David Lee was named the first Poet Laureate of Utah in 1997, and he has also received the Utah Governor’s Award for lifetime achievement in the arts. His work draws on a rich experience that includes seminary study, boxing, raising hogs, and becoming the only white athlete to play for the Negro League Post Texas Blue Stars. Retired from Southern Utah University, where he taught for more than three decades, Lee divides his time among Oregon, Nevada, and Utah.
WORKS THAT HAVE APPEARED IN NARRATIVE:
- Autumn Reverie, poetry, in Poems of the Week: 2020–2021
- The Dream of Adoration and Other Poems, poetry, in Fall 2018
- Two Poems, poetry, in Winter 2014
- Higher Authority, poetry, in Poems of the Week: 2012–2013
- Closing Suite: Last Call, poetry, in Spring 2013
- Amanda Strayhorn, Reverend’s Wife, poetry, in Poems of the Week: 2011–2012
- Nighthunting with John, poetry, in Poems of the Week: 2011–2012
- Three Poems, poetry, in Fall 2009
- Loading a Boar, poetry, in Poems of the Week: 2008–2009