Wilyem Clark : Writing

The Creative Life

The Creative Life

A Poem by Wilyem Clark


The Bard of Arlington dreams through his nighttimes, Toils in the mornings, Naps afternoons. His list of contacts is super-slim: A plumber, a dent..
Untitled

Untitled

A Poem by Wilyem Clark


Ah, zephyrous day! How I yearn to copulate With the breeze, To have it spread my flossy seed across These fallow lands. It's not so easy of late t..
Rain

Rain

A Poem by Wilyem Clark


Unclad, that is: umbrellaless, I walk out in the rain; Of niggling inconvenience I care not to complain. Instead, I'd like to focus on The dribbl..
A Proper Bed

A Proper Bed

A Poem by Wilyem Clark


A bed should be a quiet pool And not a roiling, foamy flume; Beware the signs of turbulence-- Look, look! A ripple mars the sheet. A bed should be..
Social Contacts

Social Contacts

A Poem by Wilyem Clark


What has happened to us, to "society"? The Pandemic failed in terms of deaths But succeeded in spreading apprehension And fear of personal interact..
On the Run

On the Run

A Poem by Wilyem Clark


So flee then, child, with cheetah-haste, Or faster if you have the legs! Ten months of sprinting as you streak Across the incognito plains. You co..
Old

Old

A Poem by Wilyem Clark


I'm getting old and sore and creaky, verily I am; My joints are in rebellion, my vitality's on the lam; I've fought decrepitude with drugs, with exe..
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Untitled

A Poem by Wilyem Clark


Do you think that group photo makes it right? Are you saying my absence completes your circle? I'm still there, you know. I'm the ghost where now t..
Peony

Peony

A Poem by Wilyem Clark


A full and frilly peony: Temporal, fleecy, sumptuous, Neither peacock-proud nor grossly garish Like a pansy benched in a mulchy berm Or a ballgown..
Solving the Puzzle

Solving the Puzzle

A Poem by Wilyem Clark


Little colored squares piled up, A motley stack of tiles, A onetime swath of Roman floor All broken up, Dismantled pied mosaic begging Reconstruc..