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ABOUT ME & LINKS	BOOKS	RECENT / UPCOMING STUFF
Hi, my name is David Clink, and this is my website. Author photo courtesy of Geoff George. Please see other author photos below. I am the webmaster of www.poetrymachine.com. My first book of poetry was released from Tightrope Books in the Spring of 2008 It is called "Eating Fruit Out of Season" David is a member of: The League of Canadian Poets Link to David's site on the LCP ARTICLES/PROFILES: Article in Y-File [July 8, 2008] Article in Atkinson Beat [Nov 2008, v. 4, issue 3] YORKU - The Magazine of York University [April 2004]	Eating Fruit Out of Season ISBN: 978-0-9783351-1-3 REVIEWS: Review by Maurice Mierau [Winnipeg Free Press - Jan 25, 2009] Review by Jacob Scheier [Prairie Fire - Dec 31, 2008] Review by John Stiles [Sep 21, 2008 - John Stiles' Blog] BLURBS: Blurbs for Eating Fruit Out of Season by George Elliott Clarke by Maureen Scott Harris by Steve Venright	UPCOMING THINGS: Please go to my Events page for upcoming readings! I was one of the poetry judges for The Vaike and Erich Rannu Fund for Writers of Speculative Literature Judges are Mildred Tremblay, David Livingstone Clink & Sandra Kasturi (Poetry); and Candas Jane Dorsey, Robert Boyczuk, & Sandra Kasturi (fiction). First prize is $500 with $50 for honorable mentions. The deadline for submissions was December 31st, 2008. I am editing a book of poems Global Warning: poems on the environment to be published by The Battered Silicon Dispatch Box. More information to come. Poem being held Analog: Science Fiction and Fact for possible inclusion in an upcoming issue. The poem is: Skippy the Robot Poem Accepted CV2 - Contemporary Verse 2 In an upcoming issue. The poem is: A Poet Runs for Office Poem Accepted Existere In the next issue. The poem is: Above Us
ABOUT ME & LINKS	BOOKS	RECENT / UPCOMING STUFF
(Author Photo courtesy of Geoff George) I co-edited the "Instant Anthology" with Emily Leeson, in June 2007 (Toronto Small Press Book Fair) MY POEM, "Copyright Notice, 2525" was second in the 2007 Asimov's Readers Poll. Here are the results: Please find samples of my poetry at the bottom! Email: dclink@yorku.ca My sister, Carolyn Clink, is a renowned poet, and she is married to science fiction writer Robert J. Sawyer. If you want to find out about them, please check out sfwriter.com.	My fifth poetry chapbook, One Dozen was launched by believe your own press in May 2007 at The Victory Cafe. It is available for $8 (plus postage & packaging) from the publisher. BLURBS: Blurbs for One Dozen by Bill Howell by Carol Malyon	UPCOMING THINGS: Please go to my Events page for upcoming things! Poem Published The Literary Review of Canada In the December 2008 issue. The poem is: Darkness Then a Blown Kiss Poem Published Echolocation I have a poem in the current issue. The poem is: My Father's Office Poem Published Literary Review of Canada In the December 2008 issue. The poem is: Darkness, Then a Blown Kiss
ABOUT ME & LINKS	BOOKS	RECENT / UPCOMING STUFF
I was born on June 20th, 1962, in Medicine Hat, Alberta, and grew up in West Hartford, Connecticut and Toronto, Ontario. I am related to the Scottish explorer David Livingstone. I am the Circulation Coordinator at the Peter F. Bronfman Business Library at York University, where I graduated with a degree in English. I am the author of 5 poetry chapbooks: His name was Gord, and he used to run with the bulls [OUT OF PRINT] The Surly Blondes of Earth [OUT OF PRINT] Come-on from the Horse on 7th Avenue Shapeshifter One Dozen	My fourth poetry chapbook, Shapeshifter was launched by believe your own press in October 2004 at The Victory Cafe. It is available for $4 (plus postage & packaging) from the publisher.	Poem Published All Rights Reserved Literary Journal In the Spring 2008 issue. The poem is: Hercules, when dying Sunday, March 1, 2009: Pilot Reading Series [Montreal] - 8:00 p.m. Bar Blizzarts 3956-A St-Laurent Blvd. Daniel Allen Cox David Clink Faye Guenther Kristín Eiríksdóttir

