ROY BAYFIELD
Suburban
The split-down lavender of the defending
garden forgives a thousand
unstarted journeys. Things
blow in: skinny tracts
of unread patient
information and bloody
-end feathers – products
of night turns in the back
field – where standing
water fills the margins
more each time
erasing increase
Roy Bayfield's writing has been published in the anthology BritPulp! and magazines including Star*Line and Neon Highway. His blog Walking Home to 50 was an account of a journey between two piers, Southport in North West England and Brighton on the south coast. In it a description of a visit to the anomalous town of "Argleton" brought about international media appearances and the creation of a special beer in a nearby pub. His experience of undergoing heart surgery during this journey also led to the collection Bypass Pilgrim. Roy is currently writing an account of a visit to the Six Realms of Buddhist Tradition.
