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live badger show ( wohs regdab evil )
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the stage is sett ...
Poems
gooses step in boots
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gooses step in boots ( stoob ni pets sesoog )
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thunder rumbles drums phantoms grey & fade in amongst the dales snails are on parade slugs are trudging mud silver trails of slime yonder is a swan cygnets ring & chime pigs are flying by finches flapping wings pippets puff a pipe ducks are plucking strings weasels reel a jig as the cockerels crow coots are sporting wigs horses snorting so badgers slap a bass adders snake a fist murmurings of bees buzzing in the mist voles are in the head buzzards strum the sun eggs are springing legs rivers on the run snarks are on guitar newts are tooting flutes february is shoots gooses step in boots down into the town underneath an arch beats on cobbles streets marching on til march ...
spotted on this morning’s walk
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spotted on this morning’s walk ( klaw s’gninrom siht no dettops )
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ten leopards a leaping a speckled, freckled frog three cheetahs in polka dots a cow upon a hillock's brow dalmatians & ladybirds poltergeists with chickenpox a hyena with a filthy rash & a teenager with acne squeezing in the mist ( underneath the sun ) ...
frost property
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frost property ( ytreporp storf )
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a yawn of fog & out the yard the daze is dark, the moon is starred as mountaineers we face the blear the puddles - rocks, the river's hard the grass is stone - a crunch is heard a groan of bone but not a bird is hymning in this misted dim us idiots are undeterred we slug a trudge - the dog & me as winters limbs are doddery when penguins prance & mammoths dance a rummage in frost property as poets squawk of summer's gold as circles churn - this song is old a frozen roam & then back home the kettle calls - it's fuckin' cold ...
i am a mirror
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i am a mirror ( rorrim a ma i )
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whistle in the breeze's sneezes plod the streets as pots a simmer in this piffle, spittle village ghosts are floating post to pillar phantoms flim upon the cobbles tits & titters in the litter hunger drums & weasels scuttle feast on meat - it's death for dinner muck is spreading in the butchers irk the scourge of little shitters adders flapping in the taverns every cunt's a curtain twitcher words are turds but birds are feathered black sunshine upon a river bells are ringing, saturn's singing glimmer this - i am a mirror ...
jam session
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jam session ( noisses maj )
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plum on drums
door on korg
traffic on a stratocaster
apricot on bass
( loganberry toes tap )
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a teacher & a pupil
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a teacher & a pupil ( lipup a & rehcaet a )
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a teacher & a pupil the apples in y' strudel the doodles of y' noodle & the shoes upon y' shit a crumble in the oven a lover & a cousin the mass that blacks the coven & a dungeon in a pit a riddle in a scribble a scribble in a riddle a pygmy in the middle & the spittle in y' spit a plaster & a bandage the sand within y' sandwich the fleas & flows of language that's poetry - that's it ...
including the following
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including the following ( gniwollof eht gnidulcni )
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dinosaurs, iron ores lebanese centipedes cantonese semaphore phantom limbs, carrot cake paper planes, april rain pheasant eggs, flemish phlegm milking maids, morris men - ten thousand owls - ...
to do in feb
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to do in feb ( bef ni od ot )
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walk the dog as catkins naps trudge the cusp of blossoming spot a crocus in the snow feel the breeze of winter's sting prance the dance of daffodils jig with pixies in a ring sweeten tea as serpents stir bird the blurs & sing til spring ...
bird mathematics
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bird mathematics ( scitamehtam drib )
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two blue tits plus three green finches times five red robins minus six brown owls equals ten ruddy ducks & a thieving bloody magpie ...
resarf poetry 