David Clewell

David Clewell (February 11, 1955 – February 15, 2020) was an American poet and creative writing instructor at Webster University. From 2010 to 2012, he served as the Poet Laureate of Missouri.

Life Clewell was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey in 1955 He graduated from University of Wisconsin with a B.A. in English. A year later, he started the Webster University Visiting Writers Series, which he still coordinated until his death. Poetry, The Kenyon Review, The Missouri Review, The Georgia Review, Ontario Review, New Letters, and Yankee. He has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize for poetry seven times.

He lived in Webster Groves, Missouri with his wife Patricia.

Works

Poems "from Jack Ruby's America", Word Virtual, 1999 "Not to Mention Love: A Heart for Patricia", Poets.org "On the Eve of His Retirement, the Weight-Guesser Goes All Out", Poetry Foundation, March 2000 "The Accomplice", Counterbalance, April 9, 2007 "Two Alley Songs for the Vegetable Man: St. Louis, MO", Poetry Foundation, January 1985

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