David Clewell

MORE THAN I CAN SAY
November 26, 2017 Clewell David

MORE THAN I CAN SAY

Clewell doesn’t exactly do haiku.

–from my introducer’s well-intentioned remarks,
exhorting the audience to be patient in light of
the characteristically lengthy poems that would
soon no doubt be heading their way

 

Don’t think less of me,
but this time that’s exactly
what I’ve gone and done.

David Clewell’s most recent book is Almost Nothing To Be Scared Of (University of Wisconsin, 2016). Before his current hitch as poetry professor, Clewell worked as a professional wrestler, circus laborer, and boardwalk weight-guesser.