“The art of running the mile consists, in essence, of reaching the threshold of consciousness at the instant of breasting the tape.”

—Paul O’Neil

“There is only one plot: Things are not what they seem.”

—Jim Thompson

“In the midst of our happiness we were very pleased.”

—Gertrude Stein

“Poetry begins where certitude ends.”

—Eavan Boland

“A work of art is never completed, merely abandoned.”

—Paul Valery

“For me the initial delight is in the surprise of remembering something I didn’t know I already knew.”

—Robert Frost

“Writing is easy. All you have to do is cross out the wrong words.”

—Mark Twain

“The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.”

—David Hare

“Let’s play two.”

—Ernie Banks

“How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?”

—Satchell Page

“Poetry is a dream dreamed in the presence of reason.”

—Tommaso Ceva

“Keep your eye clear and hit ’em where they ain’t.”

—Wee Willie Keeler

“I like restraint—if doesn’t go too far.”

—Mae West

Books

The Consecrations

Called “tough, taut, and tender” by celebrated feminist author Sandra Gilbert, the “muscular narratives [and the] skillfully paced elegies and meditations” of The Consecrations hold to human love and empathy as tools to help weather what can seem imminent threats against personal and public life.

The Wanting

Winner of the Five Oaks Press chapbook prize, The Wanting is Kevin Clark’s hardscrabble poetic sequence about war and its effect on marital love.

Self-Portrait with Expletives

Published by Pleiades Press and distributed by LSU Press, Self-Portrait with Expletives is a winner the Lena-Miles Wever Todd Poetry Series Book Competition.

In the Evening of No Warning

Awarded a grant from the Academy of American Poets, In the Evening of No Warning (published by New Issues Poetry and Prose) was Kevin Clark’s first full-length poetry collection.

The Mind’s Eye: A Guide to Writing Poetry

The Mind’s Eye: A Guide to Writing Poetry features progressive gradation of writing exercises designed to give students fluency in the major aspects of contemporary poetry writing.

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