Kevin Clark Poetry
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    • The Consecrations
      • Two Stories
      • Admitting Belief
      • In Between
      • Introductory Video
    • The Wanting
    • Self-Portrait with Expletives
      • Flashback at Castelfranco
      • This, Then
      • Eight Hours in the Nixon Era
    • In the Evening of No Warning
      • Our Children Playing Catch in the Evening of No Warning
      • Widow Under a New Moon
      • The Price
    • The Mind’s Eye: A Guide to Writing Poetry
      • Sample Quarter Syllabus
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“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

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

—Wee Willie Keeler

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

—David Hare

“Poetry begins where certitude ends.”

—Eavan Boland

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

—Mark Twain

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

—Tommaso Ceva

“Let’s play two.”

—Ernie Banks

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

—Jim Thompson

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

—Mae West

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

—Satchell Page

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

—Gertrude Stein

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

—Robert Frost

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

—Paul Valery

About Kevin Clark

Kevin Clark Portrait in Blue Shirt on Bench

Biography

Kevin Clark Portrait in Pink Shirt Against Green WallKevin Clark’s Self-Portrait with Expletives won the Lena-Miles Wever Todd Poetry Series Book Competition. His textbook on writing poetry is used in classrooms across the US. Recently, his chapbook rendering the scars of war, The Wanting, won the Five Oaks Press chapbook prize.
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CV Highlights

Kevin ClarkClark’s CV highlights include selected publications, articles, essays, reviews, paper presentations, professional teaching experience, honors and awards, and education.
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The Other Life

Kevin Clark Baseball CardFate loves a number. On April 14, 1865, Lincoln was shot. On April 14, 1912, the Titanic struck a large iceberg. On April 14, 1950, Kevin was born to Allan and June Clark.
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Interviews

Kevin Clark Portrait in Black Shirt, Outdoors, CloseupRead interviews with Kevin that have appeared in such publications as Flashpoint, New Times, Moebius, Propeller Magazine, and Beacon Street Review.
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