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Poems by . . . Oakden Parker Davies

Salient takes some pleasure in presenting a few selections from the metaphysical poems of Oakden Davies. Mr. Davies is shortly having a book of his works published. Correspondence invited.

Paddled, wet moons
gleaming rain,
black passerby thrust shadow
sliced in white,
with black holes staring.
Turin meteors screech,
disappearing,
with their red satellite
occasionally winking.

Cling and a groan
Stop and a clang
Tram stop . . . End of section. .
Hurry
Scatter with nylons
Don't get off the car while it's moving.

Once upon a time
two snails
on their way, a parallel way.
Clang, down their snail way.
a red
a white
a green moon—all disappear.

Rhumba
anonstop
hotancold
dance
'nda
heartstones
a 1 3 4
skipabeat
hotly
bloodstones
dance.

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Cmlhave
a £
the £
and £
£
anybodys £
I'll keep
my £

—Oakden Parker Davies, 1949.