Night Train

Outside, the foggy anachronism

of steam, a raised flame-

refineries manufacturing industrial gothic.

The carriage follows a line

drawn beneath the You Yangs,

then the lights again,

banking in take-off.

'Anthony Lynch's poetry persuades us into its unique atmosphere, rich with detail ... Meticulous description subtly implicates rather than specifies in these tightly wrought poems that finish unexpectedly, the endings often an entrance to the poem ... a tower of memory that reels back to its origin, to birth, the night train leading into day.' - Gig Ryan

Anthony Lynch lives on the Bellarine Peninsula where he writes poetry, fiction and reviews. His short story collection Redfin was shortlisted for the Queensland Premier's Literary Awards.