David Mason | The Sun Magazine

David Mason

David Mason is the former poet laureate of Colorado, the author of eleven books, and the co-editor of four anthologies. He divides his time between Newport, Oregon, and a cabin outside of Colorado Springs, Colorado.

— From April 2015
Poetry

Fathers And Sons

Some things, they say, / one should not write about. I tried / to help my father comprehend / the toilet

April 2015
Fiction

His Master’s Voice

Whenever Dad came up to Nooksack from Seattle, he took my brother and me to the movies, or to a sandwich place on the waterfront where we shot pool. He booked a motel room in town where we’d watch color TV before he returned us to Mom’s.

October 1995
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