About
American poet best known for an epic work entitled The Battlefield Where the Moon Says I Love You. His other noteworthy poems include "Freedom, Revolt, And Love" and "The Snake Doctors."
Before Fame
He attended the University of Arkansas. He published his debut poetry collection, The Singing Knives, in 1971.
Trivia
He committed suicide shortly before his thirtieth birthday. His last work, Crib Death, was published posthumously.
Family Life
He was born in Mississippi and raised in Tennessee and Arkansas. He married Ginny Stanford in 1971.
Associated With
He was influenced by the work of T.S. Eliot.
