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Karen Lee Oliver was born October 1, 1959 in Poughkeepsie, New York and spent the first thirteen years of her life growing up in rural New York State. She moved to New York City for an extensive study in ballet which included a scholarship with the American Ballet Theater.
Ms. Oliver began writing poetry during college where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature from the State University of New York at Albany. Since then Ms. Oliver has spent most of her free time writing poetry and believes her writing to be a deep expression of her inner self as well as the world around her.
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Pergola - Karen Lee Oliver
Copyright © 2002 by Karen Lee Oliver.
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Contents
I: PEARLS
MISS PERFECT
WHO CARES?
MARY GETS A LETTER
THE MAKER MUST HEAR HIS LAMBS
THE NECROMANCER’S SONG
INNOCENCE
BANSHEE
DEATH
THE DOLL HOUSE
SISTERS
Shakespear’s Nightingale or Crackers For The Birds
We Will Make It Better
TIME ?
II: WINTER SONGS
Leaves
ROMANTIC
THE GRID
A LITTLE WHITE CLOUD
AN INTIMATE FEELING
PERYGORY
REMEMBRANCE
There’s a Space in the Sky
SEBASTIAN
A FRIEND
METAMORPHOSIS
RESURRECTION
ALLYSSUM
THE GREAT BLUE AWNING
COLDNESS
Elysian Fields
Bonne Noel
I PUT A TREE IN ITS PLACE
BOXING
A PRESENT
A SPELL FOR VERIFICATION OF FAIRIES
HUMBLE
EYES
III: PIRANCHE
Black Roses
IT’S TIME FOR LUNCH
GRANDMOTHER’S KITCHEN
CITY STREETS
His First Wife
PIMP
Dearest Mrs. Merryweather
A Curious Time
Out of the Library
Sometimes
Today
In a Bottle On the Table That Says Drink Me
I Live At The Zoo
LITTLE BITTY WORDS
TO MY LOVER (who wishes not to know me)
Russian Roulette
Famous Quotes
Breakfast
The Train Ride
To Whom It May Concern
Saigon
Charles
Something Short
THE ROOM AT THE EDGE OF THE STREET
An Island Of Rock
I: DARK SIREN
QUIETLY WHISPERING GOD
WITHOUT YOU
PERSEUS
BREAKDOWN
PRISON
PSYCHOSIS
White
Pins And Needles And Thorns
City Lights
Little Tea Cup
II: MEMOIRS OF A BUTTERFLY
AUTUMN RHAPSODY
THE HAND OF GOD
EXCALISIS
THE ELM AND THE CATALBA
MOTHER, BIKES, AND THE FEAR
WINTER’S QUEEN
A WINTER MOOD
SHOES
THE WIZARDRY OF THE WOODS
IN HONOR OF A MAN
ON THE INSPIRATION OF LOVE
WHISPERING SILHOUETTES— A FUNERAL TALE
CHINK
HANDS AT SEA
AN ORANGE IN THE DEAD OF WINTER
III: THE TRUMPETER SWAN
WINTER IN MARCH
SPRING RAIN
MIST
THE GREEN RIBBON
MADHOUSE
TAKE ME TO A STAR
THE SNOW QUEEN COMETH
WHERE THE SUN IS FORBIDDEN TO SHINE
A PIECE OF CAKE
TRINITY
FIRE
A SHIP OF FOOLS
THE WHISPERING ROCKS
TWEEDLE DEE AND TWEEDLE DUMB
MISS LONELY HEARTS
PIE — A HUMOUROUS TALE
GETTING THE KINKS OUT
IV: MARIGOLDS AND FORGET-ME-NOTS
EVENSONG
GOLDEN EARINGS
SNOW FALLS
GARFIELD’S TRICK
SOUNDS FROM SPACE
DEAD WOMAN
ICE AND SNOW (AS EXPLAINED TO THE OCEAN WATERS)
THE SOUNDS OF HOME
THROUGH THE MISTS OF ENCHANTMENT
I: PEARLS
Image433.JPGMISS PERFECT
Miss Perfect, Miss Perfect, Miss Perfect, Miss Perfect!
Mrs. Soffel.
Oh my God: Grummond busses.
Depression in the line of duty
Making something out of two tomatoes.
Standing on an eggshell
Instead of a soapbox.
Slurping on something icy cold—
And not even listening,
Not for a moment listening to him.
Why converse anyway?
No one ever gets to really know another.
Walking on rice paper,
While society is diseased,
Leaves little wonder to the suicide rate.
But Mrs. Soffel, she died alive,
With her heart taken out by her lover,
He was too kind to leave it there.
Men and Women, Miss Perfect,
Men and Women need time;
Time used to gently sort each other out,
One should never be starved in a relationship.
Society, Ah, graceful society!
Marking everything down,
Counting each