	I am the editor of seven poetry chapbooks: Hate Mail & Love Letters by Herb Kauderer email: hkauderer@yahoo.com ISBN: 0-9715712-0-1 The Day I Ate Jupiter (and other poems) by Sandra Kasturi Kelp Queen Press website: http://kelpqueenpress.com ISBN: 0-9689934-4-3 Under the Dragon's Tail by Clara Blackwood believe your own press ISBN: 0-9730445-3-5 Larger Than Still Life by Joel Giroux believe your own press ISBN: 0-9730445-6-X Midnight Grocery by Dani Couture believe your own press ISBN: 0-9736423-1-9 The Beautiful Darkness by Ron Newberry Evans believe your own press ISBN: 0-9736423-3-5 It's No Secret You'll Feel Better by Nashira Dernesch believe your own press ISBN: 0-9736423-3-5 I started a small press with poet Myna Wallin called: believe your own press I am the Artistic Director of the Rowers Pub Reading Series. I was the Artistic Director of the Art Bar Poetry Series, a reading series that occurs every Tuesday at 8 p.m. at the Victory Cafe, 581 Markham Street (1 block west of Bathurst, 1 block South of Bloor). I began my tenure June 1, 2002, and completed it June 30, 2005. I have been writing poetry since the Fall of 1995, when I joined the Algonquin Square Table, a poetry workshop that meets at Hart House (University of Toronto). You can find my poetry in over 50 journals in Canada, the U.S., and Great Britain, including Analog, The Antigonish Review, Chiaroscura, Cicada, The Comstock Review, The Dalhousie Review, Descant, Grain Magazine, The Fiddlehead, The Harpweaver, The Literary Review of Canada, Lynx, Midwest Poetry Review, On Spec, paperplates, Point Judith Light, The Prairie Journal, RE:AL, The Rockford Review, Satire, Tales of the Unanticipated, and The Timber Creek Review. My poetry has also appeared in the following anthologies: The Stars As Seen from this Particular Angle of Night; Legacy; and The World Fantasy Convention 2001 CD-ROM. I have hosted and organized an annual event as part of the Art Bar Poetry Series, in 2003, 2004, 2006, and 2007 called The Dead Poets Society, where readers read from poets who have passed on. The most recent was held December 11, 2007. I am hosting and organizing the next one, which is Tuesday, December 16, 2008. There will be 15 poets reading for 5-6 minutes from the poetry of dead poets. I am a panelist each year at Toronto science fiction conventions, Ad Astra, and Polaris (formerly TorontoTrek). I am also a regular panelist at Eeriecon, a convention held in Niagara Falls on the American side. Other Author Photos: (courtesy of Geoff George) (www.geoffgeorge.com) please credit Geoff George if you use one! (Author Photo courtesy of Geoff George) (Author Photo courtesy of Geoff George) Myna Wallin and me at the Toronto Small Press Fair, Fall 2002. From Toronto Trek 2000 (July, 2000): Alexandra Tydings, David Clink, and Claire Stansfield. [Photo by Roger Czernada (c)2000] Here I am with my Brother-in-Law, Robert J. Sawyer, at the Vietnam Memorial, August 1998 [Photo by Carolyn Clink (c) 1998]	Some of the information on this page is updated to January 17, 2009. RECENT THINGS: Falling My poem Falling was nominated for two awards, The Rhysling Award; and The Aurora Award. Here is the text of the poem as it appeared in On Spec: NOTE: click on the title "Falling" to get larger text. Falling It was 1969. I fell out of a tree. It was the year Armstrong and Aldrin set foot on the moon, Armstrong most notably, first. I have since fallen in love, many times, each time thinking it would last, and sorted all my poetry books by author’s last name. I have not told you this to make you envious, or jealous. This is a cautionary tale, how one boy tried to climb the sky with the side of a crib over one shoulder, and some string, how he fell to Earth, the last image in his mind, the moon against a light-blue canvas. Hospitals are a long way from the moon. People like you and me will one day be buried up there, and they will look down on our graves with hollow eyes. Elevators will rise up to orbit. A terminal will be there, shuttles to the moon every hour on the hour. Taking the elevator back down to earth, people will feel like they are falling. Share this with no one. Walk among the trees. Walk among the trees under the limbs that will taunt you, but let them. These limbs only want to embrace your lack of imagination, your doubt. [published in ON SPEC, Fall 2007, #70, v. 19, no. 3] My third Chapbook, Come-on from the Horse on 7th Avenue was launched by believe your own press in October 2002 at The Victory Cafe. It is available for $4 (plus postage & packaging) from the publisher. . My second Chapbook, The Surly Blondes of Earth was launched by believe your own press in March 2002 at The Art Bar. OUT OF PRINT. My first Chapbook, His name was Gord, and he used to run with the bulls was launched by Junction Books in May 2001 at Clinton's. OUT OF PRINT Author Photo (appeared in Satire - The Ezine) by Carolyn Clink - ©1998. From Satire - the Ezine (now defunct): The author photo shows Mr. Clink preparing to "pile drive" a fake octopus at the Ed Wood party at the World Science Fiction Convention in Baltimore, August 1998.

