august caws

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august caws  (  a  s e a s o n a l  j a u n t  )




toad the ode of twinkle toes

in the key of even' flows

squawking on the cusp of dusk

chatter chaff & utter husk

toad the ode of twinkle toes


jabber as the adder doze

spew the shat & adipose

as the pigeons plot a coo

& the parrots cockatoo

jabber as the adder doze


bumble on in bungalows

blow the boat & row y'nose

as the spider weaves a web

& the tide it seeps an ebb

bumble on in bungalows


twizzle as the thistle blows

whistle 'til the woodland snows

dragons snap as orchards soar

daggers dance as badgers roar

twizzle as the thistle blows


shit a brick & sniff a rose

topple walls of dominoes

fingers slip as bushes burn

flop in songs & fronds of fern

shit a brick & shit a rose


august caws & august crows

autumn snores - but summer knows

spring is spinning in a stream

ripple run & river gleam

warble swan as water flows

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poetry iz peas

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poetry iz peas  (  a n o t h e r  p o e m  t h i n g  )




pickle onion hum drum

dub a rubber bandstand

ostriches in sod socks

trumpet on the breeze


butter flutter duster

ring a brindle dingle

wobble wonky watt-knots

nozzles on the knees


spittle trickle tap drip

singing in the kitchen

triple dips a hat-trick

singing in the trees


wriggle as the odes flow

operatic otters

scrambles in the brambles

jangle with the keys


pillocks on a hill's top

mizzle is a milksop

whistles in a bathtub

badgers on the seas


spot a leopard shepherd

mumbles in the jungles

stripe a tiger's wide pins

bumble with the bees


sing to me- oh, muesli

mutants of the moon's spew

yeoman of the yak's shat

chieftain of the cheese


piddle in the sun's plum

gargle in the garden

rhythm is a mistress

poetry iz peas

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from me – to you

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from me – to you  (  f o r  b a r r y  c h u c k l e  )




to me - to you

the mullet men

of grasses green

the phrases stained


when birds were birds

& white the skies

a childhood glimpse

of rotherham


a yorkshire brush

the gates & rush

the japes & scrapes

a scape from school


as saplings sprang

blackcurrant squash

a clucking clock

c.b.b.c


last century

with mulch ado

when worms caught birds

i chuckled too


the pantomimes

of afternoon

a wonky song

from me - to you

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wet then

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wet then  (  a  p o e m  )



cloud shroud

duck cluck

grey daze

tick tock


green boot

quench drench

blue vue

hilltop


pike dyke

squid ditch

quaff trough

clip clop


sea saw

tor roar

mud thud

ship dock


drain brain

sweep street

nurse earth

pit stop


black crack

cat fish

frog dog

flip flop


hog hop

tap dance

big grin

piss pot


quick step

hen quack

wet then

chip chop

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warps & squall

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warps & squall  (  a  f u c k i n ‘  p o e m  w h a t  r h y m e z z z z z z z )





hum a drum & tongue a tulip

cousin of the cubist's rubric

mumbles spin in mutant music

staggers of the stand & stall


amp a lamp & gas the traffic

scrambles of the cattle magic

cackles in a crackle attic

flapping bats & badgers brawl


snake a fist & twist a sweater

flaking as the squinter feather

lemonade & garden weather

garbles of the scarf & shawl


pit a dig & trot a foxglove

jigging in the rubber dog's dub

brick a shit & dot the dot stuff

dawdles of the dwarf & tall


hail a snail & tail a comet

a to g & scale a sonnet

trail a toad as boxes frog it

hopping on the road & crawl


ding a ring & rib a kidney

kippers kiss the hissing chimney

whistles tin of nipples slippy

rivers mist the cat & call


own your grow & poke a puddle

caw the crow that blows a bubble

apropros & glow in rubble

portals in the porch & hall


leap the flea & on the office

pod the pea that odds the office

scree the tree & fog the forest

warble on in warps & squall


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nutmeg overlords

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nutmeg overlords  (  h o p e f u l l y  t h e  o d d e s t  p o e m  y o u ‘ l l  r e a d  t o d a y  )





nutmeg overlords

coleslaw cottages

ink-fist folios

lud's church dervishes


lud's church dervishes

cress head weather vane

mam tor mattarhorn

slow-mo oberon


slow-mo oberon

humdrum umbriel

beeswax badger shat

brass band bursaries


brass band bursaries

syntax cinamon

tosspot coventry

nosebleed symphony


nosebleed symphony

robot rosaries

io ivanhoe

bell knell swishing swell


bell knell swishing swell

cracked black pepper pot

potluck puppet punks

nutmeg overlords

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