contemporary poetry

gash in the attic

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gash in the attic  (  a  p o e m  )

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gash in the attic & pies in the charts

stats in the static & fire in the spark

vests in the vestry

& quest in the west

roams in the romans & loans in the sharks


pants in the pantries & art in the heart

ants in the ante & flip in the chart

bells in the belfries

& heads in the mess

shit in the shih tzu & stabs in the dark


chucks in the chuckles & mirth in the lark

piss in the puddles & birth in the mark

pests in the pesto

& cress in the crests

slob in the bollocks & balls in the park


logs in the bloggers & dogs in the bark

crunch in the numbers & hunts in the snark

scorn in the crow's nest

& pith in the zest

licks in the limericks & stops in the starts

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hovercraft & hoverflies

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hovercraft & hoverflies  (  b l a m e  w e d n e s d a y  m o r n i n g  )

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hovercraft & hoverflies

ostriches & ostracised

chimney sweeps in valleys deep

runny specks & eggy skies


sandwiches & samurais

languages & amplified

mumble speak in bumbled beats

tungsten tongues & alibis


mistletoe & geminis

little toes & petrified

stony sheep on bony streets

woven threads & windsor ties


honesty & alkali

odysseys & glassy eyed

golden geese as prophecies

possibly & on-the-sly


neutral newts & lizard lies

brutal boots & hypnotised

thought police in need of quiche

trigger tricks & stimuli


bubble wrap & butterflies

muddled flaps & lullabised

rhapsodies on wanker sheets

apple pips & battle cries

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ampersands & amber

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ampersands & amber  (  n o n s e n s e  2 0 1 7  )

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conker wars & cankers

boaty throats & anchors

porpoises of purpose

horsing forth in canters


thunder claps & clambers

apple crabs & slanders

heaven eggs the nervous

happy-slap the campers


lizard lanes & cambers

buzzard brains & answers

quiz a tree of quercus

oak a ghost then scamper


hairy hands & scramblers

fairy lands & ramblers

gurning gums as girders

razors shave the pandas


ante pants & panthers

scanty rants & hamsters

such ado the surplus

bandy stands & dancers


honey bees & lancers

scummy knees & wankers

fleeing from the circus

ampersands & amber

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hit the odd

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hit the odd  (  a  p o e t r y  o f  p o e m  )

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knelling bells & glockenspiels

swishing swells & orange peels

lemon pips & cherry lips

dripping spit on potter's wheels


splashing backs & ducking teal

flapping quacks & fucking zeal

phantom lands & river mist

twisting tongues of tungsten steel


lightning shocks & catherine wheels

viking frocks & saxon heels

frozen roads & woven tricks

winter tracks for snowmobiles


croaky crows & sodden fields

ropy flows & conger eels

easel grease & triple dips

hit the odd with socks appeal

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answers on a lamppost

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answers on a lamppost  (  a  p o e m  f o r  s c u m d a y  )

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yawn the dawn of raincoats

drizzle drops & grey ghosts

sunken in its slumber

curtains draped & burnt toast


tread the earth as clouds float

every town & outpost

stumble on the umber

hum the strum of footnotes


chase the tales of tailcoats

misty gist & misquotes

jumbles in the blunder

mumbles in the utmost


stroll the roll of goal posts

silver suns & gold coasts

winters in the summer

wankers in the banknotes


ease the wheeze of steamboats

weasel cheese & speedboats

wobbles in the wonders

warbles in the sore throats


sing a song of foremost

bubble burst & almost

scan the land for numbers

answers on a lamppost

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dossiers & dossing days

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dossiers & dossing days  (  a  p o e m  )

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piss a wish of disarray

pigeon pox & protégés

cobble clogs & panther pounce

bounce an ounce & ricochet


ring a sting of manta rays

alley cats & passageways

singing swans & sinking boats

goat a scroat & castaway


act the black of shadow plays

happy twats & saturdays

shuffled shoes of muted blue

glue the clues & attaché


heed the seeds of caraway

evil bees & gamma rays

sable daze & pale the odds

plod the sod & that-a-way


peck the hen of delta ray

jumpy genes & d.n.a

whip the cream & toast the flow

there she blows & beaujolais


hop the plop of holidays

dossiers & dossing days

stowaways & ropy junk

monkey spunk & toss away

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