Early Harvest
The honey allows for travel
flower to flower newspaper
ink in the sun smell of
the ages overhead rumble
of an airliner small things
lavender against a white wall
hollyhocks from a window
afternoon remnants bales
scattered dart of a blackbird
against ivy expandable pocket
tickets & ephemera ‘selected poems’
Foyles 16th February 2019 at 16.40
add the accent to the name it’s a
most important consideration
Junk Page
Questions for the road at night gravel paths
firefly annexe they’ll be around eventually
Charlie’s headstone added kisses red on cream
wait for the stars they will arrive skirt rather
than trousers disruption is expected until
22.30 then green arrive in the Loire valley
the booted cat’s schedule taped to a tree
Ella switches language with ease she holds
three passports what book is in Buttons’
pocket at the tomb? a bottle of Perrier with
a slice of lime the empty metro at 2.00 a.m.
dust coating tiles stillness eventually first
editions to be transported to the departments
soothe the sting with bite relief cream
Shutter Pony
Await the dying off slowly harp rises
rattle quietens across the plain yellow
foreground pink sky framed a seat
under trees next to the boit a’livres
John’s essential delight of a book stays put
Baudelaire’s text ‘traced in burnt sienna’
calendar time arrives falling vine stalks
skeletal architecture on concrete billowing
canvas shadow rover settle recollection
33cl & attendant condensation ode
mode lane fruit behind the green in focus
colour sharp instinct static how to country
in limited dosage black red starts flit a sip
of Affligem Ambree before rabid communication
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Andrew Taylor's previous collections include: Radio Mast Horizon, March, and Not There—Here (Shearsman Books). His latest pamphlet, Voie was published by Red Ceiling Press in 2023. He is currently working towards a new collection. www.andrewtaylorpoetry.com
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