Wilyem Clark : Writing

Edgar Guest

Edgar Guest

A Poem by Wilyem Clark


If I were as prolific As Edgar Guest, I might not be able To do my best; I might provoke ire In Dorothy Parker, As well as draw fire From quart..
Cicada

Cicada

A Poem by Wilyem Clark


O darling, When first I saw you Coming out of your shell, All shivery ivory, I knew I must have you. So alone and vulnerable you were, Naked and..
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Untitled

A Poem by Wilyem Clark


Our holiest icons are on our phones, Wee portals that, with a touch, Allow us to traverse the globe in milliseconds Effortlessly and without much t..
Thoughts on Orlando's "Oak Tree"

Thoughts on Orlando's "Oak Tree"

A Poem by Wilyem Clark


A ventilated parchment, that's for sure! Three hundred years of palimpsesting, Scraping, erasing, and intercalation, And what has she got to show f..
Saw Hemingway

Saw Hemingway

A Poem by Wilyem Clark


Saw Hemingway the other day As he am-bibbled eastward through upper Northwest; He looked insouciant, fresh, and alive, With an ogive of trout for a..
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Untitled

A Poem by Wilyem Clark


My lovers are my children: One by one they are born out of stardust, Ignite and burn fiercely for a time, Then cool and dim, Lose mass and cohesio..
Support System

Support System

A Poem by Wilyem Clark


(Or: Whatever Shall I Put in My Preface?) I should like to thank . . . now pause a sec . . . There's no one to thank, since I live alone, Write alo..
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Untitled

A Poem by Wilyem Clark


This waterfall of words inside me Keeps me going, keeps me sane From one uneventful moment to the next. And when a drought deprives me Of fluid el..
An Imitation of Love

An Imitation of Love

A Poem by Wilyem Clark


That's all it is, I tell you truly. The kettledrum rumbles, the curtain goes up, And all too soon, the play is over. You glance at the program in r..
The Jab

The Jab

A Poem by Wilyem Clark


I've gotten my jab, so soon I'll be Wholesome, unencumbered, and human again, A worthwhile member of society, No longer a threat to my fellow men. ..


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