Adrian Clarke is a contemporary

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. His collections include ''Skeleton Sonnets'' (Writers Forum, 2002), ''Former Haunts'' (Veer Books, 2004), ''Possession: Poems 1996-2006'' (Veer/Writers Forum Books, 2007), and ''Eurochants'' (Shearsman Books, 2010). First published by

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in the ''

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'' winter 1972-73 issue, Clarke founded

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with Steve Pereira in the late 1970s, resurfacing in the mid-1980s with ''Reading Reverdy'' and ''Ghost Measures'' from Paul Brown's Actual Size press. Then began a long association with

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and

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which included co-editing ''AND'' magazine from 1994. Clarke also co-edited ''Floating Capital'' with

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in 1991. After Cobbing's death in 2002, Clarke ran ''Writers Forum'' jointly with Lawrence Upton until July 2010 when Clarke resigned. He has been a member of the Veer Books editorial collective since 2010. A frequent performer of his poetry, he was also part of the performance duo Strèss, with the poet and composer Virginia Firnberg. He lives in Brighton, Sussex in the South of England.

Publications

* ''Imperfect Copies'' (Bran's Head Press, 1981) * ''Reading Reverdy'' (Actual Size, 1985) * ''Ghost Measures'' (Actual Size, 1987) * ''Spectral Investments'' (Writers Forum, 1991) * ''Obscure Disasters'' (Writers Forum, 1993) * ''Doing the Thing'' (Writers Forum, 1997) * ''Millennial Shades and Three Papers'' (Writers Forum, 1998) * ''Skeleton Sonnets'' (Writers Forum, 2002) * ''Former Haunts'' (Veer Books, 2004) * ''Possession'' (Veer Books, 2007) * ''Eurochants'' (Shearsman, 2010) * ''Drastic Measures'' (Veer Books, 2010) * ''Exiting Through the Singular'' (Knives Forks & Spoons Press, 2011) * ''Excess Measures'' (Veer Books, 2015) * ''Austerity Measures'' (Contraband Books, 2018)

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