	Algonquin Square Table poets (April, 2004): back row, left to right - Adam Getty, Ed Baranosky, Shannon Blake, Mariana Mastagar, Carleton Wilson, Susan A. Manchester, Caroline Li, and Clara Blackwood, front row, left to right, Carolyn Clink, Myna Wallin, David Clink (hey, that's me, in the "have a pheasant plucking day" white sweater, the same one I wore in the 2001 photo). Not pictured: Sam Cheuk, Joel Giroux, Mici Gold, Sandra Kasturi, Megan McClure, A. F. Moritz, Lisa O'Leary, and, Souvankham Thammavongsa. Photo courtesy of Carolyn Clink (c)2004

	Algonquin Square Table poets (April, 2003): back row, left to right - Kristi Green, Susan A. Manchester, Carleton Wilson, David Clink, Ed Baranosky, A. F. Moritz, Adam Getty, _________, front row, left to right, Ray Hsu, Myna Wallin, Carolyn Clink, Sandra Kasturi. Not pictured: Shannon Blake, Joel Giroux, Mici Gold, Caroline Li, Megan McClure, Lisa O'Leary, and, Souvankham Thammavongsa. Photo courtesy of Carolyn Clink (c)2003

	Algonquin Square Table poets (April, 2002): back row, left to right - Susan A. Manchester, Helena Stecker, Carleton Wilson, David Clink, Ed Baranosky, A. F. Moritz, Raymond Gallardo, Susan Vickberg, Ray Hsu, front row, left to right, Melisa Fauceglia, Jennifer Bronson, Mici Gold, Carolyn Clink, Myna Wallin, sitting, Caroline Li. Not pictured: Kristi Green, Sandra Kasturi, and Adrienne Weiss. Photo courtesy of Carolyn Clink (c)2002

	Algonquin Square Table poets (April, 2001): back row, left to right - Nicole Romeiko, Ed Baranosky, Raymond Gallardo, Susan A. Manchester, David Clink (hey, that's me, in the "have a pheasant plucking day" white sweater), Carolyn Clink, James Arthur, Adam Getty, Joel Giroux, front row, left to right - Carleton Wilson, Lisa O'Leary, Jennifer Bronson, A. F. Moritz, Myna Wallin, Ray Hsu, Souvankham Thammavongsa. Not pictured: Melisa Fauceglia, Mici Gold, Kristi Green, Sandra Kasturi, Caroline Li, Dana Snell, Susan Vickberg, and Adrienne Weiss. Photo courtesy of Carolyn Clink (c)2001

	Algonquin Square Table poets (April, 2000): back row, left to right - Susan A. Manchester, Helena Stecker, Carleton Wilson, David Clink, Ed Baronosky, A. F. Moritz, Raymond Gallardo, Susan Vickberg. front row, left to right - Melisa Fauceglia, Jennifer Bronson, Caroline Li (seated), Mici Gold, Carolyn Clink, Myna Wallin, and Ray Hsu. Not pictured: James Arthur, Adam Getty, Kristi Green, J. Raechel Haller, Sandra Kasturi, Dana Snell, Adrienne Weiss and Jill Windsor. Photo courtesy of Carolyn Clink (c)2000

	Samples of My Poetry: (updated to March 22, 2008) some of these will have links to the full-text soon. (highlighted ones will appear in the forthcoming book: Eating Fruit out of Season) My best 26 poems (an alphabetical list) - Back Cover Copy Beyond the Eastern Edges of the World Clean Climbing trees Copyright Notice, 2525 Cottage Road Dust An Embrace of Green Thorns The Earth As Egg Falling The Gray Men and the Secrets of the Afterlife Gutters Hercules, when dying Hotline The Loss of Detail Magnetic North My Latest Poem New Country Now it can be told On Manifestation On the beach The Six-Legged Dog Retrieves a Stick Stacks of Books Visited by Frogs Wolf Kill at Doe Lake The Woman and the Garden My best 15 Speculative Poems [Science Fiction / Fantasy / Horror] Black Sun Copyright Notice, 2525 Dust An Embrace of Green Thorns Exhibit Falling The Jazz Musician and the Bus Platform Leeches The moon belongs to everyone New Country Sailing to Atlantis Shipwreck The Six-Legged Dog Retrieves a Stick Toxic Girl weathered remains My best 15 humorous poems - Back Cover Copy Beyond the Eastern Edges of the World Catman Collecting Bird Farts for Dummies Come-on from the Horse on 7th Avenue Copyright Notice, 2525 His name was Gord, and he used to run with the bulls Hotline My Latest Poem My Turtle Poem The Poetry Police Spider Love Thank you for the salad Top Ten Cat Songs of All Time * Toxic Girl * co-written with Carolyn Clink	Author Photo (from the World Fantasy Convention CD-ROM, fall 2001) by Carolyn Clink - ©2001. LtoR: Joel Giroux, Ray Hsu, David Clink, Chris Jennings byop visits Hamilton for reading at Blue Angel, Fall 2002. [photo by Myna Wallin (c) 2002]

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