michael oliver Poems

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the uncontrolled hedge
the garden roses define
summers attraction
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tea bowl in hand
all reflection
green tea surface
my idle mind
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full moon rises
along the street
even lamposts
bow their heads
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The Christian cup of tea - handed and asking
Asking the stiff white collared guru
Askig the collar - So what is Holy?
The clap trap of church speak delivered - Squawk!
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Out there sky unfurls into daytime
Recalls a sunrise of youths first touching
As abstraction whorled into a sensation presented
A dawn on fire with its proof
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Buildings stretch their colours
The winter inertia
Sheds at the blossoms call
And birds gentle airs
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After prayer
A single flame
A silent note
In infinity
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From this bridge of time's shadow
The white blosssom suspends the machinery
Its impermanence witheld spring bright sharp

The stream flows an uneven script
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over there the game unravels
a hormone dance on cobbles

there is laughter
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