Analysis of poems
- A Snap Quiz in Body Language
- Among Driftwood
- At The Door
- Bums at Breakfast
- Do Not Proceed Beyond This Point without a Guide
- Every Good Boy Does Fine
- Following A Stream
- For A Row Of Laurel Shrubs
- For a Student Sleeping in a Poetry Workshop
- For Laurel and Hardy on My Workroom Wall
Biography
David Russell Wagoner is an American poet who has written many poetry collections and ten novels. Two of his books have been nominated for National Book Awards.
Early Life
Born in Massillon, Ohio and raised in Whiting, Indiana from the age of seven, Wagoner attended Pennsylvania State University where he was a member of Naval ROTC and graduated in three years. He received an M.A. in English from the Indiana University in 1949 and has taught at the University of Washington since 1954 on the suggestion of friend and fellow poet Theodore Roethke.
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