pebbles of britain

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pebbles of britain (  a  p o e t r y  )



helvelyn sweaters

mustard cress brothers

grampian gargles

blisters & mothers


skara brae lasers

sinnel-spun uncles

pissing the parcels

jibbers & jungles


isle o' white pipers

peppermint minsters

mistily fardles

spiders & splinters


avebury weavers

bramble jam badgers

lemon curd larval

brethren & bladders


kinder scout trousers

lizard ley dowsers

kielder gay barbles

blizzards & flowers


anglesey ankles

apple tree teasels

tintagel marshals

measles & weasles


john o'groats grocers

yonder ghost herders

ombudsman marbles

cousins & girders


pen y fan pencils

pheasanting bitterns

rivers sing sparkles

pebbles of britain

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a poem for today

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a poem for today  (  a f e w  r o p y  b u t  v e r y  r e c e n t  r h y m e s  )



swans-a-song a scatter graph

set aside & black holes

otters trot the pasture grass

lententide & tadpoles


hens-a-peck a pheasant head

pencil legs & hedgerows

lemon eggs the feathered stead

swishing swells & echoes


crows-a-toe a castaway

kitchen sinks & curlews

coma tows the saturn daze

hissing links & swirls too


swifts-a-brush a swifter sweep

rivers sing & kettles

reeds of rush held in the beak

quiver spring & nestle

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return to town

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return to town  (  a  p o e t r y  o f  p o e m  )




scribble, fiddle

hobble, hop

whistle hat

& bag


dribble, drizzle

wobble, stop

shiver hand

& flag


enter, scramble

people zoo

travel card

& bleep


tenter, dangle

bramble through

apple cart

& seat


chatter, shuffle

purple rinse

sputter brake

& hiss


natter, muffle

myrtle mist

nutters, snakes

& piss


totter, toggles

uniforms

pensioners

& schools


toddlers, tossers

unicorns

venturers

& spools


grinding, gazing

scatterer

climbing hills

& down


winding, grazing

aperture

chiming tings

& town


ambles, ganders

shit 'n' shat

grey's the sound

& gloam


dangles, wrangles

schism-flaps

station bound

& home

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nine lithes

~

nine lithes  (  a  p o e m z  )





header, zephyr, feather breeze & bee

cheddar, heather - weather stir the tree

mumble, rundle, egg a step & see


pliant giants, lycra song & sing

silent riots - signets swan the ring

rubber, blubber - tiger spun & spring


supple, sugar, shuffle, salt & sprats

muffle, woofer - somersault the flaps

thrashing, gasping, ampersands & cats

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’tis curly spring

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’tis curly spring  (  a  p o e t r y  )




'tis curly spring - the crocus crows

& quivers speak the sea

it's pearly birds - too spoon the rose

as scissors squeak the bee


'tis songy sing - a walrus dawns

& warbles in the whist

it's donkey wings on peasant morns

as morsels door & twist


'tis eggy legs - the chaffinch church

& swan the blossom buds

it's messy heads - the serpent purrs

as otters spur the mud


'tis pearly maze - the raisin fries

& thunder wheels the scars

it's swirly days - drey eye to i

& slummer steams so star

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