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Maurice Oliver spent almost a decade working as a freelance photographer in Europe. Then, in 1995 after returning to America, he made a lifelong dream reality by traveling around the world for eight months, recording his experiences in a journal instead of pictures. And so began his desire to be a poet. His poetry has appeared in The Potomac Journal, Circle Magazine, Bullfight Review, Tryst3 Journal, The MAG, Pebble Lake Review, Eye-Shot, The Surface, Wicked Alice, WordRiot, Taj Mahal Review (India), Stride Magazine (UK), Retort Magazine (Australia), & online at undergroundvoices.com, tmpoetry.com, zafusy.com, subtletea.com, friggmagazine.com, girlswithinsurance.com, & interpoetry.com(UK). He currently lives in Portland, Oregon where he is a tutor.His poetry blog can be visited at www.bloxster.net/mauriceoliver.

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"Horizontally Folded" Sonnet Fall 2005
Imagine Sharks Summer 2004
In Lieu of Disguise #5 Summer 2004
You Decide Summer 2004