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‘in the half-light of dusk’

Thomas A. Clark

in the half-light of dusk
after the day has prepared
hard surfaces for inspection
before the night has plunged
things back into themselves
there is a settlement in which
the external and the internal are
continuous with the evening air
if you are alone at the edge
of shadows you are not alone
the hours of light shine in you
with a compacted energy that
also burns in tree and stone
partly revealed and partly veiled


Thomas A. Clark

from The Path to the Sea (Todmorden: Arc, 2006)

Reproduced by permission of the publisher.

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dusk evening light perception
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Thomas A. Clarkb.1944

The poetry of Thomas A. Clark has been consistently attentive to form and to the experience of walking in the landscape, returning again and again to the lonely terrain of the Highlands and Islands.  
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