Poems

weather vane the feather brain

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weather vane the feather brain  (  niarb rehtaef eht enav rehtaew  )

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swan beyond the apple bobs

christen not the pavement cracks

spin the span of ammonites

bright the black of raven flaps


whistle as the thicket thins

twinkle neath the starling sparks

crow below a dove above

gargle with the even larks


robin in a hooded wood

warble in the morning's pinch

piffle pickled onion suns

'til the springing spawns a finch


weather vane the feather brain

squawk upon the auspecies

fiddlesticks of cinnamon

riddle in the autumn breeze

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november & yes

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november & yes  (  sey & rebmevon  )

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a brimming of ditches

a pond in a puddle

the suck of a lemon

the chequers of chess


the bollocks of autumn

a squawk in a woodland

the sun in the cellar

the moon in a dress


a loon of a leper

the scatters of saturn

& jupiter's blooming

as swans convalesce


the whistles of winter

& felling of timber

the pickles of pepper

the pee of the ess


a bee in a sonnet

a fly in a fire

the flight of the bustard

the mustard of cress


the howl of an owlet

a mumble of stumbles

a sprouting of brussels

the trousers of press


the gloam of the rover

& under of over

a ghost in the clover

november & yes


a vole in a bucket

the cousin of fuck it

december's a member

the rest is a mess

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awake & sail

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awake & sail  (  lias & ekawa  )

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awake & sail a phantom mist

the shapes of wraith - a tale, a twist

the night is day, the day is night

& shatters punch the mirror's fist


a groan of bones, a bluff of blood

& earth's a ghost, a rush of mud

a bat of flaps, the black of white

the curtain fell - a crash, a thud


the lemons suck, the daze is grey

the spiders spin, the pipers play

a swan of songs, a swimming kite

a peaking trough, a sliding brae


the lizard scales the boxing frog

a barking cat, a purring dog

the moth that fled the candlelight

is scrawling balls in analogue


a silent lark, a wood of stumps

a blooming moon, a goose of bumps

the ruse of breath's a feathered flight

& skin's the stuff of custard lumps


a feast of peas & buttered bread

& sleep upon a creaking bed

the breathing dead, a speckled sprite

until the light - & live, instead

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autumn fayre … esque

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autumn fayre … esque

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toffee apple tree frog

fly, greek fireworks


guy fawke's forked tongue

hot chocolate labradors


greenman evensong

antlers in the awning mist


cheese straw stagger stalls

pumpkins, pears & mayors


anoraks & anagrams

hymns spin cider webs


smoked ghost goblin hat

baked potato bean bag


wassail, pilot whale

pontius pilate power naps


cake tin whistles whet

town crier bellends

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s p r e a d

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s p r e a d  (  d a e r p s  )

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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

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crunch & munch  (  hcnum  & hcnurc  )

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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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turnip boy

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turnip boy  (  yob pinrut  )

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sing of troy, turnip boy

babylon & babble on


in the crisp, river's fist

phantom handstand


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hymn in rags, plastic bags

haversacks & handkerchiefs


warble north - of a morn's

sausage dog dawn


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corvids come, hum a drum

mumble on a sodden lea


bumblebees, mushy peas

pygmy goat's cheese


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pillories, post-it-notes

pangolins & pencil lead


edible, sentinel

vegetable lad


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