contemporary poetry

in absentia

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in absentia ( another vaguely poetical stab in the daft )

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the feral vet, his intense sweats

that manic get

the haunted cow


the magic nurse, her tragic verse

& piggish purse

the singing sow


the dog in clogs - that trot - clip clop

& catty strops

the talking plough


those cheeky apes, our many scrapes

since former japes

where are they now

?

( fuck knows )

...

squidgy in the middle

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squidgy in the middle ( a poem for today )

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squidgy sings the bleary lark

stretchy is this day

timid as dormice is dark

swarms of horsefly neigh


poppy crows the how do cock

mallow caws that crow

as the  old & gold sun throbs

so them hay fields glow


yonder swoop the ninja swift

as that bracken booms

as the bloody cuckoo spits

bees hum bumbled tunes


speckled is the tickled brain

thistled now are thorns

blonde may riddled summer reign

from this solstice morn

...

( some call it gibberish )

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( some call it gibberish )  ( author notes  – i  ****in’ wish … )

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mandates, marmosets

dum-dee-dum-dee-dee-dum

popcorn, leprosy

my prize plums


penguins, wishing wells

wobble-wibble-wooh-hop

barnets, barnacles

bop-bop-bop


flipflops, cauliflowers

wabber-dabber-doo-dah

cobwebs, fancy pants

tra-la-la


toenails, monoliths

jibber-jabber-doo-doo

dodos, bubblewrap

yeah-yeah

ooh

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