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mother europa

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mother europa  (  a  e u r o v i s i o n  )

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macedon ankles

pastors in pastel

fingers of butter

ladders & satchels


candlemas saxons

mirrors in rivers

cobbles of clutter

visions & slithers


breton breast seaman

speckles in freckles

feathers of fluster

demons & kettles


octopus oghams

cockles in cider

dribbles of nutter

riddles & spiders


symphony steeple's

chatter in pastures

staggers of stutter

bankers & wankers


yodelling yeoman

rifles in spirals

blisters of brothers

sisters & cycles


violin vikings

spindles in spinsters

islands of blubber

whimper & squinters


rotunda romans

grocers in loafers

suckle the udder

mother europa

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middle mizzle march

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middle mizzle march  (  i t  ‘ s  a l w a y s  m i d – m a r c h  s o m e w h e r e  )

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operas fox the copses

warbles boar the wood

adders, rungs & ladders

stutter, stagger, stood


puddles plum the river

buzzards peck the sky

murmurs, stirs & evans

burble gurgle i


weasels sneeze the measels

scribbles ink the spew

knuckle, dust & buster

sputter spittle view


drizzle tings the cymbals

maple sings the larch

april, strings & aprons

middle mizzle march

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sticky pennies

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sticky pennies  (  a  p o e m  f o r  m i z z l e m a r c h  (  e v a n s  a b o v e  )  )

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duster, ruffle

sputter breeze

rubber balls

& courts


buster, shuffle

nunneries

tips of tors

& ports


hocus, murmur

pocus, flow

crocus glow

& orbs


focus, firma

locus - crow

squawks of squall

& sorts


fumble, terra

puddle sky

feather flecks

& claws


trundle, blether

stumble i

squinter's death

& doors


dangle, slither

hyroglyph

carrot top

& horse


mangle, river

hyacinth

hat atop

& pause


perches, birches

vernal haze

wobbles, boars

& snorts


churches, lurches

myrtle maze

goggles, gawps

& hawks


blisters, listers

bits of spring

drizzle, dew

& course


whispers, fingers

dripping in

trickles, glue

& gorse

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pebbles of britain

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pebbles of britain (  a  p o e t r y  )

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helvelyn sweaters

mustard cress brothers

grampian gargles

blisters & mothers


skara brae lasers

sinnel-spun uncles

pissing the parcels

jibbers & jungles


isle o' white pipers

peppermint minsters

mistily fardles

spiders & splinters


avebury weavers

bramble jam badgers

lemon curd larval

brethren & bladders


kinder scout trousers

lizard ley dowsers

kielder gay barbles

blizzards & flowers


anglesey ankles

apple tree teasels

tintagel marshals

measles & weasles


john o'groats grocers

yonder ghost herders

ombudsman marbles

cousins & girders


pen y fan pencils

pheasanting bitterns

rivers sing sparkles

pebbles of britain

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a poem for today

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a poem for today  (  a f e w  r o p y  b u t  v e r y  r e c e n t  r h y m e s  )

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swans-a-song a scatter graph

set aside & black holes

otters trot the pasture grass

lententide & tadpoles


hens-a-peck a pheasant head

pencil legs & hedgerows

lemon eggs the feathered stead

swishing swells & echoes


crows-a-toe a castaway

kitchen sinks & curlews

coma tows the saturn daze

hissing links & swirls too


swifts-a-brush a swifter sweep

rivers sing & kettles

reeds of rush held in the beak

quiver spring & nestle

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