Glacial streets the brow & its vantage
point smothered in grey slither of orange 

across the bay slow to set shipment
progress delayed tidal shifts in currency 

in energy winter memories of angled
streets banked fires & regular deliveries 

Kerbside balloons released to float &
disappear cold water therapy rest & 

calm the velvetised world oriental delicacies
in sequence & in time 

…

Andrew Taylor has published three collections of poetry with Shearsman Books, and a fourth, European Hymns is forthcoming. He has collaborated with writer and musician, Nick Power (Lowdeine Chronicles (erbacce-Press, 2019) and poet Charlie Baylis (at first it felt like flying (Indigo Dreams, 2019). Poems have appeared in journals such as Poetry Wales, The Morning Star, Ambit, Tears in the Fence and Litter. He is the editor of Peter Finch’s Collected Poems (Seren Books, 2022). A critical book about Finch is forthcoming. He teaches creative writing at Nottingham Trent University.