back on the sheets

~

back on the sheets  (  a  p o e t i c a l  e s s a y  )




badger's the clatter as scatter's the sen

pigs in the scribble & fiddle's the ink

natter's the nutter as flutter's the wren

fish in the swishes & dishes in sinks

ripple's the river as rumble's the sky

gash in the attic & plastic's the dawn

buggers in bumbles as puddle's the spry

beige in the cages as pages are torn

scrawls of a morning & aether's the noon

flaps as a bastard as tapestries weave

chatter's the wanker & natter's the loon

storms in a tosser as yonder the eve

buzzes in bonnets as sunken's the sun

fuck in the on it as sonnets are scum

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( a u t h o r  n o d e s  )


i hate sonnets

i despise their as-snug-as-a-bug-in-a-rug smugness

which can only be twatty

so i'm glad this went to pot

like what all the others do

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it’s ten

~

it’s ten  (  t e n  l i n e s  o f  t e n  s y l l a b l e s  r e  t e n  )




green gleams the bottle & speckled's the hen

frog hops the throttle as piss squids the pen

dowsers in trousers & farmers in dens

downing street's weasels are marching again

clatter commandments & flutter's the wren

butter's the nutter as clutter's the zen

fingers with thumbs in plus extras in fens

looping the yule lords when leaping the glen

over october in inkblots & then

onto eleven etc. - it's ten

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spring rain poem

~

spring rain poem  (  g o  o n  ,  t a k e  a  w i l d  g u e s s  c h a s e  )




drip upon a buttercup

double dusk & rubber ducks

tingles in the spindle tree

mizzle eve & pucker up


drop upon a daffodil

clatter songs of cladophyll

brazaville - its brasseries

tapestries & badger bilge


drip upon a hyacinth

header, line & hyroglyph

otter wins the lottery

hoverfly & cycle clips


drop upon a bell o' blue

retinas & red canoes

levity in leprosy

reverie & retinues


drip upon a celandine

mother 'erb & lemon thyme

supper in the scullery

stuttery - & bread 'n' wine


drop upon a garden's gnome

gargle on & gardens hose

greenery in preening leas

marbleous & gardens glow

...








 

fuck a duck – it’s april

~

fuck a duck – it’s april  (  a  t r u e  t a i l  )




sinnel spoons the spirals

simmer ditch & rifles

spittle tricks the mizzle

nutter noons & cycles


faster sings the badger

hinter-lamb & pasture

scatter squids the scribble

natterjacks & aster


easter rings the steeple

seasonally as measles

river mists the drizzle

greenery & weasels


blossom hops the maple

rub-abud & hazel

bollocks itch the fiddle

fuck a duck - it's april

( ! )

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sunday expects

~

sunday expects  (  a  p o e m  f o r  t o d a y  )



mangel man marbles

caravan ankles

vats in the vestry

dangles & scrambles


daffodil sparkles

cardinal sinnel

ants in the abbey

adders & shingles


lathering larval

trickster toad crocus

frigs in the fig tree

fritter & focus


gardens of garbles

crows in the cockerels

nose in the posy

rosy & doggerel


bumbles of gargles

bubbling mumbles

shit on the t.v

spittle & stumbles


mizzily parcels

shepherds & sweaters

buzz in the bee scree

esther & lepers


marzipan marshals

salad-spun rabbits

mars in the marquee

venus in attics


calendar fardles

scribbling aehters

lashing of herpes

v.d & easter

( x )

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codswallop sausages

~

codswallop sausages  (  a  p o e m  )



codswallop sausages

jam hands & bandages

amps in the ampersands

antlers & sandwiches


antlers & sandwiches

sandbars & partridges

stars in the tarsal glands

parsnips & varnishes


parsnips & varnishes

eggheads & beverages

lint in the hinterlands

pickles & relishes


pickles & relishes

hostas & hostages

rams in the telegrams

codswallop sausages

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