beast before easter

~

beast before easter  (  h m m m m m m m  )


bats in the attic

the battle of jutland

is naps in a foundry

& houses in huts


woods on the woodchip

achoo & confucius

a clatter of cushions

a scatter of struts


stalking the morning

a pun in the oven

as sirius dribbles

& riddle's the mutts


mist is a vista

it's greener on venus

a deer in y' earwig

& stagger the ruts


sit isaac newton

it's grey in y' ashtray

the eye of a neutron

a tab for y' butts


queen nefertiti

a spoon in the treacle

& barks in the darkness

a trundle of guts


pearls in a swirlwind

a natter of napkins

so beast before easter

& may contain nuts


throbs of thrombosis

plus frogs & trombonists

a river of scissors

the kicks & the cuts

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come soon for supper

~

come soon for supper  (  a  l i s t  s t r o k e  p o e m  )




the lady of the lakeland car park bust-up


colonel mustard's flustered bustard


captain birdseye's pirate cousin


rameses the gravy train spotter


uncle sun & sister blister


prussians in the russian squinter


snap, crackle but pop's gone weasel


ganymede & bring a bottle


badgers from andromeda


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snippet up

~

snippet up  (  a n  a s s o r t m e n t  o f  s u n d r i e s  )




ring bell for service

when we were elves

pebble dashed wednesday

quarter past pine nuts

raspberry ripples

i want your rabies

oliver cromwell

rain on the glass roof

pen in the morning

peter the goatherd

marmalade marching

squirms in a cancan

sodium gnosis

sir humphrey davey

lumps in the gravy

is this the real life?

is this just fantasy?

parlez-vous français?

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tiramisu

~

tiramisu  (  a  l i s t  &  p o s s i b l y  a  p o e m  t o o  –  i f  y o u ‘ r e  b o t h e r e d  )




bitterns of britain

shepherds & leopards

mist on a vista

shoots of bamboo


badgers & stickers

vicars in knickers

lizards in blizzards

twists of a shrew


cinnamon's sister

crystals & blisters

vinegar's malting

bolting the blue


ink in the morning

skimming the river

laminate flooring

lazarus too


uncle bugonia

mutant commuters

shuffles in new shoes

tiramisu


plover in clover

woofs in the woodland

jupiter's jungles

list, as y' do

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crack black saturday

~

crack black saturday  (  a  p o e m  )


black crack saturday

braining in the grey

chip chop, flip flop

clatter cabaret


trapclap kangaroo

prattle avenue

waxing, waxwing

saddle addle shoe


splashback alibi

scatter in the scry

phantoms, bantams

clucker clutter eye


bat flap faculty

gander galaxy

gooses, nooses

babble badger me


whip crack cadillac

adders in a sack

measles, weasles

magnets on y' back


pat shat cattle pen

patter petal wren

puddles, bubbles

singing sands & then


hopscotch otter trots

spangles in y' knots

scrumping, stumping

humping camelot


am-dram hammer throw

shatter afterglow

inking, sinking

natter as yuh go

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caterpillars caterwauling

~

caterpillars caterwauling  (  a  p o e m z e t r y  )



slugs are humming, bugs are barking

caterpillars caterwauling

here is ears as i sit harking

all is stalling - traffic crawling


bees a drumming, worms a singing

trees are standing, pins are falling

churches churning, bells are ringing

poltergeists & tripe is calling


fleas are weaving, weasels scheming

flies are rhyming, nought is scrawling

suns are beams as beetles heaving

dung this dungeon of a morning


bread is crumbing, ants are dancing

wasps are warring, dredgers trawling

tow the flow as so is camping

caterpillars caterwauling

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( author notes )

i tried to write a poem yesterday

but those bloody caterpillars wouldn't shut up

so i just wrote this instead

sorry

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broken october

~

broken october  (  a n o t h e r  o c t o b e r  p o e m  )




a scatter of branches in phantoms of prances

& ganders with antlers in staggers of dances

a mist in the mizzle, a fist in the riddle

a maze in the haze of the fade-fiddle-diddle

or bitch in a battle, a witch in a cackle

as swan is the addle with bats on the saddle

at then in the morning as woodland is spawning

an octopus crawling with tentacles trawling

& down spins the plover as brown is the clover

it's piss it & biscuits - it's broken october

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spin in the midlands

~

spin in the midlands  (  f u c k  b u l l s h i t i n g  b u s y b o d i e s  &  c a r r y  o n  )





north is a war

spartans in tartan

fighting with vikings

blood on the ice


snows in the crow

east is a dragon

lizards & whispers

fire & rice


noodles to boot

west is a wizard

ringing the weather

pissing the wet


southern is sun

fleas & diseases

people are cheeses

swimming in sweat


gleam in the green

hog in a hedgerow

echo & echo

stars on a chart


stars on a chart

spin in the midlands

goldilock's garden

- derbyshire's heart

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in no particular order

~

in no particular order  ( you’ve left the iron on – hurry while there’s still time … )





apple crumbles, acid splashes

mumps 'n' mumbles, rabid rabbits

bugs in blankets, eyes in glasses

cats in caskets, sprys & pies


wicker knickers, wiccan weddinmgs

twisted vicars, reddened herrings

flemish phlegm & lemon lemmings

fishermen in kipper ties


stinging nettles, kettle drummers

letter peckers, number punchers

pencils, penguins, prussian junkers

pandas, punks & pigs in stys


baronesses, roman noses

badger beggars, adder doges

peers & earwigs - tits with noses

wanker bankers - dragonflies


weasel weavers, scheming witches

rotten addles, curtain twitches

fucker-muckers, rats & bitches

tosser fodder - you & i


toppled skittles, river ripples

circle burbles, plinking pickles

thunder, tumbles, tongues & tickles

rumbles under onion skies

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spittle ink in woodland

~

spittle ink in woodland  ( written in a wood because desks are zoos for people )




spittle ink in woodland

underneath the trees

as the leaves are dripping

bumble with the bees


squiggle then in nettles

flap with phantom hands

pandas dance the cancan

rubber dub & bands


wriggle worms that eat birds

peaches that are stoned

grapes that cape the headland

goat as sheep are cloned


squabble-squab the bog rot

moss upon the logs

jostle in the hare's lair

boxing with the frogs

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