Poetry

other things & other otters

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other things & other otters (  f o r  b u b b l e w r a p  &  j o s e p h  o f  a r i m a t h e a  )

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oh cannon balls & camel fodder

flotsam floss & frothing slobber

caterwauls & salad tossers

cannon balls & camel fodder


oh roman roams & woven tossers

spittle pits & piffle potters

flotsam floss & office rockers

roman roams & woven tossers


oh pigeon socks & flaxen squatters

klaxon blasts & wanton bother

smidgen spots & saxon bloggers

pigeon socks & flaxen squatters


oh other things & other otters

rubber rings & tittle totters

riddles sings & cobbles clobber

other things & other otters

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eight of ten

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eight of ten  (  a . k. a  –  t h a t  p o e m  w h a t  o c t o b e r  s c r a w l e d  )

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throbbing chests & ventricles

rotting stocks & pedestals

jawing doors & mandible

sobbing plods & festivals


hooding woods & pentacles

drifting mist & chemicals

leaving gleams & flammable

flapping flesh & skeletal


sinking ink & legible

crunching crush & flexible

singing swans & madrigal

hooting roots & vegetables


smearing blear & spectacles

slipping quips & tetsable

shaping wraith & tangibles

eight of ten & tentacles

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spitting plates

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spitting plates  (  s o m e  2 1 s t  c e n t u r y  w o b b l e  j u i c e  )

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tickle trickle treacle lakes

pickle weasel steeplechase

sickle stricken sausage sun

tickle trickle treacle lakes


tudor lizard ladder snakes

suitor gizzard adder flakes

future wizard water gun

tudor lizard ladder snakes


otter waffle featherweights

tosser brothel tessellates

jotter jetsam megaton

otter waffle featherweights


puddle pencil piffle case

stubble stencil pixelate

huddle whitsun hit 'n' nun

puddle pencil piffle case


spangle hamster gravel grapes

ramble wanker apple cakes

amble lemon speckle spun

spangle hamster gravel grapes


gargle gorgon garden rakes

marble organ carton breaks

carpal norman nozzle stun

gargle gorgon garden rakes


woven cobble commonplace

cloven wobble bobble race

swollen roman overrun

woven cobble commonplace


ladle muffle middle eight

fable scuffle piddle drakes

stable muddle bubble bun

bits of shapes & spitting plates

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muddled boots

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muddled boots  (  a  p o e m  f o r  s c u m d a y  )

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gripping slips as apples juice

whipping lips & paratroops

ankles eye the phantom train

pantomimes & flannel suits


bubbles bob as buzzards swoop

pigeon piss & rotten fruits

singing songs of puddle brains

headless newts & chocolate mousse


salad tongues as hula hoops

twiddled toes & lunar loops

drizzles on the riddled lane

mistletoe & prostitutes


pickle sticks as cauldrons soup

sunken suns & golden flutes

letters stem the daisy chain

muffles in me muddled boots

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another end ends

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another end ends  (  a  p o e m  f o r  t h a t  t h e r e  a u t u m n  )

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hornet swarms & lotus eaters

waspish hordes & locust keeepers

knelling bells & helterskelters

simples like a p.e teacher


mushy peas & bushy beaters

sunken suns & gusty preachers

pheasant frowns & melting welders

rivers drown the fire eaters


alley cats & cobble cheetahs

jellied legs & wobbled features

flops in frocks & hit the shelter

gravy stains this fading easter


icicles & flaming fevers

bicycles & wailing creatures

lemon pips & citrus swelters

shitta brick then kiss the reaper

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autumble

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autumble  (  a  p o e m  f o r  . . .  )

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the fields have fledged - their crops have flown

& hog's the hedge as feet they roam

the barns are calm & lofts are hay

as trees they swirl & fade to crone


the hills seem green - the mares are roan

& hares they snore as spores are sewn

the dogs are frogs - the cats are strays

as clouds they shroud & mouths they foam


the ponds are splosh if rocks are thrown

& bird's the blur as earth's the tone

the doves are rooks or so folk say

as wraiths they stir & ghosts they groan


the land is sleep - the stones are bones

& nights they creep to fight the gloam

the plod is fog in socks of grey

as songs are sung & winds are blown

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