page_title: McDonald Clarke
hierarchical_section_title: McDonald Clarke
caption_attribution_description: English: Print of McDonald Clarke, the mad poet of New York, as reprinted in the New York Times, November 12, 1893
context_page_description: McDonald Clarke was a poet of some fame in New York City in the early part of the 19th century. He was an influence on, and eulogized by Walt Whitman; but widely known as "the mad poet of Broadway", a label with which he identified. He is, arguably, an early example of an outsider artist.
context_section_description: McDonald Clarke (1798–1842) was a poet of some fame in New York City in the early part of the 19th century. He was an influence on, and eulogized by Walt Whitman; but widely known as "the mad poet of Broadway", a label with which he identified. He is, arguably, an early example of an outsider artist.
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