David Livingstone Clink is the Artistic Director of the Rowers Pub Reading Series, and the webmaster of poetrymachine.com. David's poetry has appeared in The Antigonish Review, The Dalhousie Review, The Fiddlehead, Grain Magazine, The Literary Review of Canada, and in the anthologies I.V. Lounge Nights, Garden Variety, and Imagination in Action. He is a member of 4 writing groups - The Algonquin Square Table Poetry Workshop; The Muse Cooperative; P-Club; and The Plasticine Poetry Workshop. David taught a one-day class on how to start up a workshop at the University of

Guelph in 2003. He was co-publisher, along with Myna Wallin, of Believe Your Own Press, which published 20 quality chapbooks in its 5 year history. He is the author of 5 poetry chapbooks and the editor of 7 others. He edited the anthology, A Verdant Green, which was launched March 4, 2010, with new poems by 13 Canadian poets including bill bissett, George Elliott Clarke, Karen Connelly, and Raymond Souster. His poem, "Falling" was nominated for two awards: the Rhysling Award and the Aurora Award. His poem, "Copyright Notice 2525" placed second in the 2007 Asimov's Reader's Poll. His first book of poetry, Eating Fruit Out of Season was published by Tightrope Books in 2008. His next collection, Monster, is scheduled for Fall 2010.

 

David's League of Canadian Poets Page. http://www.poets.ca/linktext/direct/clink.html