a good soak

~

a good soak  (  m u e s l i  f o r  t h e  m a s s e s  )




camera, tanker, actium

seven seals & eel

slither river taxi-run

miller wheels & meal


bubble puddle windermere

cuttlefish & sark

lather father inner-ear

scuttle ark & shark


gargle sparkle sing-along

babble bath & tub

marble twinkle - squinter song

badger back & scrub


porppoise, portal, open sore

finger, thumb & prune

porous, potion, ocean floor

sunken sun & moon


fastnet, fisher, hebrides

scupper sole & tyne

rat wet, ripples, entropy

supper wine & brine


rudders, eiders, blubber balls

chunder, tug & chug

sputter island spider scrawls

pull the plug

& glug

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gnitlem

~

gnitlem  (  a  p o e t r y  )



lines-a-limb the cusp of bloom

flutters in the bud

spiders spin & sputters spoon

nutters in the mud

cider hymns & rubber moon

squinter slips

& thud


ink-a-squids the seeds of sew

scribbles in the head

finger tips & streams-a-flow

fiddles in the stead

timber tips & creepers crow

scrawl the ball

& thread


flaps-a-toad the crocus croaks

fluster in the fayre

phantom odes & ghosts-a-float

bluster in the air

faster spokes & focus smokes

hale the snail

& hare


rays upon the daze of sun

saddle in the snore

shades of swan & laser guns

battles in the war

sailor's songs & baker's buns

glacier on

& thaw

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hot cross bun spun

~

hot cross bun spun  (  a  p o e m  )




sultana swirl pool

drift-fisted lent bent

crocus as chocolate

marzipan splashback


pants in the pantry

black currant rabbits

crossings & droppings

raisins & spices


baker's sun elbows

golgotha's rising

citrus peel glove-child

apricot maelstrom


sundays & burnt stoves

toasted with butter

honey or gravel

pebbles & stones

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unzipping u-bends

~

unzipping u-bends  (  u a  u p o e m  u o f  u p o e t r y  u i n  u 5  /  u 7  /  u 5  )



umpire uppercuts

underwater umbria

umber umbrellas


ultrasound udders

underbelly uriel

u-boat unicorns


uzbek uranus

urbanised ukranians

u.k uncle urn


upstairs undergrowth

ugandan ukelelists

unzipping u-bends

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