John Oughton's fifth collection of poetry, which combines selections from his first four books, as well as new poems of the past decade. His steady, sure voice captures lyrical and sardonic modes in personal poems as well as historic impersonations, with a mixture of playfulness and serious contemplation." -- Michael Greenstein, Prairie Fire
Counting Out the Millennium
Pecan Grove Press, 1997
Page Count: 82 pp
Format: Paper
ISBN: 1-877603-37-6
"There is little future speculation in this clever, playful, imaginative, wonderful book. And there’s not one disappointing poem in the collection. Oughton’s intelligence shines throughout." -- John B. Lee, Quill & Quire
Mata Hari's Lost Words
Ragweed Press, 1988
ISBN 0920304710, 9780920304716
Length 53 pages
""Oughton's poems are solid, carefully accumulated patterns of words. The rhythms are built through phrasing - long runs of words, or short series of ascending steps. It is a poetry only rarely quotable in flashing lines but control is always felt. Its energy goes into conveying scenes and situations in concrete particulars. This poetic biography of Mata Hari may justly be compared with Gwendolyn MacEwen's acclaimed poem sequence of a few years ago on Lawrence of Arabia."
—Alan Thomas
Gearing of Love
ISBN-10: 0889622485
ISBN-13: 978-0889622487
Paperback: 128 pages
Publisher: Mosaic Adult ( 1984)
"You've too many good poems for me to individually select the best among them. Your level of accomplishment throughout is very high, but what grabs me the most is the humanity and insight they show. Unlike so many of your contemporaries, you're really trying to say something - and for the most part, succeeding beautifully."
—Irving Layton