Ben Taylor : Writing

A Hand To Hold

A Hand To Hold

A Poem by Ben Taylor


Your eyebrows are drawn tightly together,Warding the cold from yourEyelids.The clouds are pallid with thePromise of snow.Your left hand is gloved snug..
Snow Drifter

Snow Drifter

A Poem by Ben Taylor


The moon squints from behindA film of wintry cloud,A glowing cataractWatching the ground beneath herSuccumb to layer upon layerOf frozen tears.The air..
The End of October

The End of October

A Poem by Ben Taylor


Halloween.
Reciprocation

Reciprocation

A Poem by Ben Taylor


Toes danglingIn the early winter darkness,I watch the quiet streetBelow me.The bough supporting meCreaks beneath the weightOf my shivering.Leafless an..
Un-resigned

Un-resigned

A Story by Ben Taylor


The trees behind are blistered scarlet, the morning sunlight glowing crimson through the leaves. The road ahead is clogged with the usual migration o..
A Shiver Down The Spine

A Shiver Down The Spine

A Poem by Ben Taylor


The snow floats from the clouds,The aftermath of some unseenPillow fight.The frozen feathers drift onto my lipsAnd eyelashes,Changing to chilled dropl..
Consume And Collapse

Consume And Collapse

A Poem by Ben Taylor


'Round the smold'ring embers,Shadows flicker softly--Barely now remembered.Once a passion burning,Somehow falt'ring, fading,Leaving wet-eyed yearning...
Learning From Your Mistakes Is So Cliche

Learning From Your Mistakes Is So Cliche

A Poem by Ben Taylor


As lips of cliff collapse,My footing's quickly lost--Decide to fall again,The ground I shall accost.Encounters with these fallsBestowed me broken limb..
To Gray From Green

To Gray From Green

A Poem by Ben Taylor


A metaphor, a life depicted as a leaf.
Autumn Glow

Autumn Glow

A Poem by Ben Taylor


Nature.