55 Words and Counting

“There are two categories of 55-Word Writing Contest entrant: Dave Waldon and everybody else.” — Michael Fitzgerald, The Record columnist

Stockton poet David Waldon never set out to be a writer,  but once he found his voice, the muse inspired thousands of poems on life, love, politics and the ticking clock in a dying man’s ear.

He is the master of the 55-word poem.