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cloudspotting ( o n e f o r t h o s e n e p h e w i l l i m o l o g i s t s )
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cumulus ninjas
nonticulent nozzles
stegosaurus stratus
lenticular inkblots
arcus marmoset
stroke sirrus pareidolia
rain - rain again
& your mum's face
( ? )
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saint john’s warthog ( a h a g i o g r a p h y o n h o l i d a y )
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saint john's warthog
gargles, grapes & tartan paint
shakespeare's reindeer
scrolling up the avenue
ishtar's fish farm
john the baptist's badger barks
ding-dong singsongs
as pajama's llama moo
stalin's starlings
murmurate a circled-eight
jack sprat's catflap
portals through to timbuktu
brigid's signet
singing in the river mist
vishnu's blue gnu
sniffin' on a stick of glue
big ben's black rat
trembles at a thunderclap
newton's numbat
hangin' with a cockatoo
enki's pet flea
hopping on a hovercraft
sun tzu's shih tzus
warring in the morning dew
plato's stray crow
lasers, lairds & lemonade
voltaire's mole-hole
taming tales of feral shrew
jane eyre's grey hare
boxing on a silver moor
saint john's warthog
saint augustine's hippo - too
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big upzzz ( f o r m e b r e a d b i n s & m e l a u n d a r y b a s k e t s )
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the loch ness hamster the frogs of frogget edge dee jay hatchling m.c leprosy the pygmy shrew masseeef & the costa concordia crew ...
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aubergine pockets ( a l i s t )
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aubergine pockets goshawk waterproof ten past cinnamon nutmeg overlords catflap cataracts penpal pigeonholes sea trout troubadour brown owl trouser press merman myrmidon pinto pirrouette pea pod pantomime bee's knees caesium gritstone guillotine ginseng singalong pin-prick limerick - aubergine pockets ...
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midsummer drums ( a p o e m f o r t h e m m i d s u m m e r m u r m u r s )
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roses as gnosis a ghost in the thicket spring in the cricket & salad-spun tongues weasels of teasels a prick in the bristle milking the thistle & bumblebee hum breezes of sneezes achoo & a tissue slip in the sinew of fingers & thumbs brambles & tangles a flutter of butter rhythm's a nutter & midsummer drums ...
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formerly ( a p o e t r y o f p o e m )
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a rogue clump of mud the mongolian death worm mozart's second cousin a mulberry tree & a tudor commuter catching a carriage - or two a lark in the dark of the dim middle-ages singing in english plague pits a plesiosaur & a black catterpillar crossing the path of your ant ( ? ) ...
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ink this ( a p o e m )
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ink this fingertips feather dust hat scraps train steams butter beans rubber ducks quack passed grey daze badger blue dagger dance backpacks frog hops jiggle june tinsel winged bat flaps plane-brains podded peas red & green blackjacks cod-socked mackerel moons pantaloons cashback gasmask ganymede's pebble-dashed flashback seesaw sauropods conkers crack - that's that ...
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queen anne’s lace ( a p o e t r y )
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white in the lea's pit a beacon of soap handkerchiefs, nighties a wedding or rope hangs as a basket a bastard or bat lives with the lizard the serpent & rat sneezes in woodland or patches of grass flecks as a phantom of feathers & gas whiskers in whispers & up with the lark wild like a carrot but blind in the dark ...
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in mirrorlands ( m y o t h e r p o e m i s a m o u n t a i n h a r e )
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sing a song of cell division custard cans & campervans aerial's on television caliban's in kazakhstan feather flocks a flockin' vision ticker tapes & ticket trams paper trains on plains of fission bedding spreads in badger-lands roses row as rivers glisten adder skies & ladder lands miners of the coalition whispers of the midden-hands muffle in the scuffle-schism marbles, mars & marching bands mumble-stuff of contra's diction sinking swans on singing sands weavers on an intermission tapestries & telegrams ariadne tickles titian pencils pen in pentagrams blizzard of the lizards, listen wizardry & squinterlands shepherds sleep as lemons glisten mizzle gleams in mirrorlands ...
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probreacsolu ( a t r u e l a s t t h u r s d a y a f t e r n o o n s t o r y )
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mist a parcel sunken onions as the marbles shit the sack larks are singing as the village chitter-chatters spinning cack? wraiths are fading fuzz & phantoms as the buzzard bats a flap? glisten in the whistle's bristles on a hillock's tractor track ...
resarf poetry 