contemporary poetry

ampersands & i

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ampersands & i ( i & sdnasrepma )

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peppers, lepers - pick a pickled pea

peepers, creepers sneaking up a tree

slither, glimmer silver birch & spruce

stumbles, mumbles - hum a bumblebee


pluses, rushes, ruffle apple cart

raffles, ripples, river run & dart

martians, spartans, tartan rug abuse

cauldrons, solvents - stick y'self apart


branches, dances - stub a little toe

tenors, tremors - ruffle gust & glow

letters, lettuce - tennis serve & deuce

backdoors, jackdaws - crow y' boat & row


scribble piffle, pickled onion sky

sandwich, language - catch a cabbage fly

badgers, bladders, bramble jam & juice

gooses, ganders, ampersands & i

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s u m m e r

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s u m m e r  (  r e m m u s  )

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strawberry sorbets

sinking sand sandwiches

sandboxes, sasquatches

smokin' supernovas


ultramarina

um-bongo's ulcer's

unshaven uncles

under umbrellas


mermen, merryment

martian mercators

mulberry moonshine

mutant mosquitos


midriffs, mizzle mist

marmalade, marbles

mountainous mugwart

mercury's mermaids


espadrilles, eczma

elfin egg timers

electric eel epithets

elderflower power


rosemary, roses

red rosicrucians

radishes, riptides

- raspberry ripples

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the truth about amber

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the truth about amber  (  rebma tuoba hturt eht  )

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softer than smoke

shades of a shadow

phantoms & mirrors

swims in the rivers


snores in her sleep

barks at the hoover

partial to carrots

apples or biscuits


tail in a spin

roving in clover

sinks in the village

yarns on a snark hunt


fodder for weasels

witches & bitches

smothered in bullshit

but wouldn't say boo

to a goose

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ring, ring telephones

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ring, ring telephones  (  senohpelet gnir ,gnir  )

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ring, ring telephones

tin can canticles

spew blue catacombs

nosebleed metronomes


nosebleed metronomes

whiplash saddle wax

ostrich cottages

deep green baritones


deep green baritones

sea change chancellories

wednesday's weather vanes

what-for cornerstones


what-for cornerstones

breadcrumb thunderstruck

headfuck undertones

ring, ring telephones

- piss off -

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spring is in the blah

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spring is in the blah  (  halb eht ni si gnirps  )

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sing of seeds & sneezes

pollen, pox & wheezes

cheeses on the breezes

pickles in a jar


tangled grass & slipping

bells of blue are ringing

buttercups are spilling

farmers ooh & aar


in amongst the pastures

underneath the raptors

hornets war with jaspers

shepherdesses baa


flippin' eck & blooming

badger brocks are crooning

as the sun is mooning

saturn is a star


blossom hops are snowing

gleams of stream are flowing

river ripples glowing

spring is in the blah


bee the buzz of bumbles

sputter on in mumbles

thunder in the rumbles

summer isn't far

( gasp )

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fleastyle freestyle

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fleastyle freestyle  (  elytseerf elytsaelf  )

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jumping over buildings

with me magic legs

soaring in the sky stuff

high above y' heads


leaping as a green bean

hopping with the frogs

feeding like a vampire

sucking cats & dogs


sleeping in the winter

til the warm of spring

warbles of a morning

so the feast begins


scratches on y' ankles

biting in the night

chillin' with me flea bitch

itchin' on the mic

- innit

( ? )

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within the fields

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within the fields  ( sdleif eht nihtiw )

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within the fields the weasels sing

of phantoms in the mists of spring

the grasses gleam as teasel glow

& little orbs are snorkelling


a sort of sea upon the vale

as snails awake & chase the tail

of winter's ghost & rivers flow

& puffs of seeds in clusters scale


the mutant blue & blooming sky

to flutter like a butterfly

beneath an oak as gardens grow

we sit & hark, the dog & i


the breathless hum of bumblebees

the mumbles on a jumbled breeze

then wander home but slowly so

within the fields, upon the leas

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