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hot cross bun spun

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hot cross bun spun  (  a  p o e m  )

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sultana swirl pool

drift-fisted lent bent

crocus as chocolate

marzipan splashback


pants in the pantry

black currant rabbits

crossings & droppings

raisins & spices


baker's sun elbows

golgotha's rising

citrus peel glove-child

apricot maelstrom


sundays & burnt stoves

toasted with butter

honey or gravel

pebbles & stones

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eastern beast

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eastern beast  (  c т и х о т в о р е н и е  )

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eastern beast

of scarves-a-spin

stalins flap

& borrodin


brezhnev lent

da, laika snows

dolls inside

& lenin nose


squinter's beak

as hinter's back

vodka shots

& pasternak


swan's the pond

as sheet's the sleep

spring's the song

in sputnik feet

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lines upon the first

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lines upon the first  (  a  t a l e  o f  f o u r  a r t i c h o k e s  )

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squinters, dowsers

scribble ink the scribes

rivers, rousers

roundabouts & slides

pillars, yeoman

romans nose the blinds

triggers, trousers,

togas, knives

& ides


flotsam, hocus

crocus croak the newts

knot some, locus

loop-the-shoots & lutes

blossom, hedge head

musical the fruits

possum, dead legs

rubber ducks

& boots


battles, mortar

apples stair the pears

babbles, quarters

barrel drums & snares

raffles, porters

saddle snore the mares

paddles, portals

otters box

& hares


burbles, piddles

riddles lark the arch

circles, candles

calendars & starch

vernal - wriggles

ribbons swing the arch

gargles, mizzle

gibbon me

& march

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rivers run the ocean

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rivers run the ocean  (  i t ‘ s  a  p o e m  &  t h a t ‘ s  t h a t  )

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rivers run the ocean

puddles seep the sea

emu in the bijou

bumble lea & key


copses stag the forest

staggers rut the wood

mildew in the hill view

robin hop & hood


wizards whisk the blizzards

lizards lick the snow

cashew in the shampoo

fingertip & toe


bumpkins spin the village

spinsters pin the tail

corkscrews in the horseshoes

sprinkle tor & dale


bubbles blow the babble

battles float the ship

flow through in the home brew

apple skin & pip


methods mist the magnets

shuffles shrew the shoe

voodoo in the tutu

askew & atchoo

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& six

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& six  (  a  p o e t r y  )

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scatters in the cattle tracks

cataracts & ring

axles in the candle wax

badgers flap & sing


rudders in the undergrounds

sputter sound & sense

dragons in the run-agrounds

shudder pound & pence


tenors in the afternoons

marmalade & shred

talons in the pantaloons

parlour maid & bread


manga in the anagrams

rowan trees & rocks

canvas in the caravans

poetry & knocks


merlin in the myrtle wine

stir's the eye & blurred

turnips in the turpentine

bursts of pie & bird


serpents in the spindle trees

shit the beans & bricks

diesel in the middle seas

symphonies & six

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spots ‘n’ specks

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spots ‘n’ specks  (  a n o t h e r  p o e t r y  )

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sunken suns & double checks

puddle crumbs of jumble jets

bumblebees & sorrel trees

drunken songs in bottle necks


river mist & weather decks

fingertips of feather flecks

timpanis & spindle trees

seven sees in rubber necks


tapestries & triple sec

tangle knees of bramble steps

pedantry & peasantry

summer spurts in turtle necks


gamma rays & castanets

salad daze of alphabets

symphonies & apple trees

dribble on in spots 'n' specks

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inky sounds

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inky sounds  (  t h e r e ‘ s  n o  h a r m  i n  c h e c k i n g  )

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vesting, vesting

swan, two, string

flap the shat

& song the sing


nesting, nesting

swan, two, lake

egg the leg

& shoe the snake


cresting, cresting

swan, two, newt

eye the sky

& hoop the lute


wrestling, wrestling

swan, two, mask

hood the wood

& hat the tracks


necking, necking

swan, two, throat

clear the blear

& coat the stoat


tenting, tenting

swan, two, peg

toss the dross

& dredge the keg


sweating, sweating

swan, two, brow

quill the hill

& till the plough


flexing, fleshing

swan, two, three

crow the stones

& po - et - ry

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