Clere Parsons (1908 - 1931) was an English poet, born in India.[1][2]
He was educated at Christ Church,[2] University of Oxford[1], and edited the 1928 edition of Oxford Poetry.[2]
His only collection, Poems, was published after his death by Faber & Faber.[1] Both the Oxford University Press Anthology of Twentieth-Century British and Irish Poetry, and Penguin Books Poetry of the Thirties include selections from his work.
His work was influenced by that of W. H. Auden and Laura Riding,[1] and has been praised by Geoffrey Grigson and C. H. Sisson.[1]
Parsons had Type I diabetes, and died of pneumonia.[3]