tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post8848153525724211659..comments2024-01-28T03:56:39.351-08:00Comments on TOM CLARK: Clouds, moon...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-81385765101111075562009-12-18T05:13:13.339-08:002009-12-18T05:13:13.339-08:00Exceptional.
Drops
stick
slip
on
the pane
rus...Exceptional.<br /><br />Drops <br />stick <br />slip<br />on <br />the pane<br />rusting<br />the frame<br />of the pane.adityahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16078144194220301083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-44661613270453972572009-12-18T04:05:01.791-08:002009-12-18T04:05:01.791-08:00Basics
(for Aditya)
The vein
of the rain
as the...Basics<br /><br />(for Aditya)<br /><br /><br />The vein<br />of the rain<br />as the heart --<br />openTChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-88568574967877414732009-12-18T03:55:05.285-08:002009-12-18T03:55:05.285-08:00Rudiments for Tom:
cerebral
ruminations
rain
ta...Rudiments for Tom: <br /><br />cerebral<br />ruminations <br />rain<br />tattered<br />pages become<br />puddles.<br />immersing<br />me with<br />you.adityahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16078144194220301083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-18540161472662504372009-12-18T03:50:27.509-08:002009-12-18T03:50:27.509-08:00Thank you, Leigh. Yes, a life... left open, unres...Thank you, Leigh. Yes, a life... left open, unresolved, perhaps forever.<br /><br />Any interpretation or meaning will probably do as well as the next, or none at all.<br /><br />And meanwhile: here it is. And here we are.TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-43717241190412031262009-12-17T14:09:10.751-08:002009-12-17T14:09:10.751-08:00Reads like a comment on (a) life, maybe. A passage...Reads like a comment on (a) life, maybe. A passage/journey in retrospect. Such room for interpretation. I really like Tom..https://www.blogger.com/profile/00532376301529981186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-25218233079038341852009-12-17T04:24:19.765-08:002009-12-17T04:24:19.765-08:00signal to be
sent, a second event
repetition in s...signal to be<br />sent, a second event<br /><br />repetition in space<br />drifting in time<br /><br />Like children exploding Christmas firecrackers outside the window at four o'clock in the morning.TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-24927395722345136502009-12-16T21:38:35.566-08:002009-12-16T21:38:35.566-08:00oh economy
efficient poetry
german-irish
like m...oh economy<br /><br />efficient poetry<br /><br />german-irish<br /><br />like me<br /><br />me like~otto~https://www.blogger.com/profile/08859835662556335529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-50466169703948860912009-12-16T19:53:09.368-08:002009-12-16T19:53:09.368-08:00Beautifull pot tom, congrat, nice poem and picture...Beautifull pot tom, congrat, nice poem and pictures they also fit great together.<br />Regarding the poem:<br />I feel as if you felt free, while writting it. You felt the words and wrote them. You let yourself write what you where inspired with. I think that shows, in the art quality.<br /><br />Take care my friend <br />MMariana Sofferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13351209522681966230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-37412115793184036522009-12-16T11:54:47.360-08:002009-12-16T11:54:47.360-08:00.
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n....<br />.<br />.<br /><br />i g o w i t h t h e w i n d<br />f<br />a<br />l<br />l<br />d<br />o<br />w<br />n<br />w<br />i<br />t<br />h<br />t<br />h<br />e<br />r<br />a<br />i<br />n<br /><br />i<br />live<br />life<br />like<br />a<br />leaf<br />.<br />.<br />.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />a very refreshing poem, Tom... and fabulous pics... <br /><br />and so inspiring... like rain...<br /><br />:)human beinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09232419187783429903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-65911236968545563132009-12-16T09:40:23.474-08:002009-12-16T09:40:23.474-08:00Thanks Tom and yes, the ONE WORD LINE is great -- ...Thanks Tom and yes, the ONE WORD LINE is great -- and those clouds and the green above Samuel P. Taylor (!) clouds lifting here now, can see bottom of shadowed green ridge now (invisible before), birds and drops on shadowed green leaves -- something of 'it' in this ---<br /><br />12.16<br /><br />grey whiteness of cloud against invisible<br />ridge, silver of drops falling from leaf <br />in foreground, sound of wave in channel<br /><br /> giving up structure, matter<br /> present that is only<br /><br /> “after” or on, signal to be<br /> sent, a second event<br /><br />grey-white of sky to the left of point,<br />slope of sandstone cliff above channel<br /><br />SteveSTEPHEN RATCLIFFEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12339481653546188412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-47043008201257968582009-12-16T08:24:44.080-08:002009-12-16T08:24:44.080-08:00Cheers, Tom. Will cook something up.
