Pergola

By Karen Lee Oliver

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.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Dec 31, 2002
• ISBN: 9781465327598

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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

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MISS 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