David Donnell

David Donnell (born 13 October 1939, died 2020) was a Canadian poet and writer.

Poems (1961), During this period Donnell frequented the Bohemian Embassy,[2] where Margaret Atwood, Gwendolyn MacEwen, Milton Acorn, and other poets established their reputations.

In conjunction with John Robert Colombo, Donnell printed Atwood's first book Double Persephone (1961) Donnell Published The Blue Sky poems 1974-77 examining the relationships of his life from an oblique perspective, then Dangerous Crossings (1980) followed by A Poem About Poland.

Donnell continued publishing with Water Street days (1989) where he examines his past and his childhood; the poems are narrative confessions; and China blues (1992).

Donnell's poetry is known for its escalating fascination with prose fiction that becomes more dominant in the final sections of China Blues and Water Street Days, and becoming an important feature in his publishing of Dancing In The Dark (1996).