~
snake shaped cake? ( ?ekac depahs eknas )
…
go on, just a slither
…
~
snake shaped cake? ( ?ekac depahs eknas )
…
go on, just a slither
…
~
june salad ( dalas enuj )
…
foxglove gulliver
goosegrass troubadour
puck lore undertones
deep green clover
how now, trouser press?
great big little owl
fusilli field mouse
flowery treetops
row, row rosary
ray gun ganymede
butterscotch bathtub
toejob telegram
plimsole solstice
pineapple panpipes
blue moon’s phallacies
blooming raspberries
…
( author notes )
if i ever write a poem
about binley mega chippy
then please, please, please
shoot me in the fucking head
…
~
mister trickster ( retskcirt retsim )
…
why the weatherman
was struck by lighting
on the ninth of september
ninety nine times
is why the breeze chuckles
covering the cracks
of the pavement’s grey
with banana skins
as two fat ladies
on their way to the bingo
are flattened by the eighty eight
bus to clapham common
is why the baker’s wife
who was pregnant
for the twelfth time
gave birth to twins
…
~
earwigs et al ( la te sgiwrae )
…
trim dry
plum trees
with pruning shears
moons bloom
if the
sun disappears
seesaws
sore eyes
what’s in the why’s
earwigs
don’t wear
wigs on their ears
– no
…
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bullocks in the graveyard ( daryevarg eht ni skcollub )
…
through the rotten fence
where the ash branch fell
on soaked oak posts
after indra bolted
came the storming hordes
of cloven hoofed yoofs
tagged like wrong’uns
out on parole
mooing for freedom
in the doldrums of june
cheeky fresian bastards
hared upon the greenery
fucking up the grass
chomping on the flowers
in the crystal vases
as the vicar legged it
larking like tomorrow
is a distant cousin
as the farmer napped
in the haybarn’s loft
death row’s fugitives
next month’s bourguignon
patted with aplomb
on your true love’s headstone
…
~
god save the beans ( snaeb eht evas dog )
…
god save the runner beans
broad, butter, bag or green
god save the beans
kidney or haricot
chick, lima, magic – oh
baked topped with grated cheese
god save the beans
…
~
may salad ( dalas yam )
…
wisteria whiplash
polecats & ribbons
goblins on the pier
currant bun sunshine
laminated lambs
nosebleed photograph
lockjaw vortices
cobweb telephone
mister whippy licks
first class stampedes
treefrog interlude
two green finches sing
hay field hologram
mange tout, brute-ay?
juju cleamtis
catnip knickers
…
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dox ’em all ( lla me’ xod )
…
marmaduke mcmarzipan
six crisp crescent
leamington foot spa
pantheus wilson
eighty eight smegma lane
summer settee
susan supernovaton
two bubblewrap avenue
sheep shear shire
gavin magnetron-jones
no fixed adobe
– possibly a ghost
…
~
why the nuck fot? ( ?tof kcun eht yhw )
…
singing sea shanties
in the east midlands
building snowmen
in the amazon jungle
looking for smiths
in a chinese phone book
playing games of twister
with a goblin – on the moon
living in an igloo
on a solar spot
spoonerising on – yeah
– why the nuck fot?
writing the tripe
of another offal pun
shaving the hair
off a dolphin’s head
russian roulette
with your shadow at noon
all make more sense
than bugger all instead
…
~
piss another prelude ( edulerp rehtona ssip )
…
dry before the soak
yonder on – the branches dance
soldiers dip the yolk
carpenters in barking pants
ants retreat below
under boughs – the heifers stall
when the egg is sleep
sky above a wrecking ball
stick around ‘n’ see
where the air’s a shade of glue
nettles spoon the soup
teasels tease a tickled hue
calm before the stork
posts a spring delivery
on a nature walk
free from normal’zzz pillory
greener than a dream
breezes stir the marmalade
climb a mountain ash
call a trowel – a garden spade
sing a salad daze
chase the shapes of shifting shrouds
hit the shitter’s fan
scatter under wazzing clouds
…