pencils pentecost

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pencils pentecost  (  w r i t t e n  j u s t  l a s t  w h i t s u n  w i t h  a  p e n c i l  )



cataracts & anoraks

sneezing in the pollen air

weasels on a rocking chair

crackle static loft


binary & spidery

mizzle of the mistletoe

pigging in the middletoe

butter-fingers crossed


flipping brains & shipping lanes

robins of the goblin's hood

knelling in the belling wood

dongs of dental floss


cigarettes & inner-sweats

maidens of the raven's caw

clawing on a phantom door

clatter pasture's croft


sandwiches & languages

summer on a salad tongue

badger-nap & ballad-spun

speckle elfin socks


pantaloons & afternoons

poetry is pickled eggs

roses, legs & scrambled heads

pencils pentecost

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why sport?

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why sport?  (  p o k i n g  t h e  p o i n t l e s s  v o i d  )




liverchester drovers

five in a nightie


mancastle eff sea

herpes & fleas


chelspurs ewe-knighted

sixty six on buttered toast


squire-shire seesaw

five million for six


sweating in a pringle sweater

seven under chaffinch


swinging in the thicket's spew

two over clover


yelping on a court of snorts

goose - deuce - goosegrass


mister nickname - what's'isname?

the frame

& the match

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zebu wood, ambient tree

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zebu wood, ambient tree  (  t h e  s e c o n d  –  c o u s i n  o f  b r e v i t y  )





zebu wood, ambient tree

paints squall pilaster

bread bin in broccoli

swallow the hamster

hares hoe fish-nourishment

shall snakeskin bonce cement

piss thirst aloud in tents

zoopkeeper pilgrim


shrew snow big get spin-round

sieve tinsel tories

blue bus them elves song sound

jizz stench the door keys

glow toes shall neigh his knight

blow she-witch giant's flight

bee bill crake hood fish-fight

zoopkeeper pilgrim


quince gourd, cash cow splitend

us with sky skillet

pea blow seacat the blend

bagpipe in ferret

hen pansies flea a flay

wild deer knot wok sensei

i'll laser bright & ray

zoopkeeper pilgrim

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same time next year?

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same time next year?  (  l i s t – p o e m  )


foxgloves

gloves for foxes

maelstroms

beetroot soup


borscht force

seven letters

cat naps

vultures swoop


crow nose

feral fennel

lute newt

chicken coup


umpire

crystal scrying

sneeze fit

nincompoop


crumble

dust & custard

skin flaps

paratroop


bugles

cornish cornets

maidens

cock-a-hoop


green grass

cricket pitches

moon noon

pheasant poop


peach breeze

wake in whispers

may then

swan a loop

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thunder stuff

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thunder stuff  (  a  p o e m  )



marble arch, stomach march

snapdragons & saturdays


pillar post, interpose

wizards zapping manta rays


kettle song, echelon

whistle ripple windermere


unicorns, cuneiform

drumming in the inner-ear


everest, emirate

crackles in the attic's beams


chequered dog, shepherd frog

clatters of the magic beans


symphony, river scree

ruffles on a blunderbuss


buttercup, uppercut

mumbles of the thunder stuff

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whitsun’s children

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whitsun’s children  (  p o e m z )



buttercup fingers

clutching at green straws

plasters & pastures

snakes in the hay


tangles in brambles

spin on a hillock

glue of the goosegrass

stick in the step


born on a picnic

twinned with the polecat

castor & pollux

bollocks et al


sting in the nettles

bruises & bat flaps

flutter as pencils

quill in the gaps

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