Wilyem Clark : Writing

Untitled

Untitled

A Poem by Wilyem Clark


Those who don't look, don't really see, And we--enthralled by introvert reveries, Hunched over scry-plate palmistries, Ears, eyes, even noses rig..
My Social Life

My Social Life

A Poem by Wilyem Clark


I get up in the morning and execute My daily plod: Gym, library, store, More of less in that order. Back home I cook, I eat, I scribble-scratch, ..
Untitled

Untitled

A Poem by Wilyem Clark


With expectant expressions they twirl in place And look up at us, the senior race; Despite minders' coo-calls and reprimands, They bang on the glas..
Madness in the Multitude

Madness in the Multitude

A Poem by Wilyem Clark


When turbulence reaches a flu-fever pitch, And neighbor stabs neighbor with toxic barbs; When anger replaces cool counter-talk, How can we as natio..
Rain

Rain

A Poem by Wilyem Clark


I will always accept the rain; I will never regret it. It heals the wounds of dereliction, Those droughts of spirit that rot our integrity, Brou..
Untitled

Untitled

A Poem by Wilyem Clark


Amorosia, long-lost city of love, I searched for you, stumbling through rain-riddled labyrinths, Through informal gardens of litter and lorikeets,..
 Talk Me Down from This Ledge, Please

Talk Me Down from This Ledge, Please

A Poem by Wilyem Clark


How I got up here, I really don't know-- I hate heights; belvederes and escarpments unnerve me. Maybe I sleepwalk? That would explain it. One morni..
You

You

A Poem by Wilyem Clark


Desolation was my frame of mind-- Je suis désolé as the Frenchman said; I was my own lethal kiss of death, Scoring zero all over, a..
The Process

The Process

A Poem by Wilyem Clark


Sifting through sand, panning for gold; The process is endless. The process seems aimless. Fumbling in darkness, lightheaded and droll, Inconsolab..
Untitled

Untitled

A Poem by Wilyem Clark


A man with withered arms Assaulted the triceps machine With pile-driving vigor. His clangor betokened warfare Against a wasting condition, An aff..