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lines beside the still freshwater

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lines beside the still freshwater ( retawhserf llits eht ediseb senil )

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nothing rhymes with mallard
orange is the tip

of a rhyme-less iceberg
& their echoes quack

birch above the bank side
gazes like narcissus

or your average selfie
shat on instagram

bubbles neath the surface
from the realm of mermen

maids & mini kraken
otters or a pike

scribble by this mirror
on a picnic table

with a tracker bar
& a can of irn bru

as the breeze is sneezing
though the mist persists

in the snooze of tuesday
waiting for excalibur
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go fragment yourself

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go fragment yourself ( flesruoy tnemgarf og )

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hepatitis bumblebees
buzz a sea shanty

barracuda troubadours
buzzards up above

be the three in binary
diametric sweats

turtlenecks & ducking doves
all you need is glove

supper’s in the oven, love
like a turning shrew

screw the flaky gravy skin
fuck the custard’s crust

may contain nuts in may
escalator – esque

best before the trojan war
scrawl the way home
…

when then

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when then ( neht nehw )

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when predynastic eggs hatch

upon the two land’s sands

as skeins of geese are flying

in shapes of harvey smith

the unicorn’s of yesterweek

will sing of old brython

a parsnip in a pear tree

will parp the easter air

as roundabouts is back again

& burning in the rain

like lemon scented letterheads

& lettuce fresh fatigue

yet tricycles are icicles

a swordsman fought the pen

then narnia united

will win the champions league

…

this poem was raised by badgers

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this poem was raised by badgers  (  sregdab yb desiar saw meop siht  )

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this poem was raised by badgers

this poem is agnostic – but fingers crossed

this poem contains nuts & gluten

aspartame & martian d.n.a

this poem quite likes marmite

this poem is not your long lost uncle

this poem is friends with the gingers

& topples down statues on their behalf

this poem has sixteen nipples

seventeen elbows & forty four eyebrows

this poem is not a windmill

a harpy or a harpsichord

this poem is neither a witch doctor

a doctor or a witch

this poem claims to be shower proof

but would probably drown

in a cloudburst

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november & yes

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november & yes  (  sey & rebmevon  )

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a brimming of ditches

a pond in a puddle

the suck of a lemon

the chequers of chess


the bollocks of autumn

a squawk in a woodland

the sun in the cellar

the moon in a dress


a loon of a leper

the scatters of saturn

& jupiter's blooming

as swans convalesce


the whistles of winter

& felling of timber

the pickles of pepper

the pee of the ess


a bee in a sonnet

a fly in a fire

the flight of the bustard

the mustard of cress


the howl of an owlet

a mumble of stumbles

a sprouting of brussels

the trousers of press


the gloam of the rover

& under of over

a ghost in the clover

november & yes


a vole in a bucket

the cousin of fuck it

december's a member

the rest is a mess

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phrygian leas

~

phrygian leas  (  sael naigyrhp  )

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phrygian leas

spawn of a morning

autumn is calling

hymns on the breeze


hymns on the breeze

fog in the mizzle

plod in the drizzle

wander with these


wander with these

songs in the noggin

follow the goblin

into the trees


into the trees

grasses & rambles

bracken & brambles

jangles of keys


jangles of keys

phantoms & clover

spring in a coma

sputters of bees


sputters of bees

suppers in cauldrons

yonder & golden

colder & sneeze


colder & snaeeze

warmer & chasing

soldiers are pacing

storms from the seas


storms from the seas

umbrella weather

shades of avesta

phrygian leas

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