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stern gales in storm drains ( a ? ( ? ) )
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there's stern gales in storm drains & judges in wigs there's branches called russell so then something twigs fire engines when it rains with shite siren song cat burglars stuck up trees so let's wander on - look, judas on burnt toast he's winking - the scamp plus bees in yon bonnet as barns start to dance there's presence in present & past in its tense there's jigsaws & piss-takes yes far too much sense ...
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dog roses ( a n o t h e r r o s e p o e m a p p a r e n t l y . . . ? )
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dog roses won't fetch your slippers bark up wrong trees, catch a ball dig a hole or be taught new tricks young or old no, not at all dog roses don't eat your homework piss-up lamp posts, shat on streets dog roses - a hedgerow's best friend come the rain they smell so sweet ...
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yellow roses ( a p o e t r y )
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drenched moses those crows with hoses bend them rules & smoke osmosis sagely sneeze & blow some gnosis late is may summer approaches hip yon jigs entranced - hypnosis live fact-free don't diagnosis trust what is sniff whiffs & notice place your faith in yellow roses ...
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a is for ample ( a p o e m )
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a is for ample
there's anthills
& anvils
armpits, ale, adders
attackers
acanthus
ambience - achoo
asked askew
& ado
arduous amour
aah, adore
aargh - abhor
a is for anus
articulate
aimless
alchemy actually
absently
affably
amber, alkaline
amalgams
& alpine
anything addles
so why stop
at apple
( ? )
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foiled again ( a p o e t r y )
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your town's gone brown your full has stopped your team's gone down your clogs have clogged your pop has burst your mud is caked your weasel's cursed your spud has baked your spoons have flown your end has mooned your wind has blown your doom has bloomed so wear that hat prance in the rain oh bastard drat all's foiled again ...
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oxeye daisies ( a p o e t r y )
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ankle bracelets, waves of gravy
clutch at possibles & maybes
absent scarecrows in the navy
uncles from the
sixteen eighties
labyrinthine shades amaze me
patterns forming - thoughts of paisley
bales of strawer, the great euphrates
standing so like
those nine ladies
i don't want to have your rabies
flee to narnia or hades
pull the udder one - you're crazy
god bless odd &
oxeye daisies
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list this ( 1 – 12 ) ( a p o e m )
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one you want to two you do three they're easy four that's true five oh, alright six let's list seven list what? eight blockage nine oh, dead cats ten oh, shit eleven help ( ! ) twelve ( end list ) ...
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oh sheet … ( a p o e t r y )
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although the ants made all that jam
one cannot weld lest abstract mime
though victory is also rans'
the parrots pah to pass their time
yet once upon a tartan fog
the plumber's daughter gruffly said -
i'm flinging figs in deep, dark bogs
then tingles burst forth
in this head
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beneath the dozy bough ( a p o e m )
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birds chirp through their repertoire & buzz-on cries the bee dandelions almost roar which almost unnerves me drystone walls & old hills sprawl beyond what eyes can see part-imagined orange orbs dart in the valley green jaundiced specks of buttercups are scattered fancy-free breezes whisper random words phalanx, flapjack, ngwee here beneath the dozy bough of this sweet chestnut tree a-pausing & absorbing nature's po - et - ry ...
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the twenty sixth ( a p o e t r y )
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derbyshire was balmier than istanbul upon this day in great, late may ( i bet them turks are gutted ) ...
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