contemporary poetry

as stoat as stone

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as stoat as stone  (  m y  r h y m e s  a r e  o d d e r  t h a n  y o u r s  )

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as stoat as stone

or otter spew

or pins of pricks

or cockatoos


as march as larch

or marble arch

or timbuktu

in tennis shoes


as speck as peck

or kangaroos

or mustard gas

or kangaroos


as musk as dusk

or badger barks

or werewolf pants

in kathmandu


as shell as egg

or salmon screws

or petrichor

or prussian glue


as stag as legs

or listless larks

or ninja imps

in interludes


as lathe as knave

or caribou

or cannibals

their avenue


as frog as spots

or tiger sharks

four moo eye ooze

& shite the shrew

...

 

wake the deaf & sign on

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wake the deaf & sign on  (  k i s s  m y  r h y m e z  ,  y  o u  p i l c h a r d  )

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wake the deaf & sign on

once upon a corkscrew

wizards in the whiplash

blizzards in the fall through


crust the rust of pylons

kid the skid of goat's rue

puddles in the splish splash

bubbles in the home brew


spin the dim of shine on

panda-punch the bamboo

carrots in the mishmash

havoc in the shampoo


span the hands of time bombs

gob the slob of gum spews

rivers in the kick backs

scissors in the kung fu


churn the turn of right ons

fondles in the fondue

manna in the drip drabs

spanners in the cashews


plod the stead of microns

blessings in the achoo

stutters in the slip back

sputters in the statues


can the scams of icons

wanders in the where to

wriggles in the skin rash

fiddles in the hairdo


chase the waves of bygones

vomit in the voodoo

scuffles in the syntax

shuffles in the new shoes

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village spillage

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village spillage  (  a  p o e m z  )

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soaring cites & overspills

morning nights & overfills

sprawling sprites & fire drills

brawling bites & overkill


dawning spew & pepper mills

stalling through & speckled hills

crawling noise & poisoned quills

haunting shoes & espadrilles


fawning faff & daffodils

snoring scraps & wanker's bills

spawning spats & vaudeville

storming rats & water mills


awning shakes & frills 'n' swills

warning wakes & ninja skills

warring snakes & paper mills

roaring shapes as winter chills

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spinning mids

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spinning mids  (  m i d – n o v e m b e r t i d e  f a r e  )

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the middle moths in squibbing squids

of riddled dots & chipping fish

as lepers leap the speckled trout

& weasels toss the whipping ships


the puddles traipse in dripping trips

of fuddled snakes & hissing fits

as spinsters spank the roundabout

& lizards lick the flipping lids


the nozzles nose in sniffing whiffs

of mottled rose & kicking pricks

as werewolves scare the thereabouts

& even weaves the knitting scripts


the sprinkles spry in singing skips

of wrinkled sighs & stinging quips

as dowsers doubt the sauerkraut

& trousers rouse the slipping grips


the noodles ooze in skidding skids

of poodle spew & swishing swish

as hurdles churn the turnabout

& fiddlerts frig the giving figs


the jumbles jam in shitting bricks

of mumbled span & sticking ribs

as winter warms the summerhouse

& autumn spawns the spinning mids

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spun with rivers

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spun with rivers  (  a  p o e m  )

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fling the hymn of pickled pillars

speckled eggs & freckled span

dot the spots of watchful mirrors

chicken heads & nettle jam


skim the skin of scribbled scissors

custard stains & flustered flans

gasp the gills of gibbered glimmers

ketchup trains & mustard trams


wind the wind of mindful millers

woodland wands & wetland hands

pull the wool of shepherd's triggers

certain worms & squirms in cans


peck the neck of seven sisters

shimmered shoes & spiral scams

spell them not it's spun with rivers

spew dry ice & to the van

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