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dox ’em all ( lla me’ xod )
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marmaduke mcmarzipan
six crisp crescent
leamington foot spa
pantheus wilson
eighty eight smegma lane
summer settee
susan supernovaton
two bubblewrap avenue
sheep shear shire
gavin magnetron-jones
no fixed adobe
– possibly a ghost
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sesame siesta ( atseis emases )
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is the hum above
but a fly or butterflies?
– open dozing eyes
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pardon? ( ?nodrap )
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where are my car keys?
– quarter past seven
can you smell gas?
– sticky toffee pudding
what time’s kick off?
– the sea of tranquility
do you take sugar?
– nought point five
will it rain later?
– fire salamanders
do you know your postcode?
– long john silver
have you lost some weight?
– six clarinets
cash or card?
– probably osmosis
when’s the next bus?
– sunny side up, please
is there a god?
– try the airing cupboard
have you fed the dog?
– the royal albert hall
is this a poem?
– bicarbonate of soda
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budding song ( gnos gniddub )
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daffodils emerge
underneath a silver birch
as the catkins nap
shoots of mutant green
soon is nearer than the moon
winter caught the clap
off a poet’s pen
when the weir is roaring forth
then the river knows
so galanthus snows
crocus croak a speckled ode
‘neath the gleaming crows
oh, the giddy ants
dance within me thermal pants
as the lamb tail’s sway
on the dozing trees
death is but a stepping stone
far-luh-lar-luh-lay
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secret code – secrete cod ( doc eterces – edoc terces )
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bury fear in february
find the charm in march
& emit time
flowing in wolf gin
seek the lows in owls
spud war & upwards
clod us in clouds
reach for stars or tsars
spinning so in sinning sop
breathing in giant herb
ogle v in glove
see the vole in love
oscillate those lilac toes
santa & satan
live life like an anagram
or
a rag man
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couplets runneth over ( revo htennur stelpuoc )
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scribble piffle pen
peck a rubber hen
pick a pepper pot
hare the ware’s of what
where the air is green
bouncing like a bean
sound in endless daze
chasing laser rays
buzzing in the night
bee the speed of light
badger up a hill
with a feathered quill
bother all the crows
fill the blanks of prose
prance a wanker dance
hornets in y’ pants
pantomime away
in the pissing grey
’til the circuit’s juiced
as the normalzzz boost
knickers in a spin?
– lick minerva’s chin
scribble piffle pen
peck a rubber hen
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actual going bananas ( sananab gniog lautca )
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laters then, lakatan
break a leg, lady’s fingers
godspeed, cavendish
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revenge of the vegetables ( selbategev eht fo egnever )
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blustering brussels
artichokes in farty folks
parping the parsnips
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ten pens ( spen net )
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parker
marker
stylus
pal
dragon
reed
hilighter
ultimate
sheep
calligraphy
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gnomevember ( rebmevemong )
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shave in early august
& wait three months
’til a beard appears
like your jesus in al-qaeda
shrink like a doctor
by at least five feet
wear a pointy hat
toil the autumn soil
shapes within the air
shifting like a cryptid
bulbs beneath the bleak
guard the sleeping garden
speak an elfin tongue
with a pygmy-pixie accent
smoke a giant pipe
toking like a pope
ruddy up your face
with rosy red blusher
spot the falling leaves
see the decomposure
fish beside the pond
’til the water freezes over
dance until december
have a happy gnomevember
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resarf poetry 