I dunno, Tom...Cheers, Tom. Will cook something up.<br /><br />I dunno, Tom. Why is actually getting books out made to be such a difficult, time-consuming matter?<br /><br />I have never understood why the process we have to go through is so... off putting!<br /><br />No wonder so many writers starve.u.v.ray.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02866397025200956617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-21666928510574491732009-12-16T07:52:46.034-08:002009-12-16T07:52:46.034-08:00Ray,
Yes, "stark" is a pretty good name...Ray,<br /><br />Yes, "stark" is a pretty good name for it. (Or possibly "snark".)<br /><br />Sure, fine about "Postconceptualism". I have total and absolute trust in you, Ray.<br /><br />As to publisher links, though,the ones directing people to Libellum and Shearsman (on my left margin) might be a bit more up to date. Those are books that remain a gleam in my eye but hopefully will be out by Spring.TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-6424077540349122282009-12-16T07:32:38.404-08:002009-12-16T07:32:38.404-08:00The one word line hoo haa is always deceptively di...The one word line hoo haa is always deceptively difficult to pull off. <br /><br />The starkness is made all the more striking in this one.<br /><br />Tom, obviously I am unable to contact you personally. Do you mind if I share one of your poems (Postconceptualism) with a few friends?<br /><br />It's not a public access site - it's a paid subscription chat forum. I wanted to share a poem of yours to maybe wet their appetites and provide a link to your books at Black Sparrow. How's this sound?u.v.ray.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02866397025200956617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-33354293712419517422009-12-16T07:29:47.415-08:002009-12-16T07:29:47.415-08:00Thank you all.
Stephen, good to back in your chan...Thank you all.<br /><br />Stephen, good to back in your channel. Raining here. I expect not a very good wave day for you. Flat and glassy?<br /><br />Zev, yes, that was the idea exactly. Not so much an idea, really, as the holding-off of ideas. I tried to let it write itself and allow it to remain open to others to make of it what they will, without overdetermining the outcome.<br /><br />Thank you, Bill. And yes, there were a lot more words left out than kept in. The cull comprised the difficulty.<br /><br />I don't know a name for this form, Jon. Any suggestions? In my mind I think of it as "skinny line".TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-50266737671939792002009-12-16T01:37:33.314-08:002009-12-16T01:37:33.314-08:00i'm a big fan of this kind of single word line...i'm a big fan of this kind of single word line... i think it's a wonderful form... what do you think it's called?<br /><br />i liked the petition sounding clouds in the photo as well...<br /><br />thanks for sharing your work Tom...Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07415555531504843017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-29540923531116030962009-12-16T01:36:32.140-08:002009-12-16T01:36:32.140-08:00A delight, Tom. It's very difficult to get the...A delight, Tom. It's very difficult to get these single-word lines right, and you do it with mastery.billymillshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16384818298267240803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-33703177504671449252009-12-15T12:33:40.882-08:002009-12-15T12:33:40.882-08:00i love this poem...this form....get rid of conjunc...i love this poem...this form....get rid of conjunctions and determiners....let the reader provide...imagine imaginationAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-27731018426528821512009-12-15T07:57:23.544-08:002009-12-15T07:57:23.544-08:00Thanks for this/these Tom, going to rain again (to...Thanks for this/these Tom, going to rain again (today? tomorrow?) clouds and birds and (yesterday morning) sunlight reflected in channel ---<br /><br />12.15 <br /><br />first grey light in sky above still black<br />ridge, red-tailed hawk calling on branch<br />in foreground, sound of wave in channel<br /><br /> other versions same subject,<br /> particularly drawing<br /><br /> taken for itself, no longer<br /> with it, drawn aside<br /><br />silver of sunlight reflected in channel,<br />shadowed green slope of ridge across it<br /><br />SteveSTEPHEN RATCLIFFEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12339481653546188412noreply@blogger.com