A woman who thought she had reason to think • You have come in out of the shadow. • The room is full of conversations. • They are like eyes • They are out here only • They are going naked as day • Goodbye in good time to the body
Source: Bodily Presence: Words, Paintings, by W.H. Oliver and Anne Munz. Wellington: BlackBerry Press, 1993
Electronic source: Bodily Presence: a TEI-conformant transcription
All poems © W. H. Oliver
They are out here only
on a visit. They are likely
given the blink of an eye
to vanish under the surface.
They have come to tell us
that if we would know them better
we will need to learn that trick.
If I should place one
carefully centred over
the head of my bed would we
disappear under the surface
and learn to exchange
our light and our dark?
Seated figure comtemplating her ancestor