David Mason was Poet Laureate of Colorado from 2010 to 2014. His books include Ludlow: A Verse Novel, The Country I Remember, Arrivals, News from the Village, The Scarlet Libretto, Sea Salt: Poems of a Decade, 2004-2014 and Davey McGravy: Tales to be Read Aloud to Children and Adult Children. Mason divides his time between Colorado, Oregon, and Australia.
Published by the Times Literary Supplement Antipodes Featured in Australian Book Review Featured in the Wall Street Journal Link: https: //www.wsj.com/articles/hearing-homers-song-undying-melody-11620999349?st=dqo9rztbz7i2yz7&reflink=article_email_share Featured in the Poems On podcast Featured review in The Hudson Review Mason is a poet who justifies his claims. His forms breathe. --Brain Phillips, Poetry From his first full-length narrative poem, The Country I Remember, to his extraordinary verse novel, Ludlow, David Mason's ambition to expand the realm of narrative in contemporary verse has been central to his poetic project, even as successive collections revealed him as one of the best lyric poets of his generation. --Charles Martin A poet to listen to, and to trust. --Kate Hendry, author of The Dark Horse One of our most authentic and accomplished poets at the top of his lyric form. --Andrew Frisardi, author of Angle Poems featured in Rattle Poetry's Rattlecast