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another summer daze ( ezad remmus rehtona )
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contemporary poetry
twisting tales
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twisting tales ( selat gnitsiwt )
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the dream was not a dream
until the dreamer dreamt
of bends within beginnings
& stings in twisting tales
a spanner in the quirks
a hornet in an apiary
the beige beyond the rage
& so the serpents sing
of scorpions at war
the milkman is a hobgoblin
the sea is up above
& ground is underground
the wolf is but a sheep
& shepherd boys are androids
the sun was once the moon
the stars are distant candles
the secret is the garden
the butler was a patsy
who couldn’t kill a fly
a monkey wrote the bible
your uncle is a goat
your godmother’s an antelope
the whirled is spun with mirrors
& this is not a poem
( gotcha )
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jack o’ the greenswards
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jack o’ the greenswards ( sdrawsneerg eht ‘o kcaj )
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seek the hillocks of green
king of inbetween
bee a pillock & fly
glint in winter’s eye
pop a bubble or two
summer is the glue
spin the land of the edge
hoggets in a hedge
yonder’s carrots ‘n’ kicks
swimming through the styx
shun suburbia’s lull
mute the screaming skull
from the gland of the grey
lanterning the way
round the back of the town
jumping up ‘n’ down
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four saplings
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four saplings ( sgnilpas ruof )
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a magnetic birch
an ever-burning ash
an invisible alder
& a monkey puzzle solver
( tree )
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yesterday’s poem
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yesterday’s poem ( meop s’yadretsey )
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a florist sneezed
the fledglings flapped
it smelled of ants
in underpants
& pickled eggs
in cable cars
the night was dim
with sable stars
the dawn was yawns
of troubadours
with iridescent
interludes
but whenabouts
the paper came
the vicar kissed
a hobgoblin
the baker burnt
the macaroons
& garden gnomes
were far from home
the roads were carp
& cuttlefish
the bus broke down
a dowser drowned
as badgers slept
in woodland setts
a pigeon shat
upon my cap
so raining toads
by half past four
& everyone
ate flapjack
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pencil shavings
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pencil shavings ( sgnivahs licnep )
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pencil shavings
triple deckers
pigeon feathers
undertakings
racing rivers
facing mirrors
tasting metals
lick the railings
dancing daggers
apple crumbles
cymbals, dingles
caves & paintings
pirate parrots
patches, grasses
giants – gasses
paper tracings
rollercoasters
greening grocers
droving shepherds
odd forsaking
yawning mornings
weeping onions
peppered pickles
pencil shavings
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biding my tiger
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biding my tiger ( regit ym gnidib )
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i’m biding my tiger
& watching the paint drive
sows up the wall
beneath grey clowns
i’m writhing a leper
& dotting the clocks
spotting a cow
in fissures of speech
i’m foaming a penfriend
& ghosting a goblin
sipping sweet sups
of rosy lee’s coffee
in this old house sparrow
i glisten to rainfall
in lightning’s bright absence
& your unicorns
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storming on ( no gnimorts )
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storming on ( no gnimorts )
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i see bows of moon
in mutant june
the night’s a ghost
a spook & a loon
& i ink to my self
as a spanner is hurled
i scree skies of red
the woodlands howl
as thunder drums
the wind’s an owl
& i sink on my shelf
as the scatters are swirled
the hedgehogs in the hedgerows
an echo in the dark
the taps upon the windows
the splatters of a lark
i piss on in a pot
nut a bolt in the blue
the sunshine is raining
this shite is glue
i pee birds in words
the air is dust
the lightning’s bright
in sod we rust
as the garden is dark
in the pool of the whirled
& i sing to my elf
– what’s the weather like
where you are?
( o h y e a h )
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invisible shoehorns
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invisible shoehorns ( snorheohs elbisivni )
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magnetic turnips
magic maracas
nuclear tulips
paper plane tangents
echo collectors
red herring spray
chainmail snails
chocolate flamethrowers
sneezing cashews
gordian knotweed
bifocal eyelids
time travel pillows
dark matter doormats
bullet-proof cardigans
invisible shoehorns
– gadgets galore
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muggy stuff
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muggy stuff ( ffuts yggum )
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