Clark Watson is Clark Watson Holtzman. And on occasion, YTLB (as in, Yours Truly, Lord Byron, my stage name with Program for Jazz). I studied for an MFA in Poetry at Indiana University, where I also received a BA and MA in English and American literature. I went on to Saint Louis University, where I earned a doctorate in literary theory. I guess that means I ought to know how to construct a poem. The truth is, poems and songs ride their own waves; I just try to stay on the board.

I founded Wednesdays@One, a poetry writing salon, in 2017. Our credo is “to write better poems today than yesterday, and better poems tomorrow than today.”

Read my poetry blog at http://clarkspoetryblog.blogspot.com/ where you can find poetry, background & tips on the craft, loose little lesson plans, ideas for small group writing projects, reviews, memoir and other poetry stuff.