newt juice

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newt juice  ( because the palm ate the great crested smooth )





season mashing bubbled squeaks

triple-killing double speak

feather brushing blackened streaks

wobble legging

cobbled streets


wooden gifting tickled greeks

spittle shitting piddle creeks

phantom handing rubber cheeks

river misting

sunken peaks


apple flapping mustard meek

startle stifling custard cliques

devon roving cloven feet

tartan painting

highland chic


even masking nipper sweet

fickle dripping woollen bleats

thunder drumming distant beats

cauldron dripping

y'olden teats

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stubble stubs the stuttered dawn

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stubble stubs the stuttered dawn  (  a  l i s t  f o r  a m p e r s a n d  e n t h u s i a s t s  )





speckles speck the shepherds shorn

& spiders silk the fly

ripples rip the river torn

& apples pip the pie

pencils neck the picture drawn

& dangled hangs the sky

pheasants peck the glistened lawn

& spindles spring the spry


brambles wisp the phantom fawn

& noodles stir the fry

gutters ooze the thunder's brawn

& tingles toot the high

badgers blast the bastard horn

& sprinkles squint the eye

sweaters lump the jumpers worn

& whispers psst the spy


yeoman yoke the yokels born

& otters shoe the dry

millers spill the wheaten corn

& knitters string the ply

steeples sneeze the weasel spawn

& squawkers small the fry

clover cloaks the woodland thorn

& nettles cress the thigh


bishops rook the chequered pawns

& heaven reds the dye

buzzards bee the bumbled yawn

& greeters grieve the by

stubble stubs the stuttered dawn

& kippers twist the tie

bubbles brush the blustered morn

& stumble on scum i

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splinters spin the headboards

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splinters spin the headboards  (  a  l i s t  –  p o e m  )






serpents snap the cheesecake

silver steels the gold hoards

seconds stem the stopwatch

weasels sprawl the floorboards


bumpers chase the tailgates

bottles green the glass gourds

totters toss the flopped frocks

letters speck the blackboards


curtains gawp the checkmate

yorkers stump the ash lords

tangles vest the whatnots

battles span the chessboards


gravel grasps the handshakes

saxons cross the tea poured

teeters tow the top notch

guesses yes the snowboards


romans nose the blind dates

lasers ray the day wards

silence ticks the stopped clocks

spindles dim the switchboards


myrtle quacks the mandrake

wonder strums the spun chord

eagles swoop the hopscotch

music sweeps the keyboards


shrapnel splash the cheapskates

porpoise trawl the norse fjords

polka dots the odd socks

easter eats the scoreboards


baffle heaves the backdate

pencils pen the sell swords

hobbles bob the hogwash

splinters spin the headboards

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snail mail

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snail mail  (  a  l e t t e r  –  p o e m  )





ranting pants & antelopes

dancing ants & saddle soap

flocking frocks & hand grenades

fodder froth & anecdotes


swishing spells & telescopes

pissing wells & stethoscopes

fencing posts & barricades

paper trains & battered boats


shocking spots & horoscopes

hopping splosh & opera cloaks

falling balls & masquerades

scumble spun & undercoats


stamping licks & pencil notes

twisting quills & mental-oaks

peeing s & escapades

letters in 

& envelopes

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ten poems to write

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ten poems to write  (  a  l i s t  o f  t i t l e s  n o t  t i t t l e s  )



never love a lollipop lady



adolf's secret lovely twin



when elbows were ankles



the chelsea flower show massacre



my bubblewrap hell



when swans were gerbils



a funny thing happened to me on the way

to the place where funny things happen



tinnitus, the sonnet


when eyebrows were lethal



& jesus, the acid-welding years



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marbles in the garbled muckrake

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marbles in the garbled muckrake  (  a  p o e t r y  o f  s o r t  )




clasping rays of thrashing daybreak

laser chase & smashing tailgates

muddles in the splashing puddles

fuddles in the dashing cheapskates


reeling flaps of wreathing sea snakes

serpent snaps & speaking cheesecakes

apples in the reeving grapples

baffles in the heaving backdate


gasping grasps of flapping handshakes

gravel grit & quacking mandrakes

piffle in the laughing drizzle

mizzle in the mashing milkshake


eyeing views of woven dilate

cloven hooves & roman blind dates

speckles in the omen freckles

heckles in the foeman checkmate


spinning piles of toppled hotplates

second lives & gobbled hotcakes

idles in the hobbled rifles

trifles in the bobbled lightweights


dancing prance of settled stagnate

shattered glass & metal classmates

spaniels in the freckled jangles

pandas in the speckled pancake


shaking quakes of thundered birthrates

gurgled mirth & umber earthquakes

myrtle in the sunder burbles

hurdles in the blunder birdcage


ducking darts of startled heartache

bric-à-brac & partial partake

gargles in the parcelled fardles

marbles in the garbled muckrake

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pigeon coups & pirouettes

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pigeon coups & pirouettes  (  1 6  l i n e  s  o f  w o b b l e  j u i c e  )





fishing swish & pissing sweat

pigeon coups & pirouettes

shipping seeds & pissing seas

skittles in the silouettes


catting traps & flapping flesh

misting maps & missing guests

ripping gist & wheezing breeze

wriggles in the wrinkled flesh


howling owls & clouding jets

scowling frowns & jousting specks

spouting sounds & housing trees

jiggles in the minarets


popping clogs & flopping flex

fleeing frogs & epithets

specking logs & sleep in peas

ripples on the internet

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fish in mope

~

fish in mope  (  a  s i g h  )





plucking hens & clucking nestles

fucking pens & thrusting pedals

plucking air & sucking pebbles

hopping splosh & spin in speckles


gasping breath & thrashing mettle

clasping clefs & masking treble

facing bass & chasing freckles

pushing on & dog in kennels


dredging wells & shelling sheckels

knelling bells & yelling heckles

felling trees & wheezing feral

sinking ships & shitting vessels


missing cats & stinging nettles

sticking facts & clinging kettles

pissing swish & swishing petals

fish in mope & hope things settle

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