Light and Shade: New and Selected Poems
Poems by Tom Clark
Introduction by Amy Gerstler

"Tom Clark, the lyric imp of American poetry, has delivered many decades' worth of goofy, melancholic, cosmic, playful, and wiggy poems. I can never get enough of this wise guy leaning on the literary jukebox, this charmer who refuses to part with his love-sick teenage heart. And here are hundreds of Clarks in one volume—who can resist?"—Billy Collins

Essential for all readers of progressive American poetry, this collection encompasses the exhilaration and joy, madness and sorrow of the last forty years with a lyric intensity that, in the words of the poet Robert Creeley, offers a "wry and securing truth." A generous selection from the poet's career, Light and Shade is an elegiac, illuminating, and entertaining show of poetic virtuosity and a testament to the possibilities of American poetry.

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