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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Comments about Clement Wood

• Mjmcelwee: hendricks led all starters in mlb in era in 2016. by a lot. huge in getting the cubs to and winning the world series. more fwar delivered for the cubs than jake arrieta or jon lester. hendricks is not matt clement. he's every bit prior or wood for the team.
• 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.
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• Oletimehardball: chicago cubs matt clement, kerry wood, mark prior, carlos zambrano, and greg maddux
• 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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