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upon defining rain ( niar gninifed nopu )
…
brother of drizzle
& the cousin of mizzle
the lover of mud
prince of the puddles
a present from the high seas
sky father lather
bane of the plains
the sound of cloudbursts spurting
& sputtering gutters
cloven hooven tunes
music in trench foot tempos
clopping on the roofs
wet from the welkin
symphonies in welly boots
for ghouls in cagoules
fodder for the bogs
from the kingdom of the frogs
the piss of the gods
…
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upon solving the scunthorpe problem ( melborp eprohtnucs eht gnivlos nopu )
…
seaman come home soon
from salty seas of spume
we’ll see blue tits titter
on the trimmed front garden
lo, the woodcocks thrusting
up the pussy willow
eat shitake mushrooms
with the ghost of charles dickens
…
~
tinnitus the night ( thgin eht sutinnit )
…
bell ringer bellows
campanologists clanging
hear within the ear
…
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hear in the chatters ( srettahc eht ni raeh )
…
breezes is wheezes, a cheeses – achoo
she of the dingle is pickling eggs
sneezes, trapezes – a loosening shrew
vinegar vixen, the underling smegs
smudges is fudges, a budgerigar
blizzarding wizards, a slithering deep
farting a parsnip if nearer is far
singing is spinning, the springing is sleep
hear in the chatters, a whispering shout
choruses walrus, a badgering bat
sun in the distance is smoking a trout
focus is frozen – the ballad is shat
fuck it is buckets, the gnosis is gnome
off is an otter & waffling home
…
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velcro wars ( part 17 ) ( ( 71 trap ) sraw orclev )
…
d-h-d-8
flapjack
saddle wax
3-4-t-2
siskins
silver birches
7-f-1-d
cobwebs
custard skin
u-5-9-y
butterfly
string vest
…
~
jan ( naj )
…
belling back before the end
knelling after what’s before
singing swans beyond the bend
turn the tumble turnip door
wander in a ringing wood
walk a thawing frosted path
hat beneath a robin’s hood
as the phantom badgers laugh
& the shatting branches bare
bugger all but mossen bark
scatters in the whisper air
spring’s a dither’s distant lark
learn another broken code
sodding resolutions spool
hymn an ancient infant’s ode
all is nought – the plodding fool
spot the mackerel mottled sky
burn the tinsel christmas tree
cross another scrying i
dot another brewing t
pissing storming scribbled ink
’til the mutant rhyme is done
sinking in this drooping think
rising like the yawning sun
…
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sandy ( ydnas )
…
lines in the sand
sandpit runway
sandpaper plane
sing, sandbar
greensand salad day’s
sandstone undertones
sandstorm clouds
bury heads in sand
a thousand ostriches
hark, sand martins
& ampersands
sand on a breeze
beach sand blowing
sandcastles over
sand in a sandwich
time’s sand grains
on a sandal’s sole
sandpipers playing
…
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today’s poem is ( si meop s’yadot )
…
the second punic war
pewter forged with silver
floating over there
where the air snares feathers
phospholipids
a thousand little owls
catching a bus
with a bloody big net
yesterday’s gravy
yes men with rabies
anthills in antioch
bees in aberdeen
handstands in bandstands
peanut butter fingers
peppermint tea bags
penicillin g
bellowing yellows
whispered turquoise noise
singing saucy shanties
on the hepatitis sea
parping parsnip gasses
pickled fucking onions
friends with all the wrong’uns
& the covid cult defilers
( amen )
…
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bottles ( selttob )
…
five green bottle tops
genie in a bottle fly
bottle in a ship
…
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sound check poem ( meop kcehc dnuos )
…
one, two – swans too
there’s a song within me shoe
where the sixth toe glows
as a cheese breeze blows
loose screws, shrews shoo
& a monkey up a tree
like a sonnet in the bonnet
of an on it bumblebee
three, four – green door
& a doodle in the doo
dodos, slo-mo
& a dicky dictionary
five, six – six, five
i’ve a pebble in me sock
but the arse parps free
like y’ father in a frock
bass up, bass down
in the dingles – all around
a, b – chase me
maybe, rabies
one, two – swans too
there’s a song within me shoe
as a kipper rides a bike
there’s a cabbage on the mic
…
resarf poetry 