june salad

~

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

~

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

bullocks in the graveyard

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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

may salad

~

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

dox ’em all

~

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?

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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

~

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