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midwinter checklist ( tsilkcehc retniwdim )
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a sting in the breeze but still no bees a wood full of trees but still no leaves a vole in the head then a shed full of coal snowdrops - in the hedgerows but still no snow ...
Author: resarfpoetry
bird quiz
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bird quiz ( redrow ruof a )
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fingers on the buzzard ...
fog the frog
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fog the frog ( gorf eht gof )
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fog the frog in spotted socks lick the toad & box the fox figaro the river so kiss the mist & chickenpox ...
scribble on
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scribble on ( mmmmmmmh a )
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scraps of that & this
skate the pond of frozen fish
roam the mist of swish
lost within the frost
burbles in a thermal vest
toes & fingers crossed
smoking ifs & buts
drifting with the crystal snow
babble dust & nuts
cackle in the cold
chuckle in the mud & muck
shim & jig for gold
summer's on the run
sprinting at a squinting pace
chase the speckled sun
squawking with the dog
til we spot the blossom hops
or the spawn of frog
cracking as the cat
whips the snap of dragon flaps
& the rafters bat
winter sings a song
whispers licking bags of bones
groan - & scribble on
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bad animals
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bad animals ( tnar a )
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coppers are piglets snakes run the nation war is walrus roaring for more rats trap this village sport is for goldfish bankers are locusts weevils & fleas poets are toadspawn the internet? weasels churches are leeches & pubs suck the same gossips are beavers & masons? amoebas plus soldiers are muppets the law is just bull ( fuck 'em ) ...
smell them yell
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smell them yell ( oot meop a si siht )
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smell them yell & camel bell solar cell & caramel carousel & stub a toe rubber duck & cannon shell ...
spinning in the month of jan
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spinning in the month of jan ( meop lanosaes a )
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sledging from a hillock's head
trudging on a sodden path
legs of lead & kiss the mist
yonder is a scatter graph
roaming in a leafless wood
gloaming in the afternoon
sputter dust until the dark
barking at a lupus moon
sliding on the ice's black
rasping ash & clasping straws
squinter life is hellebore
singing songs of doors & thaws
dripping on a sheet of snow
spit the shit that hits the fan
circle twirls until the spring
spinning in the month of jan
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how to catch a church mouse
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how to catch a church mouse ( ffuts citcadid )
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as a rubber ball, if falling
on a breeze as colds
sneezing from the tors of moorlands
to the bogs of wolds
in the church's dirt they're lurking
chewing on a pew
running through the organ's organs
as the buggers do
shitting on the vicar's hymn books
pissing in the font
nibbles on communion crackers
in their restaurant
sweetly sleep the congregation
dreams of cakes & doves
sit with nimble, ninja fingers
wear a pair of gloves
as the waxen candles flicker
phantom flaps of flame
grab as fattened cats are napping
play the bloody game
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voles in the doldrums
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voles in the doldrums ( emyhr fo mrof a si noitaretilla )
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sunken as sand
spring is an earwig
winter's a mangle
wring in the year
portals & all
dog under blanket
snore as a dormouse
warm in this house
sun on the run
running as honey
leeches & money
fumbles in gloves
cold on the moors
walruses warble
voles in doldrums
dream of a breeze
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resarf poetry 