~
flap shat ( tahs palf )
…
gloom upon the snooze
globalism’s golden yoke
cattle dance the blues
all is balls ‘n’ war
shivers in y’cotton socks
colder than before
gulp the evening air
hark, the snarls ‘n’ barks of snarks
dark cathedral fare
see the minions weave
tapestries of tragedies
mirrors up a sleeve
parrot ’til y’sick
piping panic’s pantomime
shit another brick
gasp a precious breath
run atop a phantom hill
chase the tail of death
…
~
life is butter dream ( maerd rettub si efil )
…
butterflies spreading wings
butter up the bolting blue
bounce around like butter balls
rubber walls or butter beans
~
butterscotch is hopping songs
butter biscuits in a tin
but a buttress burrs in me
bread & butter head
~
butterfingers buttercup
buttermilk for butternuts
( butteries not included )
as the world still churns
…
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the things we sing ( gnis ew sgniht eht )
…
hymns from within
sprouting in the out
seasonal soliloquies
nature’s shifting shapes
squibs from squidded nibs
paper poem planes
birdbrain choruses
scrawl is love & walruses
sounds from the soul
salad in a bowl
irking normal’zzz balls
bouncing as a bomb
supper with aplomb
odes upon this road
letters from the dead
lists & post-it notes
soft rock ballads
shat pop cheese
spinning with the air
like seedlings on a breeze
trad-anon’s back catalogue
bat flap fare
songs upon a sixpence
life in wonky keys
…
~
bat manifesto ( ostefinam tab )
…
– twilight is renamed as dawn
– morning is re-classed as evening
– reclaim the caves & churchyards
– upside down is the right way round
– darkness is bright
if the sound bounces back
– batteries not included
– bats of the world unite
…
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post scriptum scribbles
…
after the spanners
a spindle is run
x’s not hexes
the kiss of a gun
spanning the vista
a mackerel is seen
over the clover
a ghost of a skein
there is a parsnip
a ptarmigan too
hitching a lift with
a stone in a shoe
down in the dingle
the badgers awake
dusk is a dusting
the icing of cake
bouncing in transit
the cheque’s in the mail
thanks for the letter
& god save the snail
planets in motion
a twinkle of eyes
what with an atlas
the wear in the wise
…
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poundland in the clouds ( sduolc eht ni dnaldnuop )
…
poundland in the clouds
come full moon i’ll fly to you
& buy some biscuits
…
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windy ( ydniw )
…
woodland branches dance
as i trumpet by with my
back passage gasses
…
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moorland calling ( gnillac dnalroom )
…
yonder whispers in the bonce
fuck the ‘rona, it’s a nonce
roam beyond the tips of tree
seek the tors & all at once
where the uplands kiss the sky
higher than a butterfly
hare upon a heather sea
with a twinkle in y’eye
see the seasons shifting shapes
april is a playful ape
or a soaring bumblebee
seeking greener scenes & scrapes
moorland calling, walk the dog
trudge above the river’s fog
plod along & wander thee
kiss a frog within a bog
lick a toad – we never know
breathing where the breezes crow
there the air is sugar-free
sweeter than a syrup though
chirrup on a speckled morn
whistle ’til a hymn is born
moor’s the pitch but not pih-tee
spring is singing summer’s spawn
…
~
s p a r k ( k r a p s )
…
s pring another hymn
shat from barren bowels
sewn seeds sprout
~
p luck from the aether
piss from empty bladders
pellets from the blessed owl
~
a nswer with arsenals
avacados, anoraks
apples & aardvarks
~
r elight the darkness
reinvent the trouser press
row y’bloody boat
~
k ettle on, seeking steam
kingfisher swishesque
– kick it up the fuckin’ arse
…
~
false starts ( strats eslaf )
…
it wasn’t dark or stormy
but stars above cried night
the rain in spain is spanish
the snow in togo’s fake
i’d never seen a goblin
until i met your mother
the road ahead’s behind us
another circle forms
so wear a pair of waders
the towpath’s underwater
the ice in iceland’s dry
according to a stagehand
alas, today’s tomorrow
the calendars a colander
& then we all ate coleslaw
upon your uncle’s elbows
a poet sang a sonnet
so all the jackdaws yawned
she is dicing onions
& weeping like a bellend
an ombudsman is born
so try to look exited
i thought that ingrown toenails
were just another urban myth
…
resarf poetry 