Trains and White Fields
for Patricia Farrell
Up here
against the window
rain pelts
the white has remained
fluorescent
Space enough to sleep
white dots on blue
Tailor made blinds in a rainbow of colours
are available
Cold tea
slightly milky
remnants
in a Whittard mug
leftover from the 90s
a Northern Line greeting
the archive remains
Painting winter hollow the fields an empty sight
the hills are like sorrow
Mike Lawson's ‘Christ in the Wilderness’
bubble wrapped stored
Up here
music
transports
[acknowledgements to Brett Anderson]
Andrew Taylor is a lecturer in English and Creative Writing at Nottingham Trent University. He previously worked at Edge Hill University with Patricia Farrell. On occasion, they would share a train journey to Ormskirk and the walk to the university. Often they would talk about poetry and art. They also shared time together as members of the Edge Hill Poetry and Poetics Research Group. Once they went to Tate Liverpool with creative writing students. They also launched their debut poetry collections together in Liverpool. See here for that event!
