~
light be there let ( tel ereht eb thgil )
…
can the goblins see me?
but the wind is plasticine
she is not an octopus
then the seventh century
soaring with the goshawks
underneath the garden
are there swans in swansea?
on a magic carpet
born before the cod wars
february the fifty fifth
farmers farting parsnips
bees in aberdeen
sod a soggy michaelmas
yet the lemon cheesecake
sings another songbook
love me like a mayfly
…
~
dim dawdles ( seldwad mid )
…
sofa comatose
then a stumble rose
mumble in the clear
balladeer of bones
middle night is bright
bolting poltergeist
owl a sound & scape
squawk within a walk
play within a plot
crystal chrysalis
‘fore the yawns of dawn
silver trails of snails
scattering of ash
tattered scraps of maps
pissing in this mist
cabbage anorak
squirms within a book
rain upon the brain
sun is underneath
gleams until the eaves
scumbled umbra hue
leas in lieu of green
warble walrus roar
witch within a ditch
lark in gargled dark
marbled stars of sight
sprite the yellow moon
blooming over hills
purple purring breeze
shapes of phantom badgers
bend is swirling in
spin me back to sleep
…
( author notes )
the moon was yellow last night
& she looked lovely
…
~
august a chorus ( surohc a tsugua )
…
dust is a feather
flutters ‘n’ fleeting
rust is the tether
the deign of the done
laugh is a ladder
adders ‘n’ weeping
ink in the bladder
a snail on the run
salad’s a tosser
weasels ‘n’ weaving
cannons ‘n’ fodder
the kiss of a nun
pied is the piper
drummers ‘n’ beating
time is a tiger
the cream in y’ bun
scrawl is a trooper
easter is sleeping
shoot the computer
a laser, a gun
dawn is a walrus
even is creeping
august a chorus
& fade with the sun
…
~
4.44 a.m ( m.a 44.4 )
…
as the turquoise cat
& the boy
from under the sofa
play a yellow cello
on the tip
of your left elbow
as the purple moon
in the corner
of the pantry
wails a tale of whales
in the kippers
of the morning
& the snoring shrew
in the shoe
beyond it all – or
clouds of thereabouts
over ghosts
of underneath
where the chorus crows
in the swirling
of a circle
as a mountain hare
pips the innards
of a pear
( so there )
…
~
four voles ( selov ruof )
…
~
four voles ( selov rouf )
…
one swan sings a song
two shrews sniffing glue
three fleas leap a tree
four voles – on a stroll
…
( author notes )
& apparently
according to
the stats
the most popular
name
for a hamster
last year
was barry
with 97.8 %
of all males
& 87.3 %
of all females
named barry
throughout the world
& on the moon
too
which must have been
a fantasy
back in the nineties
but we’re the modernest
( relatively speaking )
yet
so there
p.s
i made that
hamster fact up
but hopefully you
already knew that
& this is what passes
as a joke
’round my way
– cheers
…
~
ffo gnidnuos ( sounding off )
…
never eat shredded wheat
the midlands is a buffer-zone
only troll the b.b.c
& n.p.c’s on twatter
karens, cunts & cannibals
weasels of this human zoo
monkey-skunks with tongues of dung
bitching shit in village pubs
alcohol is muppet juice
wear a pair of rubber boots
leather is the skin of death
meat is callous carnage
kiss the twists of river mist
adders lie in pasture’s grass
i am not y’ fucking gimp
stick y’ mask up y’ ass
gold is old but silver’s birch
words are birds & butterflies
ash is flash & oak’s a cloak
from sping – until the autumn
war’s a scam & all’s a stage
convid is a ponzi scheme
jesus is an octopus
earth’s an egg & mars is green
venus shines beyond the night
try to write by candlelight
with a quill or fountain pen
faces hide in clouds
sing a hymn in libraries
poetry’s a diary
prosody’s a lottery
the internet is not your friend
…
( author fuckin’ notes )
does anyone else remember nostalgic recollections?
i love looking back – to the days when i used to look back
( it’s twice as warm then – with doubly lovely blinkers on )
…
~
piss another proem ( meorp rehtona ssip )
…
once upon a yarn
underneath the moon
as the badgers barked
with the village loon
so the annals wrote
in amongst the dross
when the spectres float
& the bishops toss
turning circled sleep
over once again
in the middle’s mist
mizzle is the rain
mares within the air
retribution’s now
butchers dreamt a death
eaten by a cow
bakers burnt the cakes
poets kissed the stars
venus sings – begin
jupiter & mars
hark, the howl of owls
& the scribbles pen
once upon a yarn
something happened then
…
~
an open letter to a local ghost ( tsohg lacol a ot rettel neop na )
…
dearest headless horseman
stalker of the moors
haunter of the heather paths
phantom of the peat bogs
frightener of hikers
clergymen & cub scouts
‘tween the night & twilight
on a shadow donkey
fearful spin thy dark yarns
first the stench of sulphur
mint & pickled onions
then a howling wind growls
as your form emerges
flee or else be feasted
eater of the lost souls
‘mid the mist & frost
all your socks are washed
& your underpants – too
so come home soon
dinner’s in the oven
love phyllis
x
…
~
flimflamdemia fatigue ( eugitaf aimedmalfmilf )
…
asses ‘n’ gasses ‘n’ muzzle the masses
sing in a spin of the onions in pickles
eagles in trusses & sheeple on busses
larks in the garden – a shit in the thistles
weasels deceiving as beetles are heaving
dung in a dungeon, the rubber of riddles
puppets in pockets & lizards in lockets
muppets are lapping the pap of the piffles
piss in the papers – the barrels, the scrapers
lions not liars – the pricks in the middles
tossers are turning, the blither is burning
earth in a flap with a touch of the sniffles
( oh no )
…
( author notes )
” worse things happen at sea, you know “
( eric idle )
…
~
penance poem ( meop ecnanep )
…
i shall paint the humber bridge
with a toothbrush & a prayer
yeah, i’ll count the shifting clouds
of a breezy afternoon
i shall sweep the forest floor
& the oceans undertow
with a hop but not a skip
& feed the planet’s gannets
i will raise the dodo so
from the dozy realms of death
& then deck the rubber walls
in them halls of amenti
as i sing the hymn of sisyphus
& tantalus’s tongue
’til the forty fourth of august
underneath the blue moonbeams
…
in my defence
this poem was written
with a pen & a pad
& without a bloody mask on
– so there
…
resarf poetry 