mars

mars ( 4 lines for y’minds )

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once there was an ancient war

now it's barren evermore

twinkle twinkle planet mars

named after the god of bars

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little rhymes

little rhymes ( a brief poetrys )

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i'm partial to the little rhymes

some say they're little ditty rhymes

some say they're fucking shitty rhymes

( & now it's gone - in little time )

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startled by sparkles

startled by sparkles ( some o’that ( y’twat ) )

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i'm startled by sparkles

as gargoyles they gargle

as martha & arnold

they marvel at parcels

as garden gnomes garble

& bones dance in charnels

i'm startled by sparkles

now where are

my marbles

( ? )

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the stream

the stream ( some thoughts in v e r s e )

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sometimes it creeps

sometimes it flows

great gushes then

then the mind goes


in torrents or

gently down stream

merrily? yes

life's but a dream


sometimes it flows

back in reverse

confounding some

( a gift or curse? )


sometimes it stops

sometimes it's dry

the gods must know

we don't know why

( ? )

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the bliss of feb

the bliss of feb ( not the kiss of death )

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there's snow beyond the window

yet the earth's to wet to settle

but the flakes keep falling

as steam rises from the kettle

where we soldier on indoors

as brave welders prove their mettle

in my mind it's june - i'm

being stung by stinging nettles

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the modern age ate my hamster …

the modern age ate my hamster … ( some contemporary shite )

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the modern age ate my hamster

so consumed with whats & whys - the like

i climbed



up mam tor dressed as an onion

in the hope that there some answers

i would find



as tears drip dropped on my costume

i cursed the needless hamster greed

of time



then remembered that there was no hamster

'twas a figment

of my modern

wanker mind



( ? )

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odds, sods ‘n’ gods

odds, sods ‘n’ gods ( a reworking of something older )

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writing notes on scraps of paper

dagon ploughing - see y'later

hathar's waving - oscillator

great stuff like the magna mater


scrawls of sprawl this navigator

cernunnos the radiator

i've stowed away on a freighter

( your dinner's in the oven )

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memoirs of a goldfish

memoirs of a goldfish ( a fishy tale & tail )

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last week, when i was a goldfish


~


i gawped in my bowl

with my fishy scales of gold


i swam a fishy swim

with gold fishy fins


( i remember everything )

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( i tried to warn )

( i tried to warn ) ( some fuckin’ sheet y’fuckin’ twat’ead )

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darker than all chocolate

darker than dark loads

or laundry in black holes

black cats crossed with toads


this poem is cursed &

it's evil - it's marked

'tis touched by the hand - yeah

of something quite dark


( & now, so are you x )

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‘erb mix challenge

‘erb mix challenge ( some ‘erb-verse )

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get mixin' 'erbs against the clock

the 'erb preserves

tick tock - don't stop


bundles of 'erbs tied with 'erb twine

oh no, too late

- you've run out of thyme -

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resarf poetry

( ? )

Poem