Michael Oliver : Writing

After the Solstice

After the Solstice

A Poem by Michael Oliver


a piece of work in progress -
Duck

Duck

A Poem by Michael Oliver


While walking to work, I every day cross a bridge over one of the rivers of the town, the other day I noticed a duck ear one of the banks - apparently..
The Frailty Poem

The Frailty Poem

A Poem by Michael Oliver


I went to the Netherlands. While there I wet t an exhibition of Rembrandt etchings, one caught my imagination of Adam and Eve - they were human being..
Beyond

Beyond

A Poem by Michael Oliver


this is a work in progress - a fragment of a thought or approach or an image - based on things on a shelf above my fire place
An Autumn

An Autumn

A Poem by Michael Oliver


I have been reading Emily Dickinson found her style suite what i wanted to say and the way i wanted to say it in this verse.
Retreat from to

Retreat from to

A Poem by Michael Oliver


Spent a day in my old village at a perfect church - looking thinking feeling.
Bored Fate

Bored Fate

A Poem by Michael Oliver


observed a couple of woman who I knew siting at a table across a room - this followed
Something about dawn

Something about dawn

A Poem by Michael Oliver


This has been lurking somewhere in my mind for about thirty years
The Benin Head

The Benin Head

A Poem by Michael Oliver


was at an exhibition of African combs their was a Benin bronze of a woman's head as enigmatic as the Mona Lisa
The Shillington Strophes

The Shillington Strophes

A Poem by Michael Oliver


a few days ago returned to where my heart still remains - or so I thought