Jack Collom

John Aldridge "Jack" Collom (November 8, 1931 – July 2, 2017) was an American poet, essayist, and pedagogue. His twenty-five books include Red Car Goes By: Selected Poems 1955-2000, Situation Sings (with Lyn Hejinian), and Second Nature, which won the 2013 Colorado Book Award for Poetry. 

In the field of education and pedagogy, he made unique contributions in the subjects of eco-literature, ecopoetics, and creative writing instruction for children.

Collon died in Boulder, Colorado from respiratory failure caused by lung cancer on July 2, 2017, aged 85.KGNU News (July 3, 2017) 

 Related pages 
List of poets from North America

References

Other websites
On Sound and Rhythm: A Way to Start Teaching Poetry to Children and Young Adults  – an excerpt from  Poetry Everywhere: Teaching Poetry Writing in School and in the Community.
Learning the Chant Poem an excerpt from Old Faithful: 18 Writers Present Their Favorite Writing Assignments. 

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