"Karma," writes Tom Clark, "simply means that you don't let your left hand know what your right hand is doing." Existence--a.k.a. "getting through to tomorrow"--simply means "that your left hand wouldn't want to know anyway." Cracked consciousness vs. the crazy subconscious, fractured karma vs. our chipped, sad, shopworn existence--these are the dynamics underlying this rich and varied collection of lyrics Here are light-hearted nature poems chronicling a Pacific Coast cold snap, affectionate satires of the California brand ...
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"Karma," writes Tom Clark, "simply means that you don't let your left hand know what your right hand is doing." Existence--a.k.a. "getting through to tomorrow"--simply means "that your left hand wouldn't want to know anyway." Cracked consciousness vs. the crazy subconscious, fractured karma vs. our chipped, sad, shopworn existence--these are the dynamics underlying this rich and varied collection of lyrics Here are light-hearted nature poems chronicling a Pacific Coast cold snap, affectionate satires of the California brand of Zen Buddhism, and, in a pronounced shift of tone, a series of moving elegies for Robert Duncan, Delmore Schwartz, Hart Crane, and Jean Genet. Best of all, here is one of Clark's matchless biographies in verse: a short double life of English music-hall great George Formby, master of the ukulele and the double-entendre, and the onetime professional clog-dancer Beryl Ingham, Formby's wife, agent, manager, muse, and tight-fisted Colonel Parker.
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Very Good. No Dustjacket as issued. Size: 9x6x0; Hardbound book in very good condition. One of an edition of 250 hardcover trade copies. Some mild wear and soil to bottom edge of illustrated paper boards, and one light small area of soil to top of text block. Book is otherwise clean, firmly bound, with sharp corners to the text block. Puce endpapers. 163 pp.
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Fine in Fine dust jacket. First Edition signed and numbered(#90/250). A very collectible copy by this former editor of Paris Review. First printing. 163 p. ; 24 cm. Signed by author.
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