David Annwn (born 1953) is an Anglo-Welsh poet, critic, teacher, playwright and magic lanternist who was raised in Cheshire, England. In his undergraduate years at the University of Aberystwyth, David edited Dragon poetry magazine and helped convene the Gallery Poets series at UCW Neuadd Fawr with Rose Simpson, ex-member of the Incredible String Band. In 1973, he met Robert Duncan, a future influence on his poetry, and studied for his doctorate supervised by Jeremy Hooker. Annwn taught at Wakefield College and Leeds University from 1981 to 1995, latterly becoming Head of English. Active as an organiser and performer, Annwn collaborated with musician John Cowey and poet Roula Pollard in running poetry/drama events at Wakefield College Theatre and convened reading tours for American writers including Robert Berthof, Black Mountain artist Basil King and Bobby Louise Hawkins. Since 2004 Thomas Ingmire and David Annwn have collaborated in the creation of more than 15 unique artist books. 

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CONSTRUCTION ON STAR POINTS 1954-56
a sculpture by David Smith
in Words and Images, a poem by David Annwn

There is something here
of the one who seeks the heavens tilted away from us
wrapped up in her or himself! remote,
yet it’s also the hanger
that bears our forgotten dreams
lightly as shirts or dresses
we think we outgrew
as if it knew
our hidden sides
do not age
and keeps the transits of planets
in its twists
and turns
what a tangle our lives,
how lightly carried
by this one
with angles
insides its arms