User:Jlclark

i am a canadian poet, in my fifties, and my primary focus in writing and study has been in mythopoeisis', poetry deep in symbol and archetype that combines ancient functions of bard and priest...in saying that, i have not restricted my spiritual digging to any specific tradition: i dig into western, eastern, shamanic sources, following my mentors in poetry-- these individuals come from the english romantic period (esp. blake, coleridge, shelley), the modernists (esp. eliot and yeats), the beats/san francisco renaissance (esp. kerouac/ginsberg and robert duncan/jack spicer), and contemporary canadian poets like gwen mac/ewan and anne szumigalski...

i like looking at a fairly big screen--having a background in anthropology as well as english lit--and so i do push back into the prehistoric, trying to get some sense of how the roots of poetry can be found within myth/ritual (gary snyder is good in this area)...but i am fairly eclectic so try to focus on specific movements throughout history...

i'm new to wikiversity, so don't quite know what else to say...eight books published, started a small press (hagios press), have taught creative writing and eng/lit...primarily 20th century poetry and poetics...looking for dialogue

i, thou, any way and how...sound flippant perhaps but i am very serious about this craft

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not quite sure what i'm doing as i'm a high/tech luddite, but i'm interested in dialogue with other poets, particularly with novices who might be looking for a poetry/mentor...or simple feedback for that matter--i taught creative writing and first year english lit at the university of saskatchewan for close to 20 years; started a small literary press in the past and nurtured it along for a few years; have 8 books published by canadian lierary presses/ 7 poetry 1 novella-- but i am now physically disabled and hang around the house too much, miss teaching and hanging out with other poets...my general background and orientation in poetry is to be found at 'jlclark'... can't work at computer for long hours, due to spinal cord injury, so if i were mentoring or whatever i wouldn't be able to take on a large number of writers... cheerio jlclark@sasktel.net