David Arnold Hughes has written poetry for many years. Though he calls himself a Coffee Shop Poet he has been published in several journals including, Thorny Locust, I-70 Review, Y...ver maisDavid Arnold Hughes has written poetry for many years. Though he calls himself a Coffee Shop Poet he has been published in several journals including, Thorny Locust, I-70 Review, Yellow Mustard and the Downgo Sun. He has published one previous chap book: Fire Eaters and Stained Glass Women in 2005.
David spent the first few years of his life in a "tar paper" house in the Arkansas Ozarks before moving to Kansas City at age 10. He has also lived briefly in San Francisco in 1969 and Oklahoma City in the mid seventies. He spent 26 years as a Firefighter including 10 as Captain of a suppression company and 4 as an instructor at the Kansas City Missouri Fire Academy before retiring in 2003.
David lives with his wife of 25 years; Kathy. They have three grown children and five grandchildren.ver menos