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interstellar hedgehogs ( p l o v e r t h a t r a i n b o w )
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interstellar hedgehogs chasing rays of star stuff ostriches in sandpits gargle as the lark lazaruses dead frogs jiggles with the dawn's balls seven speckled blackbirds burble in the park bursts of belgian folk odes bits of smurf & tintin as the polecats pole dance & the maidens bark shapes of wraith & covens blips & baker's dozens interstellar hedgehogs sing a song - & hark ...
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stick to the towpath ( a n o t h e r b l o o d y p o e m )
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ants dance in pantries & chapels flap bats snakes shake up ladders & pavements smoke cracks uncles up antes as camels spit toes stick to the towpath & flow with facts ...
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big farmer runs the world ( a t r u e t a l e )
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he creamed it through the atlas
he cheetahed sphere & far
a grin upon his noggin
a whoosh of ooh & arr
he hawked the haunts of northern
& hared the lairs of south
without a stitch of stalling
a straw straw in his mouth
he swished a swish in cities
as traffic crept a crawl
a giant stench of silage
at least sixteen feet tall
he stumbled not in jungles
as serpents stir & hiss
& broke no sweat in deserts
'twas all a piece of piss
he chased the sprite horizons
from eastern light to west
a flash of cap & scamper
a tweed suit, boots & vest
he legged it over hillocks
he raced the rivers' swish
( but swan the bits with oceans
amongst the wrecks & fish )
from john 0'goats to belgium
from tim buck - too - to crewe
'fore home to wed his cousin
she's only two foot two
for miles giles pegged the planet
as earthish firma twirled
& swirled as stars were singing
- big farmer runs the world -
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cloudy lemonade ( a p o e t i c )
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ginger nuts & dust
sputter reams of custard creams
mrs green is drunk
pincers pinch a pew
caterpillars in a queue
uncle sun has sunk
cloudy lemonade
trousers of the turin shroud
creepers on a trunk
statuettes or bust
sunday is a lizard queen
monday is a monk
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gnipmac enog ( p r o p e r r e t r o t i h s )
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ton si siht meop a eseht fo enon era smeop tsuj si siht elbbircs a evah srehto eht ) ( gnipmac enog ...
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windmill wizardry ( a n o t h e r c h a i n o f t a w t )
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windmill wizardry millers & familiars farmers in a den farmers in a den cousin-lovers in a barn mud upon their boots mud upon their boots hoots within a hooded wood mars is on the march mars is on the march starlings on a starry night snarling at the dark snarling at the dark barons bark & bishops bash sweetly in their sleep sweetly in their sleep as the badger cabaret borders on risqué borders on risqué warbles on a wonky breeze witches in a ditch witches in a ditch staring in the glaring at windmill wizardry ...
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things we’ve yet to write about ( l i s t f o r e v e r )
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narnia's llamas the fit of a slipper wizards in winter & wasps in the loft buddleia's cousin or actium's tactics daughters of grocers & roses in frost boudica's boombox & bubblewrap sunday finches of finland & chicken road's crossed flotsam on phobus the kiss of a blister sun on a monday & rivers ( if lost ) ...
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august caws ( a s e a s o n a l j a u n t )
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toad the ode of twinkle toes
in the key of even' flows
squawking on the cusp of dusk
chatter chaff & utter husk
toad the ode of twinkle toes
jabber as the adder doze
spew the shat & adipose
as the pigeons plot a coo
& the parrots cockatoo
jabber as the adder doze
bumble on in bungalows
blow the boat & row y'nose
as the spider weaves a web
& the tide it seeps an ebb
bumble on in bungalows
twizzle as the thistle blows
whistle 'til the woodland snows
dragons snap as orchards soar
daggers dance as badgers roar
twizzle as the thistle blows
shit a brick & sniff a rose
topple walls of dominoes
fingers slip as bushes burn
flop in songs & fronds of fern
shit a brick & shit a rose
august caws & august crows
autumn snores - but summer knows
spring is spinning in a stream
ripple run & river gleam
warble swan as water flows
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poetry iz peas ( a n o t h e r p o e m t h i n g )
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pickle onion hum drum
dub a rubber bandstand
ostriches in sod socks
trumpet on the breeze
butter flutter duster
ring a brindle dingle
wobble wonky watt-knots
nozzles on the knees
spittle trickle tap drip
singing in the kitchen
triple dips a hat-trick
singing in the trees
wriggle as the odes flow
operatic otters
scrambles in the brambles
jangle with the keys
pillocks on a hill's top
mizzle is a milksop
whistles in a bathtub
badgers on the seas
spot a leopard shepherd
mumbles in the jungles
stripe a tiger's wide pins
bumble with the bees
sing to me- oh, muesli
mutants of the moon's spew
yeoman of the yak's shat
chieftain of the cheese
piddle in the sun's plum
gargle in the garden
rhythm is a mistress
poetry iz peas
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from me – to you ( f o r b a r r y c h u c k l e )
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to me - to you the mullet men of grasses green the phrases stained when birds were birds & white the skies a childhood glimpse of rotherham a yorkshire brush the gates & rush the japes & scrapes a scape from school as saplings sprang blackcurrant squash a clucking clock c.b.b.c last century with mulch ado when worms caught birds i chuckled too the pantomimes of afternoon a wonky song from me - to you ...
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