Where I find my poems

By Oliver Kleyer

At the bottom 
Of my teacup. 

Between the lines 
Of my diary. 

In all the places that
I go to when I sleep. 

In a bird’s nest 
In the forest.

On the wings of
The year’s first butterfly.

In the pages of
My old fairy tale book. 

In the mirror 
Of your eyes.

Oliver Kleyer is a teacher and poet from Northern Germany. He teaches German as a Second Language in a refugee camp. He writes in German and English. His works have appeared in The Zinnia Journal, Disturb the Universe and Duck Duck Moongoose as well as in anthologies like FromOneLine – The Unseen or Dadakuku 2.

His poem “A rambling meditation”, published in Raw Lit was nominated for “Best of the Net 2025”.