Adrian Clarke

from Supplementary Blues


                . . . Qui trouvant de mes vers la rime si facile
                En vain travaillera, me voulant imiter.

                     Joachim Du Bellay, LES REGRETS

better versed under lucky stars.
Twin Peaks via Hippocrene,
brimming Tyrrenian:
drowned in their own peers

THE KIND OF POETRY I WANT:
sequence of the technical phrase;
smooth operators; file under "rasp"
Shift down for hair-pin prose

Pain? Light? Eat your cardiogram
Jingle bells unversed;
adjust the applause

Kids' stuff point of sale,
a seasonal massacre even
Why not? Try it at home