Dick Allen

Dick Allen (b. 1939) is variously known as a mystical poet, A Zen Buddhist poet, a poet concerned with the turn of the 21st century, a poet of contemporary science, and a poet whose style ranges from formal to free verse. Having published 8 volumes of poetry and numerous poems in publications such as The New Yorker , The Atlantic Monthly , The Hudson Review , and The American Poetry Review , Allen has served as Connecticut's State Poet Laureate for five years and has won prizes and praise for...See more

Dick Allen (b. 1939) is variously known as a mystical poet, A Zen Buddhist poet, a poet concerned with the turn of the 21st century, a poet of contemporary science, and a poet whose style ranges from formal to free verse. Having published 8 volumes of poetry and numerous poems in publications such as The New Yorker , The Atlantic Monthly , The Hudson Review , and The American Poetry Review , Allen has served as Connecticut's State Poet Laureate for five years and has won prizes and praise for his poetry nationwide. With his wife Lori, also a writer, Dick Allen lives, writes, and takes walks besides Thrushwood Lake in Trumbull, CT. See less