Clark, born and raised near Seattle, Washington, has made the Silicon Valley
his home for 20 years, since college days at Stanford. He currently resides in Campbell,
with his wife and three daughters. He keeps busy testing software at work, diving into worship and
spiritual direction at church, and being drawn into lots of volleyball, soccer, piano, dance and
school related activitieswith his family.
He enjoys outdoor activities, especially those that have something to do with water (lakes, rivers,
oceans, and snow covered slopes).
In the midst of the hubub of the day to day, Clark has spent the last several years finding his
voice through drawing and poetry. He has self published a few books of poems
and drawings for friends, and will soon have a poem published in "The Ebbing Tide".
His poems range from poem-photos of well loved places to tools for exploring
the dynamic and creative tensions encountered along the way.
Sunlight skips over the rippled surfaceSnapshots: A Run up to the Dam at Lexington Reservoir
Shells trailered on sun-topped ridge
The grass covered dam sheltering watery course.
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My first glimpse of the rowing shells from below the dam 11/95
Shell folk congregating around rigged boats
in sweats, socks and sleepy eyed yawns.
Water borne camaraderie
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pre-workout banter around the boat house 11/95
Ah, the water that draws me up such hills.
The calm rippled surface
A reflection dappled pond
Shells glide muffled by shade and distance.
On the water,
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Watching the crews workout in shells in the AM. 11/95
... and the run back down
Two men at early morning dock work
ropes and boards
are the tools of the trade
An island, bloomed over weeks of absence
measures the water's drain; unreplentished
But winter comes.
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Lexington Reservoir in the early morning - 11/95
Hill
Its an understatement
Going down
To the bottom
I'm down
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Los Gatos Creek Trail run 11/95
Underside
Encampment marks
A day begins.
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Los Gatos Creek Trail run 11/95
Photos of The Mendocino Headlands
Over the Edge
Striated rocks
Sunlit breeze
Sea Gull
Gulls land
A strong push required to get back on top
A smooth bounce to stand perched on a rock
Until
Solitary
Solitary
Waiting
From the Headlands to the Sea
Hummocks
The brink
Driftwood Logs
Logs coming ashore
Lumbering shoreward
Offshore Cascade
Submerged rocky stage
God's wild garden fountain
The Path Back to Town
Sunwarmed grass paths
Buildings rise distant
the door back
Winter Weeds
Bits of green
Return
I turn from the sea
The town beckons
Come on inside
Welcome back.
All text and images in The Central California Poetry Journal are copyrighted. Copyright by © by Scott Galloway 1996. All rights are reserved. See main Journal page for
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Authors and poets submitting original materials to this journal retain all rights to their
original work, except those rights specifically assigned in writing to Solo Publications including the right to publish the submitted work in The Central California Poetry Journal. The poems on this page are copyrighted by the author.
Copyright © Clark Johnson 1996.
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