Delbert Davis

{{short description|American poet}}

Delbert Hugh Davis (1883-1965) was the seventh poet laureate of Oklahoma, appointed in 1963 by Governor Henry Bellmon.{{Cite book|title=The Oklahoma Poets Laureate: A Sourcebook, History, and Anthology|last=Holliday|first=Shawn|publisher=Mongrel Empire Press|year=2015|isbn=9780990320432|location=Norman, OK|pages=103–104}} Davis was for a time associated with a notable group of writers based in Fallis, Oklahoma.{{Cite book|title=Ghost Towns of Oklahoma|last=Morris|first=John Wesley|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press|year=1977|isbn=9780806114200|location=Norman, OK|pages=51}} Davis primarily earned his living through farming and ranching, and he self-published his only book, Pipe Dreams, in 1952.