Eshleman, Clayton 1983
Friday, March 18, 1983
Homage to Cesar Vallejo
The School of the Art Institute
Homage to Cesar Vallejo
The School of the Art Institute
Watching it get dark
the dog’s barking interrupted
we go to our death
– Clayton Eshleman, “February 25”
Vintage poster of Clayton Eshleman’s reading, Homage to Cesar Vallejo, at the Poetry Center of Chicago.
Patters, paters, Apollo globes, sound
breaking up with silence, coals
I can still hear, entanglement of sense pools,
the way a cave might leak perfume–
– Clayton Eshleman, “Silence Raving”
Watch an interview with Clayton Eshleman on OnePausePoetry:
Conversation with Clayton Eshleman
Conversation at One Pause Poetry with Clayton Eshleman
