Taylor Gray Moore

Writer of fiction, poetry, etc - based in Vancouver BC

At RaInbow Bay
2024-02-20 18:02 Limestone smacked by the sea And criss crossed by holes The sea rises up in like a question I float in the water and gaze into The Blight of Eleuthera   Thinking of the endless waves and the sharks That slip their way in from the deep Atlantic And the red sand all across from Africa There’s nothing to stop its ocean-wide thought   And the bats that flew away at the sound of me At the mouth of that cave The second day here I went in with the Austrians and we threw that rock That on...
New Year's Day 2024 Poem
2024-01-01 22:48 Ali Akbar Khan plays Raga Bhairav in 1973 And the plucked strings begin to densify as I chop tomatoes For tabbouleh And I drink flattening champagne On New Year’s day, 2024   The day never woke up The new year starts like this But it strangely found this focus you see Without my help
Heavy
2023-12-11 11:30 Heaviness is in an airport on the morning Of an early flight east—   Heavy with the weight of the ride here With my bags in the back of the car And the trope of busses passing the other way Through the humid winter’s darkness To enter into their daily service   Heavy with all those from destinations unknown In a slow line towards customs Between one flight and another, on the way to Cabo San Lucas Which is nothing like the Montreal ahead of myself   Heavy with the news and history...