Cathedrals & Parking Lots: Collected Poems by Clemens Starck
Featured in American Life in Poetry
In his early twenties, Clemens Starck dropped out of Princeton and decided to take responsibility for his own education — to read deeply, travel widely, and write poems with the precision and plainspoken-ness of the Chinese masters. Over the decades, he also kept his mind clear by making a living with his hands.
Cathedrals & Parking Lots represents the work of a lifetime — poems of memorable clarity and substance based on actual experiences, whether standing lookout on the bow of a freighter, dismantling houses for a living, building a freeway overpass, or traveling to Russia and studying the language. Composed in the cadences of everyday speech, Starck’s poems have the functional beauty of a Shaker chair — every word, every line, very image belongs.
“Clemens Starck is an essential plainspoken poet of work.”
— Dana Jennings, New York Times
Release date: November 15, 2018
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Featured in American Life in Poetry
In his early twenties, Clemens Starck dropped out of Princeton and decided to take responsibility for his own education — to read deeply, travel widely, and write poems with the precision and plainspoken-ness of the Chinese masters. Over the decades, he also kept his mind clear by making a living with his hands.
Cathedrals & Parking Lots represents the work of a lifetime — poems of memorable clarity and substance based on actual experiences, whether standing lookout on the bow of a freighter, dismantling houses for a living, building a freeway overpass, or traveling to Russia and studying the language. Composed in the cadences of everyday speech, Starck’s poems have the functional beauty of a Shaker chair — every word, every line, very image belongs.
“Clemens Starck is an essential plainspoken poet of work.”
— Dana Jennings, New York Times
Release date: November 15, 2018
Shipping costs for international purchases are different- please watch your e-mail after purchase for updated shipping costs.
Featured in American Life in Poetry
In his early twenties, Clemens Starck dropped out of Princeton and decided to take responsibility for his own education — to read deeply, travel widely, and write poems with the precision and plainspoken-ness of the Chinese masters. Over the decades, he also kept his mind clear by making a living with his hands.
Cathedrals & Parking Lots represents the work of a lifetime — poems of memorable clarity and substance based on actual experiences, whether standing lookout on the bow of a freighter, dismantling houses for a living, building a freeway overpass, or traveling to Russia and studying the language. Composed in the cadences of everyday speech, Starck’s poems have the functional beauty of a Shaker chair — every word, every line, very image belongs.
“Clemens Starck is an essential plainspoken poet of work.”
— Dana Jennings, New York Times
Release date: November 15, 2018
Shipping costs for international purchases are different- please watch your e-mail after purchase for updated shipping costs.