Through hedgerow gaps between trees
an undulation perhaps it’s to do with
colour a golden calm sets in at summer’s
end spiders come in from cooling night air
heating is entertained flowers last through
though the evenings don’t gather wood
like windfalls essential in preparation
warming like a playing angel
in candlelight shadows alter with draughts
that rise through polished floorboards
kicking fallen leaves in tyre tracks
those who have gone before somehow remain
as gouges in earth and remaining leaves
on trees evergreens that battle winter
Andrew Taylor is a Nottingham (UK) based poet, editor and critic. His debut collection, 'Radio Mast Horizon' was published by Shearsman Books in 2013. His latest pamphlet 'Future Dust' was published in 2015. Poems have appeared recently in Coney’s Loft, The Goose, Instant Pussy and Rusty Truck. He is a lecturer in Creative Writing and English at Nottingham Trent University. www.andrewtaylorpoetry.com
