Poems by David Middleton

David Middleton is Professor Emeritus of English and Poet in Residence Emeritus at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, Louisiana. Middleton’s books of verse include The Burning Fields (LSU Press, 1991), As Far As Light Remains (The Cummington Press [Harry Duncan], 1993), Beyond the Chandeleurs (LSU Press, 1999), The Habitual Peacefulness of Gruchy: Poems After Pictures by Jean-François Millet (LSU Press, 2005), The Fiddler of Driskill Hill (LSU Press 2013), and Outside the Gates of Eden (Measure Press, 2023). In the spring of 2025, Texas Review Press will publish "Time Will Tell: Collected Poems/ David Middleton." “Pickets” first appeared in the September 2023 issue of Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture. “Porches” and Section iv of The Dwelling Place first appeared in the Alabama Literary Review. All three poems have been lightly edited for this posting and will be included in "Time Will Tell."