Michael Oliver : Writing

Late Autumn hybrids

Late Autumn hybrids

A Poem by Michael Oliver


short pieces written on the hoof -
Frost

Frost

A Poem by Michael Oliver


the first realfrost f Autumn white roofs
An attempt at a coda

An attempt at a coda

A Poem by Michael Oliver


listening to Debussy - burning incense
Sitting in the 'Merchant tea house'

Sitting in the 'Merchant tea house'

A Poem by Michael Oliver


Was in St Albans drinking Pearls of Jasmine thinking about the landscape we had passed through
To Li Po

To Li Po

A Poem by Michael Oliver


Li Po died while drunk trying to pluck the reflected moon in water
The  Autumn Sonata

The Autumn Sonata

A Poem by Michael Oliver


This is the first of three movements -
Claret - the  bottle re -examined

Claret - the bottle re -examined

A Poem by Michael Oliver


sat in the cinema one Saturday afternoon in a good mood - this developed over the last few weeks from that moments impetus