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Andrew Taylor


Mercury

rising
pulse

glass
condensation

reeling
galaxies

under
city
centre
department
store
stairs



Notes on Seasonings

Pomi de Mori
trans. Pommes
d’amour

tomata

remain cautious
to true potential



Rochelle

Chop almost
into dust.

Decide what to do
later.

Three sprigs tied with
cotton, to the leaf

a different alchemy.



Marmande

I’m beginning to see the light

Elizabeth makes a plea
in the 1960s.

To appreciate
the remnants of
summer bounty,
save for autumn
or winter.

Jane follows up
in the 1970s.



Noir Puur

for Martin Stannard

Welcome
Eno Harmonia

Forecast heat
5.1 Richter

Lamp light
solstice

Mercury
black

Trails white
bands

against blue




Andrew Taylor’s latest collection, Lowdeine Chronicles, (erbacce-Press) is a collaboration with writer and musician Nick Power. This follows a collaborative pamphlet with Charlie Baylis, at first it felt like flying (Indigo Dreams Pamphlets) which was a Poetry Book Society Summer 2019 selection. Andrew Taylor divides his time between Nottingham (England) and Department 79, (France).
andrewtaylorpoetry.com
 
 
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