“Our Children Playing Catch in the Evening of No Warning” by Kevin Clark. Kevin Clark Brockport Writers Forum Interview (2002), Part 7. Kevin Clark is a poet, essayist, and teacher in the English Department at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo.
“Poetry is a dream dreamed in the presence of reason.”
“Writing is easy. All you have to do is cross out the wrong words.”
“I like restraint—if doesn’t go too far.”
“In the midst of our happiness we were very pleased.”
“There is only one plot: Things are not what they seem.”
“The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.”
“Poetry begins where certitude ends.”
“Let’s play two.”
“The art of running the mile consists, in essence, of reaching the threshold of consciousness at the instant of breasting the tape.”
“A work of art is never completed, merely abandoned.”
“How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?”
“For me the initial delight is in the surprise of remembering something I didn’t know I already knew.”
“Keep your eye clear and hit ’em where they ain’t.”