~
i heart asparagus ( sugarapsa traeh i )
…
oh, green sparrow grass
anagram of aura gasps
spearing me dearly
…
~
i heart asparagus ( sugarapsa traeh i )
…
oh, green sparrow grass
anagram of aura gasps
spearing me dearly
…
~
goes saying the as ( sa eht gniyas seog )
…
time to feed the unicorns
& face the candle’s bright
morris dance on mercury
& see the carrot knight
fight the cabbage dragon or
paint the piper’s door
kiss the vicar’s knicker drawer
& bid you all goodnight
…
~
william pitt the younger ( regnuoy eht ttip mailliw )
…
ti-dye artichokes
badger avant fireguard
dopamine donuts
…
~
a bits of a poemz ( zmeop a fo stib a )
…
the bus was late
like henry the eighth
( who died
in fifteen forty seven )
ten passed two
& eleven went twelve
( washing machines
live longer with calgon )
vans car by
but cars van faster
( they should have seen it coming
– the tay bridge disaster )
phil collin’s middle names
are david & charles
( there goes godot
in his souped-up milk float )
sixteen down
in the cryptid crossword
( a badger & an otter
crossed with an owl )
according to guiness
the oldest known woodlouse
( was aged eighty seven
& two months – in dog years )
cats can’t dance
the macarena backwards
( & the blackpool tower
is taller than saint paul’s )
why this trivia?
yonder is a songbird
( shitting on the vicar’s
peter storm cagoule )
…
~
william pitt the elder ( redle eht ttip mailliw )
…
foghorn forestry
fossilising friday’s face
fruit fly funerary
…
~
i buy my pegs from the gypsies ( seispyg eht morf sgep ym yub i )
…
the sailor went to the tailors
for his tights & an evening gown
the sailor went to the tailors
he paid five shillings & a crown
i buy my pegs from the gypsies
i buy my heather from them too
i buy my pegs from the gypsies
but i wrote this poem for you
the doctor rode on a donkey
the spinster span a life of grey
the doctor rode on a donkey
& sang this song upon his way
i buy my pegs from the gypsies
i buy my heather from them too
i buy my pegs from the gypsies
but i wrote this poem for you
the maidens milked of a morning
the dawning thought she had a choice
the maidens milked of a morning
& the town crier lost his voice
i buy my pegs from the gypsies
i buy my heather from them too
i buy my pegs from the gypsies
but i wrote this poem for you
the bishop bashed – with a hammer
a rusted nail upon a post
the bishop bashed – with a hammer
& swore he saw the holy ghost
i buy my pegs from the gypsies
i buy my heather from them too
i buy my pegs from the gypsies
but i wrote this poem for you
the miller wept in a windmill
the farmer slept in a barn
the miller wept in a windmill
so a minstrel minced a folk yarn
i buy my pegs from the gypsies
i buy my heather from them too
i buy my pegs from the gypsies
but i wrote this poem for you
the baron danced with a badger
the soldier fell into a well
the baron danced with a badger
as the clocksmith polished his bell
i buy my pegs from the gypsies
i buy my heather from them too
i buy my pegs from the gypsies
but i wrote this poem for you – for you
oh, i wrote this poem for you
…
~
snake shaped cake? ( ?ekac depahs eknas )
…
go on, just a slither
…
~
june salad ( dalas enuj )
…
foxglove gulliver
goosegrass troubadour
puck lore undertones
deep green clover
how now, trouser press?
great big little owl
fusilli field mouse
flowery treetops
row, row rosary
ray gun ganymede
butterscotch bathtub
toejob telegram
plimsole solstice
pineapple panpipes
blue moon’s phallacies
blooming raspberries
…
( author notes )
if i ever write a poem
about binley mega chippy
then please, please, please
shoot me in the fucking head
…
~
mister trickster ( retskcirt retsim )
…
why the weatherman
was struck by lighting
on the ninth of september
ninety nine times
is why the breeze chuckles
covering the cracks
of the pavement’s grey
with banana skins
as two fat ladies
on their way to the bingo
are flattened by the eighty eight
bus to clapham common
is why the baker’s wife
who was pregnant
for the twelfth time
gave birth to twins
…
~
earwigs et al ( la te sgiwrae )
…
trim dry
plum trees
with pruning shears
moons bloom
if the
sun disappears
seesaws
sore eyes
what’s in the why’s
earwigs
don’t wear
wigs on their ears
– no
…