photography

another end ends

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another end ends  (  a  p o e m  f o r  t h a t  t h e r e  a u t u m n  )

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hornet swarms & lotus eaters

waspish hordes & locust keeepers

knelling bells & helterskelters

simples like a p.e teacher


mushy peas & bushy beaters

sunken suns & gusty preachers

pheasant frowns & melting welders

rivers drown the fire eaters


alley cats & cobble cheetahs

jellied legs & wobbled features

flops in frocks & hit the shelter

gravy stains this fading easter


icicles & flaming fevers

bicycles & wailing creatures

lemon pips & citrus swelters

shitta brick then kiss the reaper

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autumble

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autumble  (  a  p o e m  f o r  . . .  )

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the fields have fledged - their crops have flown

& hog's the hedge as feet they roam

the barns are calm & lofts are hay

as trees they swirl & fade to crone


the hills seem green - the mares are roan

& hares they snore as spores are sewn

the dogs are frogs - the cats are strays

as clouds they shroud & mouths they foam


the ponds are splosh if rocks are thrown

& bird's the blur as earth's the tone

the doves are rooks or so folk say

as wraiths they stir & ghosts they groan


the land is sleep - the stones are bones

& nights they creep to fight the gloam

the plod is fog in socks of grey

as songs are sung & winds are blown

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like sofa sales

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like sofa sales  (  a  p o e m  f o r  f r i d a y  )

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ram the speak of trampled trails in flopping flocks of one

span the bleak of amber ales in spattered spits of songs

steam the train of rusty rails in signet rings of swan

huff the chuff of gusty gales & gander geese the gone


bang the pang of rusty nails in pastures of the wise

slang the damn of sliding scales in fractures of the skies

twirl the whirl of curly kale in wrinkles of an eye

ride the slime of racing snails & briefly pause for pie


seek the throngs of burning bales in raging fogs of yon

beak the gongs of quirky quails in piffle pecks of bong

spook the toes of ghostly tales in tickled ticks of wrong

scold the holes in buckets pale & fuck it - stroll some on


tread the troughs of peakland dales in sunken plods of high

head the flight of soaring whales in puzzled thoughts of why

flap the vast of vacant vales in quaking shapes of rise

live your life like sofa sales & never then you'll die

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sticks ‘n’ spin

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sticks ‘n’ spin  (  t h e  i n e v i t a b l e  c o b w e b  )

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sticks 'n' spin

specks of span

spots of pots

jars of jam


twigs in tongues

twits in hoods

owls in vowels

stumped in stood


dots in knots

strums in twang

stares of hair

palms & hands


howls on hills

twists in woods

sleep in speak

shush in should

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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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