michael oliver (13-4-1948 / swansea)

The Wedge

The bronze bowl
-once a concubine's
Was later lifted
- a queens basin
The same nude
-a different reverence

Variation 1

Into bright yellow
-the water runs
Over asset white
-of creature preening
As smiles bloom
-an evenings outcome

Variation 2

As water splashes
-from her flesh
Its natural sound
enchants the evening
The giggled tense
- of serious seduction

Variation 3


Her slender arm
-a white question
An achieved unguent
-of demure perfection
The downcast eyes
-ponder the expectation

Variation 4

Emerging so private
-meaning is applied
Lips painted red
-silk hush draped
Bright jewels chime
-innocence is removed

Variation 5

Red candles fade
-yellow bowl removed
Bright the rim
-the sky colours
Night poured away
- morning a sigh

Variation 6

Water busy again
-cascades and ripples
A smile inflected
-and thought refracted
Her manner assures
- a thought reflected