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| ***BIO*** After almost a decade of working as a freelance photographer in
Europe, Maurice Oliver returned to America in 1990 to work for the
Los Angeles Times. Then, in 1995, he made a life-long dream reality
by traveling around the world for eight months. But instead of taking pictures, he recorded the experience in a journal, which eventually became dozens of poems. And so began his desire to be a poet. His poetry has appeared in The Potomac Journal, Circle Magazine, The MAG, Tryst3 Journal, Eye-Shot, Pebble Lake Review, Wicked Alice, The Surface, Word Riot, Taj Mahal Review (India), Stride Magazine (UK), Dandelion Magazine (Canada), Retort Magazine (Australia), & online at thievesjargon.com, girlswithinsurance.com, unlikelystories.org, subtletea.com., interpoetry.com (UK), kritya.com (India), blueprintreview.de (Germany), and elsewhere. He currently lives in Portland, Oregon, where he works as a private tutor. His poetry blog can be visited at: www.bloxster.net/mauriceoliver. |
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| by Maurice Oliver |
| Even I'm surprised at the things I find when I clean-out my closet:
-An elevator shaft full of discarded starched socks. -Two military barracks and a drafty mess hall. -Breaches of improprieties concealed in shoe boxes. -A seaside resort wrapped in a washcloth. -The electronic posterior of a group of Taliban warriors. -A thick how-to-manual for making your on confetti. -Neutrality intended to be used as a benchmark. -Double pneumonia in the pocket of my favorite windbreaker. -A gym bag stuffed with locker room jokes. -One 19th century wisdom tooth. -An anonymous voice in heavy morning fog. -The entire state of Florida autographed & 8x10 framed. |
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