Wilyem Clark : Writing

Earthbound

Earthbound

A Poem by Wilyem Clark


My parents worked with aeronauts; They peregrinated everywhere, And took me with them east and west On flights across this continent, Across the s..
While Reading "Tropic of Capricorn"

While Reading "Tropic of Capricorn"

A Poem by Wilyem Clark


Lord, how Miller could fulminate, Decry his low station in life, then profess Not to care--a lesson that I should heed? His relentless whine, Even..
Political Statement

Political Statement

A Poem by Wilyem Clark


There's a candidate out there In the field Whose name, like that Of Rowling's villain, I cannot bear to hear or speak: I call him Frump. Far mor..
Helene

Helene

A Poem by Wilyem Clark


Helene was my mother's name . . . And now a likewise-aliased storm Is wheeling across the Gulf in her honor, Or so I'd like to believe. Independen..
Untitled

Untitled

A Poem by Wilyem Clark


Autumn clematis blankets the hedges In petaled snowfalls; Perky zinnias refuse to wither; Angel wings, nodding fair, Abound along a low brick wall..
Laureate (Reconsidered)

Laureate (Reconsidered)

A Poem by Wilyem Clark


The Bard looks down on his stolen domain And despairs. This realm would be his but for the tenets Of adequacy. The once-fertile land has been deba..
Mausoleum

Mausoleum

A Poem by Wilyem Clark


These are the commoners' tombs, These are the catacombs of the once-living; Trapped in chambers of emphatic habit, They lack self-sufficiency and i..
Operands

Operands

A Poem by Wilyem Clark


The hibiscuses are flourishing In their tidy slough Within the triple interstice Of layby lanes. Wilty crimson disks Proclaim their impassivity, ..
Inaccessible

Inaccessible

A Poem by Wilyem Clark


Collaboration? Its very mention Turns my stomach. This tickertape machine has clattered In perfect rhythm and harmony For decades under its Bellj..
First Worlders

First Worlders

A Poem by Wilyem Clark


We tend to forget How most of the world works; I'm guilty of that, too. Paupers eke out stability In narrow margins, A bare existence, While her..

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