Michael Oliver : Writing

Departure

Departure

A Poem by Michael Oliver


an attempt at a form of renga
Spring Clarity

Spring Clarity

A Poem by Michael Oliver


Looking out of my window one morning
Thee Darking of the days

Thee Darking of the days

A Poem by Michael Oliver


Observations of this time of year
Four Strophes from an Autumn

Four Strophes from an Autumn

A Poem by Michael Oliver


The 'chairities' outside church are emptyAn apathy of everywhere Novembers indecisionPassing - pub's lunchtime - dark - interior movementsPassing curi..
Axes

Axes

A Poem by Michael Oliver


The dropped coins - silver- bright - shinePondered at my feet platform curatedAfter thinking - I bend - retrieve themWait ; get on the train - travelA..
Kingswood - A homage to Knoxville

Kingswood - A homage to Knoxville

A Poem by Michael Oliver


eau de nil room of dreamsthe open sash of summer’s eveningfragrant clematis climbs the sweeting airlaziness seduced drifted into drugged breathe..
Winter Music

Winter Music

A Poem by Michael Oliver


The yellow moon of morning frostsBreath a white murmur on the tilesThe season is here - is now - nowThe air jaundiced as the catalyst failsThe white q..
A Latin 'arrival'

A Latin 'arrival'

A Poem by Michael Oliver


Before a prophet comes things look differentThey dress in apology with an uncertaintyTouched by their time of static daysAnd silent trees watching the..
The way the french pronounce 'image'

The way the french pronounce 'image'

A Poem by Michael Oliver


reslly concentrated pieces
them winter branches

them winter branches

A Poem by Michael Oliver


And here I am againEnigma seasoningFeeling and eludingAs words fail the abstractLines dissecting the skyConfronted by fine twigsA criss-cross confusio..