The poet Robert Sward has taught at Cornell University, the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, and at UC Santa Cruz. A Fulbright Scholar and Guggenheim fellow, he has published 30 books. Born and raised in Chicago, Sward served in the Navy during the Korean War. Jack Foley has characterized Sward’s poetry as “the product of a restless, spiritually adventuresome sensibility masking itself as a stand-up comedian.” “Clancy the Dog” is from Sward’s New and Selected Poems 1957–2011, published by Red Hen Press, and is reprinted by permission.
The poet Robert Sward has taught at Cornell University, the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, and at UC Santa Cruz. A Fulbright Scholar and Guggenheim fellow, he has published 30 books. Born and raised in Chicago, Sward served in the Navy during the Korean War. Jack Foley has characterized Sward’s poetry as “the product of a restless, spiritually adventuresome sensibility masking itself as a stand-up comedian.” “Clancy the Dog” is from Sward’s New and Selected Poems 1957–2011, published by Red Hen Press, and is reprinted by permission.
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