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Robert Dunn (poet)

Robert Dunn (1943 - August 31, 2008) American poet, peace and civil rights activist. Nicknamed "The Penny Poet" because he sold his self-published chapbooks for a penny.

Born in Manchester, he attended the University of New Hampshire, earning a degree in English in 1964.

He lived in Portsmouth for nearly 30 years, and was He served as the city’s second poet laureate, following Esther Buffler in 1997. In the position, he started the monthly Poetry Hoot at Café Espresso. He also posted poems (under pieces of plexiglass) around the city.

Dunn was also a teacher and apple harvester. He was last employed at the Portsmouth Athenaeum. For the past 20 years he lived on Whidden Street in Portsmouth.

Selected Works
Poems from a Meeting Place (1968) Evidence of Johnny Appleseed (1975) quo, Musa tendis? (1983) Airs (1985), 8 page pamphlet including the poem "Untitled" (on a blank page) I Hear America Singing (2002) Je ne regrette rien (2007)

Trivia
Judge is a cousin of Italian-born television and screen actor and Academy member Cesare Danova