Because he was as hard to handle
as truth, which we equate with light,
go somewhere dark and hold a candle
for Alan Sullivan tonight.
11 December, 2010
Aaron Poochigian attended Moorhead State University in Minnesota where he studied under the poets Dave Mason, Alan Sullivan and Tim Murphy. He earned a PhD in Classics in 2006. His original poems have appeared in such journals as Arion, Dark Horse and Poetry Magazine.