David Crowell

It's important to me to write poetry that is "accessible", something that can be understood and appreciated without a dictionary in one hand and a book on mythology in the other. This is the type of poetry that I grew up with and the type of poetry I aspire to write.

I've dabbled with poetry ever since high school but only seriously following a cancer diagnosis.

I retired in 2009 from a career in Information Technology, working in the petroleum industry. Following that, I had an active retirement working as a volunteer in disaster relief through the Southern Baptist Convention, working out (I've been called a "gym rat") and with travel: camping and hiking at many sites in the American Southwest. All that changed, however, in 2019 when I had my first of three bouts with throat cancer (never smoked and a non-drinker). Through that process, I lost my tongue which has severely restricted my ability to communicate verbally, so I write. I wrote heavily about it in my first book and lightly in the second and third book.