Richard Eugene Lyons (June 19, 1920 – January 29, 2000) was an American

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems ( oral or wr ...

, and Professor of English at

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from 1950 to 1982.

Life

He joined with the newly organized North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies in its investigation of the culture, history, and heritage of North Dakota. His poems have appeared in the ''Quarterly Review of Literature'', ''The Kenyon Review'', ''The New Yorker'', ''The Paris Review'', and ''The Nation''. He was also a graphic artist who had paintings and prints in regional and national exhibitions. His papers are held at North Dakota State University.

Works

* ''Men and Tin Kettles'', A. Swallow, 1956 * ''One Squeaking Straw'' (1958) * ''Paintings in Taxicabs'' (1965) * ''Above Time'' (1968)

Editor

* ''Poetry North: Five Poets of North Dakota'' (1970) * * ''Invisible poems'', Merrykit Press, 1976 * ''Scanning the Land: Poems in North Dakota.'' Fargo: North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, 1980,

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lyons, Richard American editors Writers from Detroit 1920 births 2000 deaths North Dakota State University faculty 20th-century American poets Poets from North Dakota Poets from Michigan