back toJacket2

This is Jacket 16, March 2002   |   # 16  Contents   |   Homepage   |  Catalog   |    



Tom Clark

Phil

Poet Philip Whalen died on June 26, 2002

The plum-lacquered woven Japanese basket Phil
        lately back from Kyoto gave us,
        Juliet’s baby bed on Nymph & Cherry
The year Phil dwelt over on Larch with Don
Beyond the shimmering silver dollar eucalypti,
Sometimes strolled two dirt road blocks to visit,
People mad at him if he came over, if he didn’t
                           he later recollected.
Toting his laundry downtown, two sad sacks.
Later on camped down on Terrace tender
           dear heart crotchety and alone
In the same town with the vivacious Muse
Not quite on the outs & not quite on the ins w/ her,
                            impatient
                                     amid nasturtiums
One day on acid sternly informed me, Thomas Clark,
Poetry will never get written this way.




Jacket 16 — March 2002  Contents page
Select other issues of the magazine from the | Jacket catalog | read about Jacket |
Other links: | top | homepage | bookstores | literary links | internet design |
Copyright Notice: Please respect the fact that this material is copyright. It is made available here without charge for personal use only. It may not be stored, displayed, published, reproduced, or used for any other purpose

This material is copyright © Tom Clark and Jacket magazine 2002
The URL address of this page is
http://jacketmagazine.com/16/clark-whal.html