Slight Rain Here

Among gravel

weeds

you can make

sculptures

or pick wild

flowers

for the kitchen

table

Rosemary thyme

mint

Scent familiar

after rain

Sunrise 6.11 a.m.

for S.O.

To be rid

of work dreams

to walk lanes

first thing

with the glow

of light

keeping us

from the void

A spider

crosses

the breakfast

table

on which

stands

a bowl

of shelled peas

Clouds

at pace

grey over

white

gentle

rustle of

a brown

paper bag

Breeze

drops

fresh stillness

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Andrew Taylor is the author of two full collections of poetry from Shearsman Books. He

is currently working on his third, due in 2021. He is the author of Adrian Henri: A Critical

Reading (Greenwich Exchange, 2019). He lives in Nottingham where he teaches Creative

Writing and English at Nottingham Trent University.