Trans/Versions Author:Tom Clark Poetry. Here, Clark pays homage to poetic masters who have informed his paths in verse. There are translations of or homages to Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Mallarme, Reverdy, Vallejo, and Brecht. A coherent and yet surprising text, the ultimate desert island grouping; these could take the lover of technique and innuendo a long, long way. Birds feature ... more »in several of the poems, not least Baudelaire's image of the albatross as metaphor for the poet: capable of majestic flights but out of sorts when brought down to earth.« less