contemporary poetry

a squinter’s tail

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a squinter’s tail  (  a  p o e m  )

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bonce upon the biscuit

sputtered pots & spatchcock

underneath the arches

snorting forth & fetlock


mist within the mystics

bubble bath & matlock

wept beneath the carpets

chicken necks & despots


treacle scream the twisted

bastard scraps & padlocks

harden harks the harness

butter thumbs & headlocks


wicked whips the wickets

shimmered shuff & shamrocks

silver birch the larches

mother hems & hemlock


tickle tick the listed

adder axe & ad hoc

chuckle churns the charges

devil desks & desktops


scissors snake the snippets

avalon & gap stops

parlours maid the parches

bedfordshire & bedrock


quibbles click the crickets

minotaur & matchbox

muddles mud the markets

eider fucks & french knots


double dips the digits

ladder tops & laptops

roses row the marches

noses snow the sweat sock

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gubbins the musical

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gubbins the musical  (  a  p o e m  )

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hum a drum as rivers merge

& riddles seek the sea

warble forth as grasses verge

& scribbles leap the flea


clarinet as fiddles surge

& cymbals ting the key

tenor horns as flutters blur

& dawdles slap the knee


double bass as bubbles burst

& muddles ape the spree

castanet as batons urge

& badgers shake the tree


band the blend as ballads dirge

& blizzards freeze the pea

treble clef as bellends church

& kettles timpani


group the loop as noodles splurge

& bullocks chew the lea

sweep the street as curtains scourge

& tingles euphony


orchestra as puddles purge

& marbles march the scree

weasels peep as silence lurks

'stead stride - with harmony

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bollocks – it’s december

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bollocks – it’s december  (  o h  ,  f u c k  . . .  n o t  a g a i n  . . .  )

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markets vent the vendors

muddles spur the benders

whispers kiss the winter

sparkles spark inventors


sledges man the slender

circles stir the embers

citrus licks the splinter

stockings shock suspenders


hobbles swerve the tenter

wobbles nerve the centre

timbers snare the limber

branches bare surrender


portals door the enter

settle rests the render

spittle spits the linger

bollocks - it's december

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flossing toss & terpsichore

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flossing toss & terpsichore  (  a  p o e m  c o z  i t ‘ s  a  l i s t  &  i t  r h y m e s  )

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foxing trots of saddle sore

shimmered shuffs & chandaliers

chocolate hops & labradors

carrot tops & racketeers


rounding heads of underscores

rascal rocks & brigadiers

puritans & civil wars

musket shots & cavaliers


webbing legs of dinosaurs

bubble bombs & bombardiers

fireflies & firedoors

brevity & bevel gears


spewing shrews of sycamore

turnip wars & ginger blear

gangled knees & guarantors

kitchen sinks & gondoliers


waltzing jolts of troubadours

feudal laws & commandeers

there she blows & trojan wars

easter eggs & profiteers


jiving yawns of tidal bores

silver eights & souveniers

pirouettes & paramours

mutant speak & mutineers


bursting spurts of megaspores

earthenware & terayears

scuppered flags & semaphore

knelling bells & belvederes


jigging skids of slidden doors

apple trees & atmospheres

flossing toss & terpsichore

autumn flops & winter cheers

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pan-dimensional hedgehogs

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pan-dimensional hedgehogs  (  o n e  f o r  t h e m z  c o n n o i s s e u r s  )

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pinstriped polka dots

diabetic pepper pots

plum strummed megawatts


centaur barrel rot

badger warbled wobble trots

swan song stopper knots


goose juice booster shots

pigeon portal sputtered pots

whiplash water clocks


spatchcock camelot

camel haddock hammerlock

shotgun scattershot

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