on the beans again

~

on the beans again  (  a  p o e m  )





hedge head

frog socks

clip claps the trot

of a phantom fox


bus bug

tin night

dim dips the sprite

of a candlelight


shrub throb

cat fawn

dog daze the map

of a mudflap morn


tree fly

flow thumb

i spell the flood

of an english spun

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nature scrawls

~

nature scrawls  (  y a p p y  h e w  n e a r  )



spell, tall toads tweed to gnome

or snow the slaying sloes

yet snare's no plaice pike dome

snow i swallow my rose


& squander swan i foam

to bear? i shrew snot blow

to gnome knot i - snore dome

i glow glare cheeses glow

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where the ghost is

~

where the ghost is  (  a  p o e m  )





otter socks & cod osmosis

apples pipping doctor doses

triple steps & pepper pickles

winter's warring frozen roses


twinkle toes & frog thrpombosis

bushes burning bramble moses

scramble hedge & thistle prickles

lemons licking toad trombonists


puddle pox & elf hypnosis

garbles splashing garden hoses

marble glass & ripple spittle

bubbles blowing swollen gnosis


scatter runes & roman noses

saxons tokin' y'olden roaches

golden plum & mizzle drizzle

gloam is glaring where the ghost is

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cabbage mathematics

~

cabbage mathematics  (  t r u t h  v e r s u s  e l s e  )






swell snake hundred

& sixty nine

dot hive two bee

slimes forty five

plus whitsun eve

lopsided by

the tonal sums

of easter's sines



bus screw thoudsand

& scrappy eights

as tawny owls

they congregate

spines socks spot three

spit six four eight

a swishing swell

& your mums face



in sparks of charts

& tardy twos

as weasels wheeze

& pop their shoes

in chimes of nine

not twenty too

the kitchen sink

or timbuktu



so nowt note nowt

clangs phantom bells

& tree french hens

shout not a yell

sequels a tail

swan cannot spell

i'm tankful hat

there is snow hell

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ampersands & amber

~

ampersands & amber  (  a  r e w r i t e  )




conkers war the canker

copper ores & anchors

porpoise plod the purpose

horsing forth & canters


happy slaps the campers

apple crabs & slander

heaven eggs the nervous

thunder thumbs & clamber


lizards lane the camber

blizzard brains & answers

teeters tree the quercus

phantoms oak the scamper


razors shave the panda

fairylands & ramblers

gurning gums the girders

hairy hands & scramblers


anther pants the panthers

scatter rants & hamsters

such ado the surplus

cousin shrew & dancers


panzers tank the tanka

semaphore & samba

summer spurs the murmurs

waddle forth & gander


stagger stags the stanzas

lantern lit & antlers

candles can the squirmers

ladder steps & wranglers


scuffle knees the wankers

bubble bees & lancers

fleeing from the circus

ampersands & amber

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squint’s the battered beak

~

squint’s the battered beak  (  a  p o e m  )





sink's the phantom-tangent plunge as sun's the cobbled deep

spun's the cuttle-fission ink & blink's the riddled speak

spring's the quivered-quibble ping as ting's the nobbled nose

sing's the manna-spanner sponge & hum's the dribbled sleep


tick's the whittled-river watch as clock's the sunken creak

bed's the chapel-apple head & red's the rubber cheek

bread's the seven-lemons bug as plug's the drunken nose

chequed's the tartan garden rug & swept's the flutter speak


swim's the christened-glisten wing as swan's the otter feet

bird's the burbled-bursar burst & bog's the heathered peat

swamp's the marbled-gargle flap as fleck's the tosser flows

drift's the brindle-dingle wood & mist's the weathered teak


grit's the leopard-shepherd stone as bleat's the legion sheep

tor's the dawdle-portal snore & nap's the splattered peak

bat's the bastard-blister blink as snow's the beacon rose

trek's the freckled-fuddle speck & squint's the battered beak

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magnetic headlines

~

magnetic headlines  (  a  r e w r i t e  )





loophole pheasant beehives brute

hothead goldfish transmutes flute

chip shop flipflop hilltops slop

biplane tyrants hogwash newt


french door centaur foxgloves foal

bloodlust orchard skylines vole

tuck shop truck stop pinheads plop

ginseng gymnast milksops mole


nunchucks nomad turnips tree

tofu ocean bamboos bee

desktop despot tank tops crops

wigwam whiplash cobwebs knee


spatchcock windmill gorgons eye

padlock peasant potholes pie

bus stop sweatshop cough drops cop

clubfoot curate nozzles sky

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dawn’s the jan

~

dawn’s the jan  (  a  p o e m  )





pig's the sty & stick's the pan

wind's the wing & skim's the scan

swoop's the loop & droop's the drawer

spring's the sing & tin's the can


lip's the list & mist's the man

hand's the stand & spin's the span

flight's the kite & wipe's the floor

pie's the sky & flim's the flan


newt's the eye & hoot's the clan

wheat's the speak & brain's the bran

drop's the drain & rain's the pour

twig's the jig & jog's the ran


spit's the shit & hit's the fan

sod's the plot & plod's the plan

shoot's the spoon & spore's the door

brawn's the moon & dawn's the jan

...