John Copley Alter was born in Landour in August 1947 and studied and taught at the Woodstock School. Currently, he is retired and lives with his wife in Shanghai.
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John Copley Alter was born in Landour in August 1947 and studied and taught at the Woodstock School. Currently, he is retired and lives with his wife in Shanghai.
A poem by John Copley Alter: ‘what was indigenous / in our childhood’s garden? became / native, mother tongue—our flora— / blossoming…’
Six poems by John Copley Alter: ‘Three ages ago you were / wrestling with mortality, my brother. / Today you are open in my mind like / a score of music, a keyboard, waiting.’
Poetry by John Copley Alter: ‘a blue heron meditates on water / Between his still rapture and this place you / and I are more than tourists’