Junior Clemons
Three Poems
- from "Field Recording"
- from "Field Recording"
- from "Field Recording"
from "Field Recording"
missing cupboard door
and missing eye
possession, where
are you sleeping
resisting, how can
it be proven
that there is light
when bisected
and there is pain
and they are together
(Fern St., June 21 2009, San Diego)
from "Field Recording"
in this rendering
there is the body
of water and nothing else
it should be familiar
but exist divorced
from traditional concepts
of shape
it is familiar
and hands move
unknowingly to trace it
this proximity
is complicated and simple
at the same time
‘proximity’ is limited
it is its relationship
w/ other concepts
that give it life—
i am thinking the word ‘real’
is enough
(Window, September 13 2009, San Francisco)
from "Field Recording"
It’s been a rough year yes, but they should know using Holland to refer to the country is a mistake. Who they are is small and not as important as the titles they choose. They say: “the world is small and not as important as the way we talk about it.” A “they” exists because of all the things that have been done without me realizing. And by the time I realize it, it is only their ghosts that are left behind.
(Morley Field, May 14 2009, San Diego)
Junior Clemons
Junior Clemons received an M.F.A. in Writing from the California College of the Arts in San Francisco, CA. He received his B.A. from Pitzer College in Claremont, CA, where he studied English & World Literature, with a Writing emphasis. His first book of poems, SO MANY MOUNTAINS BUT THIS ONE SPECIFICALLY, was published by Carville Annex Press. He was born, lives and writes in San Diego, CA.