Dwayne Parish is an American poet. He was born in Fairfield, California on Travis Air Force Base and grew up in Vallejo, California. He moved to Richmond in 1992. At age 55, he was named the first poet laureate of Richmond, California in 2012. He prefers to write in the acrostic form. Parish also served on the Richmond Arts & Culture Commission. Parish was succeeded as poet laureate by Donté Clark, Lincoln Bergman, and Brendan Quintanilla, who served concurrently.
See also
List of municipal poets laureate in California
References
American male poets
Living people
People from Richmond, California
Writers from Vallejo, California
Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Municipal Poets Laureate in the United States African-American poets People from Fairfield, California 21st-century African-American people African-American male writers