Poems

spinning mids

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spinning mids  (  m i d – n o v e m b e r t i d e  f a r e  )

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the middle moths in squibbing squids

of riddled dots & chipping fish

as lepers leap the speckled trout

& weasels toss the whipping ships


the puddles traipse in dripping trips

of fuddled snakes & hissing fits

as spinsters spank the roundabout

& lizards lick the flipping lids


the nozzles nose in sniffing whiffs

of mottled rose & kicking pricks

as werewolves scare the thereabouts

& even weaves the knitting scripts


the sprinkles spry in singing skips

of wrinkled sighs & stinging quips

as dowsers doubt the sauerkraut

& trousers rouse the slipping grips


the noodles ooze in skidding skids

of poodle spew & swishing swish

as hurdles churn the turnabout

& fiddlerts frig the giving figs


the jumbles jam in shitting bricks

of mumbled span & sticking ribs

as winter warms the summerhouse

& autumn spawns the spinning mids

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spun with rivers

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spun with rivers  (  a  p o e m  )

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fling the hymn of pickled pillars

speckled eggs & freckled span

dot the spots of watchful mirrors

chicken heads & nettle jam


skim the skin of scribbled scissors

custard stains & flustered flans

gasp the gills of gibbered glimmers

ketchup trains & mustard trams


wind the wind of mindful millers

woodland wands & wetland hands

pull the wool of shepherd's triggers

certain worms & squirms in cans


peck the neck of seven sisters

shimmered shoes & spiral scams

spell them not it's spun with rivers

spew dry ice & to the van

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dribbing drabs

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dribbing drabs  (  m y  r h m e s  a r e  w e i r d e r  t h a n  y o u r s  )

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bee the beat of dripping taps

scissor kicks & snipping snaps

summer daze & sputtered sups

ducking stools & paving cracks


rue the spew of splitting slacks

river mist & missing maps

finger food & buttercups

whirling pools & swirling traps


phase the hay of tipping stacks

laser rays & slipping grasps

serpent tongues & monster trucks

thundered crumbs & otter scraps


fight the bite of nipping gnats

iron gloves & whipping slaps

sinking stands & plunder struck

tiger stripes & lion naps


span the sand of swinging sacks

pigeon piss & shitting gasps

candle quacks & rubber flux

what-the-ducks & spitting wax


tread the stead of tripping tracks

feathered blends & flipping flaps

scrambled legs & dangled up

phantom pens & dribbing drabs

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some call it autumn

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some call it autumn  (  s o u n d  o v e r  s e n s e  i n  1 6  l i n e s  )

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pastures pop the masterstrokes & chickens pox the coop

answers bop the antelopes & thicken broths the soup

tossers frock the opera cloaks & totters clog the boots

salad tops the ballad notes & fetters slop the sloop


letters speak the envelopes & lepers leap the loop

bubbles squeak the saddle soap & splinters eek the group

uncles seek the antidote & raptors sweep the swoop

easels clean the weasel throats & flutters sweet the flute


rifles link the cycle spokes & idylls chin the chute

trifles dim the idle folk & riddles wink the newt

wobbles spin the fiddled oak & gobbles swim the gloop

spirals sink the over-dotes & wrinkles sync the droop


scuffles scrape the after-notes & passion fakes the fruit

pressure plates the pleasure boats & tractors ape the troupe

terror shakes the horoscopes & laughter wakes the mute

muffles cape the duffel coat & nincom napes the poop

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prophecy broth

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prophecy broth  (  s o m e  m y s t i c  s m e g  )

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when the greenswards grey

seven elves shall eat late may

as the hoarse stoat neighs


then the nose shall spy

herrings mauve & kipper thighs

as the crowbar flies


yet the dexterous flea

perched within the chestnut tree

sings not of your knees


so the bilge shall bark

as the milkmaids face the lark

& the dark aardvarks

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