Ian Clarke is a Fenland ex-pat poet living in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, having left his heart in the flatlands of East Anglia. Published widely in various  anthologies, Ian was placed second in the Brian Dempsey Memorail Poetry Competition 2017 for his spare, inventive and evocative poems about the Fens and their people, where he was raised.  His poems have been published widely in various  anthologies including: Writers of East  Anglia, Contemporary  Yorkshire Poetry,  Otley Word  Feast anthologies. Also published in Acumen, Envoi and online  with Ink, Sweat and Tears.
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Other recent publications include
A Slow Stirring (Indigo  Dreams, 2012) and BARD 132. Two of Ian's poems were placed 2nd and highly commended in the Brian Dempsey Memorial Competition 2017. ​

Owl Lit by Ian Clarke

ISBN: 978-1-907435-52-2
​Published 2017
21 poems
Perfect-bound paperback
33 pages ​15cm wide x 21cm tall

Price: £6.00 + p&p

Green Man

cool stirs -
a breeze whispers tipsy
through rye and sedge
then a moonlit glance
 
triggers a shiver
raises the sleep of stone
sets flapping
the tree’s feathered face
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© Ian Clarke