Who is Clement Wood

Clement Richardson Wood (September 1, 1888 – October 26, 1950) was an American writer, lawyer and political activist.

He graduated from the University of Alabama in 1909 and received his law degree from Yale in 1911.

Writing career

Wood mainly wrote poetry. He also wrote Tom Sawyer Grows Up, a sequel to Mark Twain's work.

He appeared frequently in pulp magazines, in titles as diverse as Telling Tales, Gangster Stories, Flynn's, and Ace-High Magazine. His story, "The Coffin," was included in The Best Short Stories of 1922.In 1929, he wrote the biography, Bernarr Macfadden: A Study in Success, in aid of Macfadden's political aspirations.

Politics

Wood was a member of the Socialist Party of America and ran for mayor of Bir...
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Clement Wood Poems

  • Wide Haven
    Tired of man's futile, petty cry,
    Of lips that lie and flout,
    I saw the slow sun dim and die
    And the slim dusk slip out . . ....
  • I Pass A Lighted Window
    I pass a lighted window
    And a closed door-
    And I am not troubled
    Any more....
  • Berkshires In April
    It is not Spring-not yet-
    But at East Schaghticoke I saw an ivory birch
    Lifting a filmy red mantle of knotted buds
    Above the rain-washed whiteness of her arms....
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Sun 2 Life 2 High 1 Slow 1 Place 1 Long 1 Shade 1 Shadow 1 Embrace 1 People 1


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Info_clement: we pray that we urgently learn to consume and produce wood in a more environmentally friendly way for the planet and its inhabitants. we pray for all who are trying to protect this easily renewable resource with a sustainable management of forests.
Kleingerate: clement rustic transitional medium 2-door and 2-drawer wood spindle accent
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Jr_carpenter: i’ve been obsessed with fossilised wood since i was six. i found some pyritised lignite in the wealdon a few months ago. just noticed that i used a piece of fossilised wood from my pocket to hold open a map from clement reid’s geology of isle of wight in the bodleian yesterday.
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