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warps & squall  (  a  f u c k i n ‘  p o e m  w h a t  r h y m e z z z z z z z )

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hum a drum & tongue a tulip

cousin of the cubist's rubric

mumbles spin in mutant music

staggers of the stand & stall


amp a lamp & gas the traffic

scrambles of the cattle magic

cackles in a crackle attic

flapping bats & badgers brawl


snake a fist & twist a sweater

flaking as the squinter feather

lemonade & garden weather

garbles of the scarf & shawl


pit a dig & trot a foxglove

jigging in the rubber dog's dub

brick a shit & dot the dot stuff

dawdles of the dwarf & tall


hail a snail & tail a comet

a to g & scale a sonnet

trail a toad as boxes frog it

hopping on the road & crawl


ding a ring & rib a kidney

kippers kiss the hissing chimney

whistles tin of nipples slippy

rivers mist the cat & call


own your grow & poke a puddle

caw the crow that blows a bubble

apropros & glow in rubble

portals in the porch & hall


leap the flea & on the office

pod the pea that odds the office

scree the tree & fog the forest

warble on in warps & squall


(  t h e   e n d  )

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blue july  (  n u f f  s a i d  f o r  o n c e  )

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hedges row & ants with wings

dragon as the adder sings

allegro of sinking things

roses red & rye


orchards snore & moorland burns

runner beans as summer churns

green is gurning in the ferns

bottle drop & fly


bramble jams & thicket thicks

babbles as the lizard spits

battle bat & wicket stick

shit a brick & cry


colour floats & colour fades

poets poke the sputter haze

stutters in a nutter maze

prickle pig & sty


breezes sneeze & scar tissues

breath is bent as marbles spews

death chars on the barbecue

blue july - & i


rivers pant as pasture browns

thunder drums - the clatter drowns

slipping grips on ladders down

shudder earth & sky

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a squab on the pastures  (  a  p o e m  )

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a squab on the pastures

a squawk on the lane

as rivers are ringing

& swan is the rain


a puddle of rubble

a bucket of gust

as mud is the mother

& summer is dust


( as mud is the mother )

( & summer is dust )

( as mud is the mother )

( & summer is dust )


a hag in the hedges

a boar in the snore

as badgers are warring

& heather's the moor


a rat in the chapel

a hog on a broom

as loon's in the attic

& magic's the moon


( as loon's in the attic )

( & magic's the moon )

( as loon's in the attic )

( & magic's the moon )


or flop in a coppice

a hop in a copse

of oaken-cloaked rowan

& thicket in knots


a piss on a thistle

a cheese in a wheeze

as ants prance the samba

& dance pants the breeze


( as ants prance the samba )

( & dance pants the breeze )

( as ants prance the samba )

( & dance pants the breeze )


a beat in the bonnets

a croak in the code

as bees buzz a sonnet

& ode's in the toad


a squeak in the peaklands

a frog & a cough

a squab on the pastures

a peak in the troughs


( a squab on the pastures )

( a peak in the troughs )

( a squab on the pastures )

( & reader, fuck off )

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paper, scissors, stoat  (  a  p o e t r y  )

…

smellevision sentinels

chapel chaffinch semaphore

seraphin & cherryade

duffle, ruffle, coat


blucher baker candlemas

whooper whitsun evensong

bobbin' hoods & friar flux

bantam, phantom, float


interregnum inner-sweats

roman roads & rowan trees

utnapishtin pirouettes

rub a tub & boat


fireflies & lemon thyme

polka dotted socrates

lady of the that's shallot

paper, scissors, stoat

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