Cold Spring: A Diary

Review "A writer known and loved for his enthusiasm, curiosity, purity and scope of imagination and an amazing ability to blend humor and cosmic concepts." -- Amy Gerstler"Clark's exactitudes of diction generate and inform the imagination..." -- Ed Dorn Product Description Poetry. Illustrations. Tom Clark, author of the novel HEARTBREAK HOTEL, expands upon his poetic foundation with COLD SPRING, a collection of ink drawings and chronologically arranged poems whose bare phrases conjure vivid images even in their simplicity. It is a poetic diary of sorts which chronicles the events of a month, and Clark's impressions of quotidian life are drawn and written with a keen sense of detail, perfectly capturing winter's dark allure. From the Publisher In an era of dot coms and accelerating bandwidths, these poems guide attention to the urban animals who survive oil-slick streets to inhabit the poet's imagination. About the Author Tom Clark (born March 1, 1941) is an American poet, editor and biographer. Clark was born on the Near West Side of Chicago and married Angelica Heinegg, at St. Mark's Church, New York City, on March 22, 1968. Currently (as of 2009) residing in California, Tom Clark's recent books of poetry include SOMETHING IN THE AIR (Shearsman Books, 2010), FEELING FOR THE GROUND (BlazeVOX Books, 2010), THE NEW WORLD (Libellum Books, 2010), TRANS/VERSIONS (Libellum Books, 2010), LIGHT AND SHADE: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS (Coffee House, 2006), and Threnody (effing press, 2006). Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. 21st dayA spring night. Lighting the candle. I went out and swept the garden. The cats kept on sleeping. A mad woman was out there in the street, screaming things in the spring night.