Wilyem Clark : Writing

Hidebound

Hidebound

A Poem by Wilyem Clark


Bless that good woman, Harper Lee-- May she rest in blissful serenity. "Mah pappy was a huge-a*s piece o' s**t, and he tole us little pieces o' s..
A Poet's Legacy

A Poet's Legacy

A Poem by Wilyem Clark


Some dreams once dreamed with fervor never will come true; If you refrain from blaming me, I will not blame you. There's nothing to be done that t..
The Cult of Eternal Youth

The Cult of Eternal Youth

A Poem by Wilyem Clark


This perplexing obsession with reversing time Consumes and corrupts the most genuine gentles: From before middle age to the doormat of death, We co..
Democracy

Democracy

A Poem by Wilyem Clark


This is democracy at its purest: When all the unvarnished, vile lunacies Spewed by the want-mores--the undereducated, Egocentric, me-above-all elec..
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A Poem by Wilyem Clark


My weirding, wilding arrow Pierces a dozen hearts a day, But all are immune; They have renounced passion For quotidian qualms. The escalators I r..
Velebit

Velebit

A Poem by Wilyem Clark


Soul of my youth reincarnated Here in Hrvatska: Dead seas uplifted And carved as if bears-- Gargantuan bears-- Tore at the rocks with adamantine ..
God's Lake

God's Lake

A Poem by Wilyem Clark


Here at God's lake It doesn't pay To be too jaded. After all, it isn't The vertical drop Or the thunder of falling That counts; It's how we got..
To Emily, My Holy Intermediary and Patron Saint of Costives

To Emily, My Holy Intermediary and Patron Saint of..

A Poem by Wilyem Clark


Congestion arises in the mind And travels along the karmic pathways To the stygian organs. Here, On Lake Bonvivant in the Hooligan Alps, The fourt..
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A Poem by Wilyem Clark


Skirting the dream-teeming downtowns of sleep, I glide along the peripheral wearyways, Semi-conscious of incidents, limp-limbed and lusterless. Thi..