{"id":2740,"date":"2016-04-11T03:23:13","date_gmt":"2016-04-11T03:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fullofcrow.com\/poetry\/?page_id=2740"},"modified":"2016-04-13T17:03:25","modified_gmt":"2016-04-13T17:03:25","slug":"andrew-taylor-april-2016","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fullofcrow.com\/poetry\/archives\/andrew-taylor-april-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrew Taylor, April 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

He has heard the blackbird
\n<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 For Liam on his 30th<\/sup> birthday<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

After eight hours
\nshake off the fleas<\/p>\n

tackle the bear
\ntake the stain<\/p>\n

Little John is jingling
\nevening briefing<\/p>\n

count the chimes<\/p>\n

The storm moved north
\nthe mail did not get
\nthrough on Saturday<\/p>\n

The cats are never
\naware of death<\/span><\/p>\n

Cycle the promenade
\nbefore the fair<\/p>\n

Joe was watching
\nwith the family<\/p>\n

You’re the only one<\/em><\/p>\n

View across to birthplace
\nnew \u00e7ranes
\nold cranes<\/p>\n

Towers slowly rise<\/p>\n

Wave to the butcher
\nignore the display<\/p>\n

The beauty of the Minster<\/p>\n

Beat the retreat to coast
\nto soak in the view<\/p>\n

It’s not the same old
\ngrey sky<\/p>\n

It’s different
\nit’s ours<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

With the Tide<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Sound of blind
\nrattle
\nafternoon into early evening sky<\/p>\n

clearing
\nreplicated
\nwhite of spots
\nblue of background<\/p>\n

rooftops
\nspread \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 green \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 horizon<\/p>\n

with the tide comes the change<\/p>\n

lavender blackbird spins<\/p>\n

tambourine shakes in sequence<\/p>\n

tea and thirteen senses
\nblue top milk<\/p>\n

no use for cardboard
\nrip things up!<\/p>\n

vintage digitised
\nSam streamed
\ndance of the summer
\nSeeking his peaches to share<\/p>\n

It is summer after all<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

28th<\/sup> July 2015<\/p>\n

[thanks to Rachel Smith]<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Spring Bouquet<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Create the bouquet for the Easter shelf
\nscents will drift across the room
\nwhen light leaks behind blinds
\nand birds announce morning<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Andrew Taylor is a Nottingham (UK) based poet, editor and critic. His debut collection, Radio Mast Horizon<\/strong>, was published by Shearsman Books in 2013. His latest pamphlet, Future Dust<\/strong> was published by Original Plus in 2015. Poems have appeared in places such as Poetry Wales, Stride, Pages<\/strong> and The Morning Star<\/strong>. He is a lecturer in Creative Writing and English at Nottingham Trent University.www.andrewtaylorpoetry.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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