walking in the dusk trails

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walking in the dusk trails (  a  p o e t r y z  )



snails crunch beneath trod feet

they don't watch where they're going

blackbirds speak their last words

wise owls emerge - all knowing


night has almost woken

streetlights resume their glowing

walking in the dusk trails

we're roaming in the gloaming

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mustard & gravity

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mustard & gravity (  s o m e   n o n s e n s e  )




keep it ropy

sore eyed flaky soapy

frog in throaty croaky

whack that down


roman nosy

camels in the gobi

humnpty dumpty floaty

what then now?


telephony

obscured mascarpone

lick me back - i'm toady

owls 'n' vowels


war aint rosy

fire's poky yet cosy

so time for a dozey

( dreams of thou )

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the head of the hedge

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the head of the hedge (  p i c  i n s p i r e d  p o e m z  )



dead ahead in the hedge

on a hilltop mid fog

is the head of the hedge

in the realm of its hogs


it's daft art most allege

oft folk say - of some odd

but with all bets hedged

yes, this hedge is a god

( & my master )

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that’s the badger

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that’s the badger (  s o m e  v e r s e  )


as toads they crawl

as deer they stagger

& vipers stir

slithers the adder


as jacobs climb

up their stepladders

& crimz strut with

a certain swagger


as flies they hide

from the flycatcher

& fools blather

jibber then jabber


as raptors soar

& squirrels gather

i spot a brock

aye - that's the badger

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deserters from the circus

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deserters from the circus (  a  p o e t r y  )



deserters from the circus

sigh - but whither then from there?

perhaps the foreign legion

or we'll hide in woods somewhere?


plus there's always monasteries

for men or bearded ladies

exit now - pursued by clowns

for sanctuary & safety

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seasonal greetings

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seasonal greetings (  a  p o e m  )




first comes that spring - the cheeky twat

its rebrands & the same old shat

its bouncing green - that gleaming brat

how do you do

i cock my hat



next summer swells with sweaty days

where nature leads our sense astray

into the glow of ways quite strange

secret handshakes

we ( shush ) exchange



then autumn calls, we briefly hug

as spores burst forth & all that stuff

fleeting - it seems to be enough

yet all must die

so on we trudge



lastly winter, my dear you're here

all the others have disappeared

we whisper waves of withered cheer

'tween precious breaths

then fades the year

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