another autumn leaf song

~

another autumn leaf song  (  a b a b c b c b d b d b e b e b  )



we whistle so in sodden air

as minstrels mince with harps on sleeves

the apple's flown & swan's the pear

the hay is stacked, the barn is sheaves


we hum a beat - drum under grey

it's dust & dung's the beetle's heaves

as even creeps & steals the day

as witches stitch the weasel's weaves


& on as goslings skein the sky

as garrick fly & lichen breathes

a dog, a goat, a ghost & i

- the wonky slates of woodland's eaves


we see them green then see them glow

before the snow falls thick as thieves

a wave, a trudge & crunch bellow

a swan, a song of autumn leaves

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nosy tree poem

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nosy tree poem  (  a  p o e t r y  o f  p o e m s  )




is it for sniffing

a woodland & home

?

whiffs of a wood nymph

a pixie or gnome

?

bells in the springing

the song of a lark

?


toads on pagodas

& lichen on bark

?

lightning in august

or autumn in spore

?

cyclamen's sister

then death on the floor

?

breath of the breezing

a slip of the cow

?

thaws in the squinter

a drip from the brow

?

praps it's for sneezing

the cousin of cough

?

trees can be breezy

but people? - fuck off

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i’d pike to peach the pearl to ping

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i’d pike to peach the pearl to ping  (  a  p o e t r y  )




i'd bike to bilge the worm a gnome

& burnish shit with love

crow faculties & punny bees

& snow shite turtle doves


i'd spike to speech the whirl to wing

in perspex armoury

i'd like to colditz in my palms

& seasick tuscany


i'd hike to scree the swirl for bonce

squall brassing band in band

& hear them hedgerow through the squills

for peas throughout the bland


i'd pike to peach the pearl to ping

in pervert larceny

i'd like to fold it in my arse

& keep it company

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my other poem is …

~

my other poem is …  (  a  s c r i b b l e  )





the prince regent of greenland

the lost keys of a skeleton

a gibbon & an englishman

an otter in an orangery

a rose within the clover

the antlers of an antelope

the saddest song a swan can mime

a whitsun eve on ganymede

september in november

the mustard in y' custard cream

the dots that spot the tiger's stripes

a spider sky - an alibi

the bread that leavens lemons

an odyssey stroke lottery

a prat amongst the pigeons &

a black hole in the coal shed

( ! )

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bolts of blue

~

bolts of blue  (  h m m m m m m m  )




if i am herring red

then you are bolts of blue

the tac upon the wall

a silent touch of flu


with nick the prick above

& deep the denim seas

a crack of robin's egg

a whiff of stilton's cheese


or prussian lightning strike

the grease of bottled fly

the periwinkle moon

or juniper jam sky


a blaze of flame in spring

as neptune blooms & rings

the berry saddest song

a bird or whale can sing


& so, the yonder's swan

no bye or toodleooh

if i am herring red

then you are bolts of blue

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syntax saddle wax

~

syntax saddle wax  (  a  p o e t r y s  )





hopscotch otter socks

tosser lottery

prosody's a

podded pea


big gun bunion sun

onions in a dome

shining like a

chromosome


tut, tut cardigans

lather as a larch

cabbages are

on the march


pen then, morris men

togas when in rome

worm squirms in an

earthen tome


spew blew mutant moon

magnets on y' back

pave the wave - don't

smoke the crack


syntax saddle wax

fodder froth & foams

horses snorting

hippodromes


hi-fi libarary

skittles in a line

hare's the air

& sylphidine


bat flap babbleaxe

gargle garden gnome

pots in holes &

scrolling home

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cabbage mathematical

~

cabbage mathematical  (  a  l i s t  )





cabbage mathematical

cataracts & anoraks

snippet up & scribble this

squawking to y' elf again

pebbles in a pencil case

buttons of the onion sun

portals in a portaloo

petals on a rose's thorn

scissor kicks & waterloo

poetry with broken toes

otters in an orangery

smatterings of scatterings

mother moon & sister mist

focus in the crocuses

faux-fluorescent funerals

this is not a shopping list

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flight, the good fight

~

flight, the good fight  (  i n k  t h i s  t h e n  )




otters of austria

caskets of ossier

seven & leavening

scatters of maps


bulls of bulgaria

doggerland's hairier

frogs win the lottery

gaps in the cracks


attics of attica

badgers & fatima

newts in y' jungle juice

bats for y' flaps


llamas of narnia

aardvarks are hardier

bubbles & babbleships

scraps in y' naps

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