Mixed Media
Duane Niatum, “Mixed Media” from Drawings of the Song Animals: New and Collected Poems. Copyright © 1991 by Duane Niatum. Reprinted by permission of Holy Cow! Press.
Source: Drawings of the Song Animals: New and Collected Poems (Holy Cow! Press, 1991)
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Poet Duane Niatum b. 1938
POET’S REGION U.S., Northwestern
Subjects Living, Relationships, Pets, Nature, Animals
Biography
Born Duane McGinness in Seattle, poet, fiction writer, playwright, and editor Duane Niatum adopted the name of one of his S’Klallam tribal ancestors early in his career as a poet. After his parents’ divorce when he was four, he studied S’Klallam tribal ways with his maternal grandfather. At age 17, Niatum joined the Navy and was stationed in Japan. He received a BA from the University of Washington, where he studied with
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SUBJECT Living, Relationships, Pets, Nature, Animals
POET’S REGION U.S., Northwestern
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