s p r e a d

~

s p r e a d  (  d a e r p s  )




scatters of cushions

mist of a morning

jam on a crumpet

butter on bread


ashes & rashes

raspberry ripples

cabbages scribble

licking the lead


pickles & picnics

villagers whisper

piffle & measels

weaving the thread


sneezes on breezes

autumn is spawning

summer is sleeping

bugs in the bed


winter is stirring

spring it  wing it

bats in the attic

birds in the head


bobbling's a robin

pecks on the noggin

finches & inching

feathers & spread

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crunch & munch

~

crunch & munch  (  hcnum  & hcnurc  )




crisp autumn leaves

pickled wisps of river mist

salt & vinegar breeze


numbers up & run

chestnuts in a duffel bag

cheese & onion sun


spot the what's & pears

sprint with sprigs of peppermint

lemon posset air


chimneys sputter soot

poppadom beyond the town

crackers underfoot


apple crumble ground

blackberries & blooming shrooms

lunch is all around

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a u t u m n

~

a u t u m n  (  n m u t u a  )



amber, auburn, antlers, apple crumbles

aspic, anvils, antics, ado


unsung, unplugged, ursus, upland, umbles

urchins, urges, umbers undo


teasels, teeters, topspin, toffee - tumbles

tosspots, teapots, toddle & ooh


uphill, ulcers, upshots, utter uncles

unlit ushers, ulmus unscrew


mud floods, measles, misted mizzle mumbles

moonlit mutants, morrismen moo


nettles, nestles, nunchucks, numbers, numbles

notches, nozzles, nuclear

new

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the winter sings

~

the winter sings  (  sgnis retniw eht  )




the winter sings of crystal crows

& bumblebees in bungalows

a shuffle in a rusted key

the frozen feet of mistletoes


the winter odes of thicker socks

a dust of snow & ships in docks

a sort of door, a storming sea

the stuff of rubber chickenpox


the winter croons of blooming moons

& sunken suns in afternoons

a blowing nose, a pint of tea

a pantomime in pantaloons


the winter wails of whiter dales

a spirogram of phantom's tails

a parsnip in a poplar tree

the rise & thaw, the troughs & scales


the winter trills of trar-luh-lars

the speak of sheep, the bleats & bars

the flock of off & bugger me

the tinsel shit of twinkle stars


a hymn until the onion springs

a crocus croaks & saturn rings

the vernal verse of mumble-dee

a flap of wings - the winter sings

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the fruits of loop

~

the fruits of pool  (  loop fo stiurf eht  )





the fruits of loop, a solar wheel

a lowland fling, a highland reel


the stuff of bus, the sound of round

the grass upon an earthen mound


a winter wreath, a buttonhole

a sinking ship, a shifting pole


an evening breeze, a bumper car

a sort of door, the morning star


a blooming moon, a splash of rain

the shrouds of cloud & blue again


a howling man, a rubber wall

the age of ice, a bouncing ball


an autumn morn, a signet ring

a stolen breath, a second spring


a spinning plate, a hula hoop

a figure eight, the fruits of loop

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