Poem

syntax saddle wax

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syntax saddle wax  (  a  p o e t r y s  )

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hopscotch otter socks

tosser lottery

prosody's a

podded pea


big gun bunion sun

onions in a dome

shining like a

chromosome


tut, tut cardigans

lather as a larch

cabbages are

on the march


pen then, morris men

togas when in rome

worm squirms in an

earthen tome


spew blew mutant moon

magnets on y' back

pave the wave - don't

smoke the crack


syntax saddle wax

fodder froth & foams

horses snorting

hippodromes


hi-fi libarary

skittles in a line

hare's the air

& sylphidine


bat flap babbleaxe

gargle garden gnome

pots in holes &

scrolling home

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cabbage mathematical

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cabbage mathematical  (  a  l i s t  )

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cabbage mathematical

cataracts & anoraks

snippet up & scribble this

squawking to y' elf again

pebbles in a pencil case

buttons of the onion sun

portals in a portaloo

petals on a rose's thorn

scissor kicks & waterloo

poetry with broken toes

otters in an orangery

smatterings of scatterings

mother moon & sister mist

focus in the crocuses

faux-fluorescent funerals

this is not a shopping list

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flight, the good fight

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flight, the good fight  (  i n k  t h i s  t h e n  )

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otters of austria

caskets of ossier

seven & leavening

scatters of maps


bulls of bulgaria

doggerland's hairier

frogs win the lottery

gaps in the cracks


attics of attica

badgers & fatima

newts in y' jungle juice

bats for y' flaps


llamas of narnia

aardvarks are hardier

bubbles & babbleships

scraps in y' naps

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beast before easter

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beast before easter  (  h m m m m m m m  )

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bats in the attic

the battle of jutland

is naps in a foundry

& houses in huts


woods on the woodchip

achoo & confucius

a clatter of cushions

a scatter of struts


stalking the morning

a pun in the oven

as sirius dribbles

& riddle's the mutts


mist is a vista

it's greener on venus

a deer in y' earwig

& stagger the ruts


sit isaac newton

it's grey in y' ashtray

the eye of a neutron

a tab for y' butts


queen nefertiti

a spoon in the treacle

& barks in the darkness

a trundle of guts


pearls in a swirlwind

a natter of napkins

so beast before easter

& may contain nuts


throbs of thrombosis

plus frogs & trombonists

a river of scissors

the kicks & the cuts

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come soon for supper

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come soon for supper  (  a  l i s t  s t r o k e  p o e m  )

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the lady of the lakeland car park bust-up


colonel mustard's flustered bustard


captain birdseye's pirate cousin


rameses the gravy train spotter


uncle sun & sister blister


prussians in the russian squinter


snap, crackle but pop's gone weasel


ganymede & bring a bottle


badgers from andromeda


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snippet up

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snippet up  (  a n  a s s o r t m e n t  o f  s u n d r i e s  )

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ring bell for service

when we were elves

pebble dashed wednesday

quarter past pine nuts

raspberry ripples

i want your rabies

oliver cromwell

rain on the glass roof

pen in the morning

peter the goatherd

marmalade marching

squirms in a cancan

sodium gnosis

sir humphrey davey

lumps in the gravy

is this the real life?

is this just fantasy?

parlez-vous français?

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tiramisu

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tiramisu  (  a  l i s t  &  p o s s i b l y  a  p o e m  t o o  –  i f  y o u ‘ r e  b o t h e r e d  )

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bitterns of britain

shepherds & leopards

mist on a vista

shoots of bamboo


badgers & stickers

vicars in knickers

lizards in blizzards

twists of a shrew


cinnamon's sister

crystals & blisters

vinegar's malting

bolting the blue


ink in the morning

skimming the river

laminate flooring

lazarus too


uncle bugonia

mutant commuters

shuffles in new shoes

tiramisu


plover in clover

woofs in the woodland

jupiter's jungles

list, as y' do

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crack black saturday

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crack black saturday  (  a  p o e m  )

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black crack saturday

braining in the grey

chip chop, flip flop

clatter cabaret


trapclap kangaroo

prattle avenue

waxing, waxwing

saddle addle shoe


splashback alibi

scatter in the scry

phantoms, bantams

clucker clutter eye


bat flap faculty

gander galaxy

gooses, nooses

babble badger me


whip crack cadillac

adders in a sack

measles, weasles

magnets on y' back


pat shat cattle pen

patter petal wren

puddles, bubbles

singing sands & then


hopscotch otter trots

spangles in y' knots

scrumping, stumping

humping camelot


am-dram hammer throw

shatter afterglow

inking, sinking

natter as yuh go

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caterpillars caterwauling

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caterpillars caterwauling  (  a  p o e m z e t r y  )

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slugs are humming, bugs are barking

caterpillars caterwauling

here is ears as i sit harking

all is stalling - traffic crawling


bees a drumming, worms a singing

trees are standing, pins are falling

churches churning, bells are ringing

poltergeists & tripe is calling


fleas are weaving, weasels scheming

flies are rhyming, nought is scrawling

suns are beams as beetles heaving

dung this dungeon of a morning


bread is crumbing, ants are dancing

wasps are warring, dredgers trawling

tow the flow as so is camping

caterpillars caterwauling

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( author notes )

i tried to write a poem yesterday

but those bloody caterpillars wouldn't shut up

so i just wrote this instead

sorry

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