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a garnishing ( gnihsinrag a )
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artisan parmesan grated cheddar cheese thinly sliced finger chillies sprinklings of mint nectar of the gravy train spoons of english mustard deep fried sage sprigs crispy crouton cubes ketchup, chutney chops icing sugar blizzards chocolate flakes, mayonnaise spurts of squirty cream carpe diem runny honey drizzle plus a curly leaf parsley wig ( supper's underneath ) ...
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september pens ( snep rebmetpes )
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september pen with feathered quills & drips of squid - a spider's web a burst of birds, a host of crows a turning tide, the flow & ebb of creeping eves with twinkle toes & broken odes in biscuit tins a sinking hymn, the plug of glug the water whirls, the water spins the water falls upon the leas & gargles through the afternoon the calling corn, a sea of wheat a brighter night - a harvest moon the mizzle's mist, a spawning dawn a sodden trudge, the smudge of lens the fog of dog, the songs of swans et cetera - september pens ...
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i cucumber ( rebmucuc i )
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i cucumber the catacombs of castanets & caramel to lichen like a library & shrew the pygmy's peas i mastodon the mutant mews of sandals, sand & sandwiches to petal pichard pillories & peck the princely knees i otter on the dioxide of hyphenated milking-maids & whale the tales of hydrogen to chafe the chin of cheese but i am butter cardigan & partridge not the postman's nose so bee within this bungalow & fudge beneath her fleas ...
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greta ( aterg )
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death's best friend bleats in dungarees of the phantoms on her tongue & her dark disciples flap ~ death's sweet swede dregs of scandi-noir with an ostrich feathered head pantomiming parliaments ~ death's young bride eyes like a chasm sees the invisible aether of life ~ pigtailled puppet sailing over plastic oceans ( ? ) cash in her pockets as apollo cycles swan ...
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bagpipe binary ( yranib epipgab )
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bagpipe binary blackbird bursary black hand handlebars merman mercenary merman mercenary dark star pharmacy oblong obelisks swansong armoury swansong armoury tin can timpani off-switch ostriches sweet pea symphony sweet pea symphony swell felt feathery ten green teasel trees sneeze then, chemically sneeze then, chemically gasmask gallery glow so, twinkle toed bat flap battery bat flap battery fruit gum winery shoehorn walruses bagpipe binary ...
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adders of the phantom flaps ( spalf motnahp eht fo sredda )
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august is a snail summer is a scorpion stings within the tail rabbits shit & run static crackles on the sneeze seek the sunken sun blow a hornet swarm waterfalls & dales of hale rumble thunderstorm squawk as breezes crow whispers on a scree of green weep as petals snow squalls & orchards shake bracken burrs & owlets stir howl as wraiths awake cups & puddles spill splatterings of chatterings chaffinch til the still shapes of snake & twist adders of the phantom flaps slither river mist ink until the blue spot the scry of butterflies moth the month - & shoo ...
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pencil cases ( sesac licnep )
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emperor penguins, lemon posset pickled peppers, pencil cases rotten apples, missing marbles drizzle-mizzle, marketplaces carburettors, knitted sweaters maids-a-milking, databases silver gibbons, golden finches wake uneven, sleep in stasis passing parcels, play the piper molten lava, typing faces rubber chickens, onion sauces butter fingers, tying laces snorting horses, bolting dolphins speeding cheetahs, snails & chases glowing roses, blowing noses leaving scatters, seeking traces ...
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tips for a budding poet ( teop gniddub a rof spit )
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smoke green trees but drink only tea walk beneath the moon's beams but hide from the sunshine sleep if awake to awaken from sleep sport a cravat ( this can double as a napkin ) ink with a feather on a sheet of papyrus talk with the animals but steer clear of people write all morning then doss all afternoon eat a high fibre diet with plenty of prunes ...
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behind the blinds ( sdnilb eht dniheb )
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behind the blinds, the blinds of blue
a shade the shade of shadeless shite
a scribble scrawls a line or two
a portal calls, a door of snorts
the hinges creak & snort in squeaks
a burst of birds, the splurge of thoughts
the chattering is back again
a caber toss of jollop's jape
a smattering of acid rain
beneath the sun, a couplet druns
the trah-luh-lars of handlebars
the fiddle dum of thumbs & crumbs
within a mist - a slip of tea
a storm the scent of peppermint
the stumble stuff of bumble me
as dawn's a yawn & all is pants
the parallax of paper plain
a pantomime, a dive, a dance
a pen, a pad, a wonky desk
a donkey on a thistled lea
the lottery of poemesque
so spiral then, the bends & winds
a broken biscuit symphony
the sound of down - behind the blinds
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sway it with flowers ( srewolf htiw ti yaws )
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drinking buttercups
of sweet pea tea
while the dog sun rose
& roared - like a dandelion
( over & clover )
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resarf poetry 