Poetry

backendish

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backendish  (  a  p o e m  )

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the wind's a prat - it's nicked my hat

as icecaps kiss my chin

the hills have chilled as ink is spilled

& oh, the needles pin

the head's a hedge- the queen is toast

& so the signets sing

of blackened swans & avalon

as daylight fights this grim


the green dies here yet stalls the blear

as weasels wink & grin

i think of spring & lambs with wings

then long-lost evil twins

the swifts have fled - they've hit the south

& now the spiders spin

their silken traps - the end is back

so let that grim begin

( ! )

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author notes

this one is definitely work-in-progress for me

the flow's a bit off in places & some lines aint right

but that'll do for now

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haute cuisine

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haute cuisine  (  g u b b i n s  o n  p a p e r  t h i n  i c e  )

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spring the pole & may the queen

blue the cheese to keep it green

spleen the lungs & bung the press

thesp the mess & act the scene


vole the mole & save the dream

shoo the shrew to preen the bean

clean the dean & wipe your mind

find the key & rip the genes


lamb the land & sea the breem

kill the cat to keep the cream

scheme the plot & ink the blots

dot the eyes & spot the sheen


goose the juice & squirt the skein

fat the rat to keep it lean

glean the glow & trust in toes

know your oats & haute cuisine

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lick the chin of sunday

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lick the chin of sunday  (  a  p o e m  f o r  w h a t  i t ‘ s  w o r t h  e t  a l  )

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clasp a rasp of catchphrase

raspberries & ashtrays

tundra in the jungle

stumble on & that way


crab a path of sideways

apple pips & byways

fleeting as the evenings

greetings to the highways


wail a wall of doorways

possibly & always

bird a word of shat flaps

tracks upon the railways


dodge the bounce of replays

rabid bats & clichés

flop between the dot-dots

spot the cows as sheep graze


swoop the droop of boquets

muddy boots & tuesdays

ease within the easels

weasels in the wank maze


kiss the tip of edgeways

any which & lengthways

wobbles in the black pit

badger shit the essays


irk the scourge of surveys

unicorns & thursays

answers in a milk churn

burn the straw to make hay


lick the chin of sundays

chickenpox & sun rays

bobbles in the odd socks

plods beyond the dog days

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spoon coup

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spoon coup  (  a  p o e m  f o r  a  s u n n y  f r i d a y  a f t e r n o o n  )

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sofa sales & lanky ladders

yeoman ales for patchy bladders

quaking quails with pickled feathers

burn the post to open letters


pantomimes & stagnant staggers

scraps of rhymes for bastard badgers

thunder thumps in jumpy sweaters

lemon thyme to twine the weather


crumble crumbs & bumble swaggers

thimble thumbs for humble matters

stumbles come in double-deckers

hue the glue with tints of heather


dusty pangs & rusty hammers

raspy bangs on crafty crackers

span the spin of restless never

cheese the breeze & dream in cheddar

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