OLIVER(b1952) is one of the finest English poets from India.A native of kerala, he writes in malayalam as well. He has written two books of fiction, one book of travelogue, a collection of stories and a collection poems in malayala. He has also published a book of English poems titled WAR AND LOVE. His recital of poems can be heard on Youtube, at OLIVER MALAYALAM POEMS.
Hail, rain, sweet rain, sleet and
Winds eastward, southward and,
Northward! see, gale-blown fig
Tree-dance! stay chair-fast, mick
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The stuff that stinks
At each nose is dear
To one and all! Those
That revel in this begotten
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An absence yours, disturbingly
Entwines me; the crowned being
Of season, you're away, now beyond
The centre and shaft of the self!
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Just as right kisses
On the wrong lips or otherwise,
Sometimes a right word
I choose for wrong thought
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I grew out of childhood
Wiser and wiser, positioning
Myself with the surfeit of knowing
On myself, but then stalking
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