phantom plasma balls

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phantom plasma balls  (  sllab amsalp motnahp  )

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phantom plasma balls

swishing in a winter wood

nimble, little orbs


nimble, little orbs

underneath a blooming moon

orange, red & white


orange, red & white

croaking toads & ghostly groans

in the thicket's black


in the thicket's black

snarling gnarls & badger barks

darkness cloaking oak


darkness cloaking oak

shiver shines the silver birch

scatterings of bright


scatterings of bright

sleep is on sabbatical

wandering the night


wandering the night

out the house & up the hill

be beneath the trees


be beneath the trees

sit upon a rock & watch

phantom plasma balls

...

bat y’ earlids

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bat y’ earlids  (  sdilrae ‘y tab  )

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touch a bud with butter fingers

flutter as a butterfly

up above a buzzard's soaring

sights are sporing in the eye


serpents stirring in the thicket

see the weasels weave a web

as the misted river ripples

roving with the flow & ebb


lick the leaves of green & gleaming

taste the rain as spiders drown

settle on a bed of petals

softer than an eiderdown


suck the sun of lemon posset

breathe the breeze of dangled knee

jangle as the ponds are croaking

thunder rumbles mugs of tea


storming swarms are humming summer

be the bumblebee & sup

hills are rolling over clover

bat y' earlids - listen up


birds are churning in the woodland

lambs are sprang as cygnets ring

circles blearing in the clearing

tongue y' twist & song a sing

...

inspirational

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inspirational  (  lanoitaripsni  )

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a bearded billy goat

smokes a pipe beside the fire


in an old crofter's cottage

as a weasel fights an earwig


to the death or thereabouts

in the bowels of the woodland


& an owl shats a pellet

so the bright moon blooms

...

may contain traces of

~

may contain traces of  (  fo secart niatnoc yam  )

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bat shat

saturdays

sunken suns

that-er-ways


backdoors

waterfalls

syphilis

phantom scrawls


black holes

hinterlands

tinnitus

winterlands


roundheads

cavaliers

badger shit

balladeers


brown cows

black & blues

dogs in clogs

shrews in shoes


grey daze

undertows

shades of beige

bungalows


green man

river mist

nuts in may

bits of list


plum trees

bumblebees

broken toes

poetry

( ??????? )

...

 

all for when it stops

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all for when it stops  (  spots ti nehw rof lla  )

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poetry's the drug

singing in the kitchen sink

pull the plug & glug


scribble is a friend

running with the river mist

twist until the end


blubber as a ball

quack the stuff of rubber ducks

flutter warps & squall


brush with strokes of chin

little bits of everything

pack the fucker in


ghosts are you & i

scatter graphs & scraps of maps

spot the sea & scry


rhyme & chime a tune

row y' boat as roses glow

so & lick the moon


swan upon a lake

dance with ants as summer pants

cheese & eat y' cake


all for when it stops

death's a bloody lottery

win & dot the dots

...

it’s crocuses

~

it’s crocuses  (  sesucorc s’ti  )

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rain but not a drop of snow

thunder rumbles bonuses

shimmer sun & dry the rain

bursting birds of opuses


pigs within a brightened sky

eye & spy the notices

trotters jog a memory

fill the gaps as lotuses


jangle keys & scatter seeds

sesame & open this

seven seas & lemon trees

rosy dozy dosages


sing a song of sink or spring

fuzzes in the focuses

scribble this & lick a toad

box a frog - it's crocuses


...

the clattertrap

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the clattertrap  (  partrettalc eht  )

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a gong upon a golden dawn

as yeoman yoke & yokels yawn

a toad upon a roman road

the splatter of a natterjack


a scrap within the afternoon

as vicars kiss & lick the moon

& snails are chasing wraiths away

as maidens milk & pavements crack


a button in the kitchen sinks

a puddle bursts, an onion winks

& covens in the oven burn

the clattertrap - it sucks us back


a squawk upon a silver eve

as dragons snap & beetles heave

the done of squall as squall is dung

til bedfordshire & shit the sack

...

 

gooses step in boots

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gooses step in boots  (  stoob ni pets sesoog  )

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thunder rumbles drums

phantoms grey & fade

in amongst the dales

snails are on parade


slugs are trudging mud

silver trails of slime

yonder is a swan

cygnets ring & chime


pigs are flying by

finches flapping wings

pippets puff a pipe

ducks are plucking strings


weasels reel a jig

as the cockerels crow

coots are sporting wigs

horses snorting so


badgers slap a bass

adders snake a fist

murmurings of bees

buzzing in the mist


voles are in the head

buzzards strum the sun

eggs are springing legs

rivers on the run


snarks are on guitar

newts are tooting flutes

february is shoots

gooses step in boots


down into the town

underneath an arch

beats on cobbles streets

marching on til march

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