Ross Clark Biography
Ross Clark is an award-winning Australian poet. His poems often use strongly physical imagery and he is a strong exponent of haiku poetry.
Life
Born in Toowoomba, Clark attended Mt Gravatt High School and the University of Queensland. He spent over a decade teaching in rural and regional communities. In recent years he has specialized in teaching poetry and creative writing at Queensland University of Technology, as well as performing as a musician.
Critical recognition
In 1990 Clark was an inaugural member of the Queensland Writers Train; in 2003 he was recipient of the Centenary of Federation Medal, otherwise known as the Centenary Medal, for "contribution to poetry"; in 2004 he was recipient of the Queensland Writers' Centre Johnno Award, "for outstanding contribution to Queensland writers and writing"; and in 2008 he was recipient of the Australian Book Review Poetry Prize.
just after rain
when the water lies hesitant and pure
on the roads and footpaths
and a few cars still have their lights on
...
the white, black, grey ones of magpie, crow or galah,
the oil-pastel spectrum of lorikeet or budgerigar,
a kookaburra's henna and ochre brown.
I find them all by looking down,
...
My four uncles took their turns
in the harbouring of me;
they stepped up to my boyish needs,
whatever they might be.
...
Men look at her naked, when she
does not know they are watching;
they can look at her naked even
when she is dressed and far away,
...
Halfway up the mountain
to my friend's place, the road
a decade unfamiliar to me
and darkness already cloaking
...
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