Michael Oliver : Writing

Summer Haiku

Summer Haiku

A Poem by Michael Oliver


Hiding from the heat Lime blossom scent in shadows Fanning the coolness A night in stasis The..
Hellenic rewrite

Hellenic rewrite

A Poem by Michael Oliver


This is a rewrite of the Clover Leaf Have changed the narrative flow
July again

July again

A Poem by Michael Oliver


Solid sunlight while leaves hold stillness Somewhere blooms fragrant cloud the air Open windows allow a flowing density Eternal day motio..
The Clover Leaf

The Clover Leaf

A Poem by Michael Oliver


We eat in a pseudo Hellenic atmosphere Day salted with the bacon baguette Dark streaked a Greek particular blo..
A translation form doggerel

A translation form doggerel

A Poem by Michael Oliver


young athlete at thought resurrects the evening to that blank sky green voilent treetop to a clear prophecy cloud di..
Once long ago

Once long ago

A Poem by Michael Oliver


these are a group of poems written about thirty years ago about the exploring of admiting
To John

To John

A Poem by Michael Oliver


this is not about death but about life's affirmation I was gardening and a wild rose caught my attention while cutting the grass.
I had a trip to the British Museum to look at the Elgin Marbles

I had a trip to the British Museum to look at the ..

A Poem by Michael Oliver


Rearing up a remnant from disasters unchaste chatter Their heads blown away they breathe new thoughts A reform..
The birds of a winters evenings

The birds of a winters evenings

A Poem by Michael Oliver


sometimes a ifs I came home in the late afternoon, in winter, there would be the odd collection of birds in the trees in front of my home.
eight lines

eight lines

A Poem by Michael Oliver


another poem from my mature angst period