Richard Eugene Lyons was an American poet

Poet

A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...

, and Professor of English at North Dakota State University

North Dakota State University

North Dakota State University of Agriculture and Applied Sciences, more commonly known as North Dakota State University , is a public university in Fargo, North Dakota. NDSU has about 14,000 students and it is the largest university in North Dakota based on full time students and land size...

from 1950 to 1982.

Life

He joined with the newly organized North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies in its investigation of the culture, history, and heritage of North Dakota.

His poems have appeared in the Quarterly Review of Literature, The Kenyon Review, The New Yorker, The Paris Review, and The Nation. He was also a graphic artist who had paintings and prints in regional and national exhibitions.

His papers are held at North Dakota State University.

Works

• Men and Tin Kettles, A. Swallow, 1956
• One Squeaking Straw (1958)
• Paintings in Taxicabs (1965)
• Above Time (1968)

Editor

• Poetry North: Five Poets of North Dakota (1970)
• Invisible poems, Merrykit Press, 1976
• Scanning the Land: Poems in North Dakota. Fargo: North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, 1980, ISBN 9780911042238