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Hölderlin’s shopping bag

Thomas A. Clark

Thomas A. Clark

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21st century poems concrete poetry contentment German poetry home Homesickness philosophy Romantics shopping travel visual poetry

About this poem

Printed canvas tote bag with text referencing Friedrich Hölderlin’s (1770-1843) poem, ‘The Homecoming’.
Published The Thing Quarterly, 2014
Dimensions h 14 x w 18 x d 5 cm
Materials 10oz cotton canvas
Catalogue ab 3.Cla 44209

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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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