Dan Wilcox is the host of the Third Thursday Poetry Night at the Social Justice Center in Albany, NY, and is a member of the poetry performance group "3 Guys from Albany". As a photographer, he claims to have the
world's largest collection of photos of unknown poets.
His book Gloucester Notes was published by FootHills Publishing. He was named one of the 2019 Literary Legends by the Albany Public Library Foundation and he is an active member of Veterans For Peace.
You can read his blog about the Albany poetryscene at dwlcx.blogspot.com.
My Summer Camp
By Dan Wilcox
My Summer Camp was in Delmar
walking along Kenwood Ave.
Furman Place, Pineview Ave.
to the 4 Corners
carrying a canvas bag with the afternoon
Knickerbocker News 6 days a week
folded papers tossed to porches & stoops
my hands stained black by fresh newsprint ink
My Summer Camp was
my Winter camp
my Spring camp
my Autumn camp
My Summer Camp was my own earned money
to buy comic books, ice cream sodas
a Bic pen, a composition notebook
trips on the city bus to Albany
to a used book store to buy poetry
with my newspaper money
My Summer Camp was
not out “in the country”
not in school
not with teachers
not in Church
not with priests
not with parents
not with camp counselors
My Summer Camp was me
was my Camp of Life
was me becoming me
working everyday
being me