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David Slemmons

Outlaw Poet

About Me

I am a poet, actor/director, librarian, and political activist. I studied creative writing under Walter Van Tilburg Clark at the University of Nevada. I have well over over 100 amateur and professional theatre credits. In addition to having a MFA in Drama from OU, I have a B.A. in Creative Writing with a minor in Speech and Drama from the University of Nevada at Reno; I attended the University of Alaska-Fairbanks, where I was Student Body President and have a Master of Library and Information Studies from OU. In my other life, I have worked on the Alaska pipeline, been a counselor, a janitor, a disc jockey, sold cars, taught English to Vietnamese, coordinated the Medieval Fair, supervised for the Census Bureau, and am presently a librarian at the Oklahoma Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. I have two wonderful kids - Mabry and Michael. My political activism has never waned. peace and love.....
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My Interests

Music:

I have an eclectic range of music interests.... I prefer to see live performances by friends. There's an incredible range of fantastic music locally....

My Blog

Conspiracy of Voyeurs

..:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />  This is written by dear friend  Bob-O.  The "Taf" refers to a nickname imposed on me that has survived since the m...
Posted by David Slemmons on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 05:46:00 PST

it was on my desktop and i was going to delete it

"Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? ... Without concerted citizen action to uphold them close to home, we shall look in vain for progress in the larger world."  Eleanor Roosevelt Dav...
Posted by David Slemmons on Wed, 30 May 2007 09:43:00 PST

Groovefest

-->StartFragment -->  Groovefest to mark 20 years of socially conscious fun SaturdayThe Norman Transcript "You must be the change you wish to see in the world."- GandhiBy Adam Scottentertainment...
Posted by David Slemmons on Wed, 01 Nov 2006 01:46:00 PST

Emu - part 2

recess.       2:00 -- the bell rang       first one out the door       tie the swings in a knot      ...
Posted by David Slemmons on Tue, 01 Aug 2006 06:45:00 PST

Old Novel

This is the first chapter of an unfininished novel that has languished many, many years...                   &n...
Posted by David Slemmons on Sun, 11 Jun 2006 04:35:00 PST

Unpublished poem - 1-800-NEW-POEM

Thank you for dialing "Dial a Poem." Press 2 if you want your poem in Spanish; Press 1 if you want your poem in English; You pressed 1 for English, This call may be monitored for quality assurance r...
Posted by David Slemmons on Thu, 06 Apr 2006 07:13:00 PST