Dave Lucas (born September 29, 1980) is an American poet and essayist.
[6][7][8] Lucas has taught at Case Western Reserve University, the Cleveland Clinic's Program in Medical Humanities, the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, the John Carroll Young Writers Workshop, and the Sweet Briar Creative Writing Conference.
[3] In 2012, Lucas co-founded Brews and Prose, a monthly literary series hosted at Market Garden Brewery.
[9][10] In January 2018, Ohio Governor John Kasich named Lucas the state's second poet laureate, succeeding Amit Majmudar.
[11] Lucas was recommended for the two-year position after a statewide nominating process by the Ohio Poet Laureate Selection Committee.