tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post4853172891587355349..comments2024-01-28T03:56:39.351-08:00Comments on TOM CLARK: LateUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-19286033181314456962010-04-26T21:21:28.012-07:002010-04-26T21:21:28.012-07:00Curtis,
Lately I've been thinking corners ar...Curtis, <br /><br />Lately I've been thinking corners are the best places for working, and perhaps, for that matter, for everything else.TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-2570055997128896022010-04-26T15:38:37.586-07:002010-04-26T15:38:37.586-07:00You're welcome and that's a lovely adaptat...You're welcome and that's a lovely adaptation of the poet's words. Today I’m working in the corner of the collective unconscious where cats, birds and humans converse and old friends (particularly long-time spouses) have lengthy, wordless conversations.Curtis Robertsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-80936175215094734442010-04-26T07:02:33.029-07:002010-04-26T07:02:33.029-07:00Steve,
Fortuitous matutinal segue,
nothing is di...Steve,<br /><br />Fortuitous matutinal segue,<br /><br />nothing is disclosed except<br />shade,<br /><br />indeed.<br /> <br /><br /><br />Curtis,<br /><br />And thank you for being there at the beginning of this. You will have recognized it as part of our conversation.<br /><br />(What was it the poet said, The collective unconscious is so very lovely, who can say no to it later?)TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-19565848060297693052010-04-26T06:52:03.193-07:002010-04-26T06:52:03.193-07:00So compressed, yet vast, coherent and absolute as ...So compressed, yet vast, coherent and absolute as a thought and image (with the photos and without the photos). I love "Detained/Returning" and "In the anterior life".<br /><br />“Late” is a perfect title. It completes (and begins) the poem and reminds how important titles are.Curtis Robertsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-73735853904227184792010-04-26T06:23:43.790-07:002010-04-26T06:23:43.790-07:00Tom,
a moment after your "Late," this e...Tom,<br /><br />a moment after your "Late," this early view of things today -- "nothing disclosed except / shade" . . . .<br /><br />4.26<br /><br />first grey light in sky above blackness<br />of ridge, silver of planet above branch<br />in foreground, wave sounding in channel<br /><br /> nothing is disclosed except<br /> shade, figure appears<br /><br /> raised, every point focused,<br /> reference to depicted<br /><br />silver of sunlight reflected in channel,<br />cormorants flapping across toward pointSTEPHEN RATCLIFFEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12339481653546188412noreply@blogger.com