Wilyem Clark : Writing

Huns in Our Midst

Huns in Our Midst

A Poem by Wilyem Clark


It only takes a single one, A homicidal little Hun Whose mind has frayed and come undone, To toss us into confusion. Pray tell, how many bells s..
Bluebells

Bluebells

A Poem by Wilyem Clark


When again may I tread the trails Among the bluebells' drowsy cowls? It seems an impossible task these days To organize any pilgrimage, Especially..
Survival

Survival

A Poem by Wilyem Clark


It was a crazy, inhumane corrective, Incarcerating the world for a year. It drove some insane, While others regained their sanity. There were no b..
Love Poem

Love Poem

A Poem by Wilyem Clark


Everywhere I hear the songs of spring: in the trees, In the boxwoods stirred by a sentimental breeze, In the ivy where the sparrows nest, Among the..
Untitled

Untitled

A Poem by Wilyem Clark


And if you went there, where would you go? What other intersection, longitude-latitude, Would hold the promise that draws you thither? For all is l..
At the End of February

At the End of February

A Poem by Wilyem Clark


This winter my condenser iced over And I could not liberate it until Winds from the south interceded To whisk away rime, sleet, and snow. The sod ..
No Other Will Ever Come

No Other Will Ever Come

A Poem by Wilyem Clark


The days slicker by, and the obvious Must be stated. Upon pages past The foraging has been chronicled, And it seems no withery berries remain For ..
Elba Isn't Far Enough

Elba Isn't Far Enough

A Poem by Wilyem Clark


Napoleon, ensconced in his plush estate, Has only to cross a moat to reach us, To raise his bugle and resume the charge. He's too too close to the ..
Social Intimacy

Social Intimacy

A Poem by Wilyem Clark


Have we lost all interest in intimacy? Not the naked, prurient, sexual sort, But the formerly lush curiosity We once flicked out to trade, card for..
The Modern Novel

The Modern Novel

A Poem by Wilyem Clark


First paragraph: ten sentences, All but two without verbs, And the last a run-on freight train Of absolute phrases without an engine, That is, A ..