wet then

~

wet then  (  a  p o e m  )



cloud shroud

duck cluck

grey daze

tick tock


green boot

quench drench

blue vue

hilltop


pike dyke

squid ditch

quaff trough

clip clop


sea saw

tor roar

mud thud

ship dock


drain brain

sweep street

nurse earth

pit stop


black crack

cat fish

frog dog

flip flop


hog hop

tap dance

big grin

piss pot


quick step

hen quack

wet then

chip chop

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warps & squall

~

warps & squall  (  a  f u c k i n ‘  p o e m  w h a t  r h y m e z z z z z z z )





hum a drum & tongue a tulip

cousin of the cubist's rubric

mumbles spin in mutant music

staggers of the stand & stall


amp a lamp & gas the traffic

scrambles of the cattle magic

cackles in a crackle attic

flapping bats & badgers brawl


snake a fist & twist a sweater

flaking as the squinter feather

lemonade & garden weather

garbles of the scarf & shawl


pit a dig & trot a foxglove

jigging in the rubber dog's dub

brick a shit & dot the dot stuff

dawdles of the dwarf & tall


hail a snail & tail a comet

a to g & scale a sonnet

trail a toad as boxes frog it

hopping on the road & crawl


ding a ring & rib a kidney

kippers kiss the hissing chimney

whistles tin of nipples slippy

rivers mist the cat & call


own your grow & poke a puddle

caw the crow that blows a bubble

apropros & glow in rubble

portals in the porch & hall


leap the flea & on the office

pod the pea that odds the office

scree the tree & fog the forest

warble on in warps & squall


(  t h e   e n d  )

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nutmeg overlords

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nutmeg overlords  (  h o p e f u l l y  t h e  o d d e s t  p o e m  y o u ‘ l l  r e a d  t o d a y  )





nutmeg overlords

coleslaw cottages

ink-fist folios

lud's church dervishes


lud's church dervishes

cress head weather vane

mam tor mattarhorn

slow-mo oberon


slow-mo oberon

humdrum umbriel

beeswax badger shat

brass band bursaries


brass band bursaries

syntax cinamon

tosspot coventry

nosebleed symphony


nosebleed symphony

robot rosaries

io ivanhoe

bell knell swishing swell


bell knell swishing swell

cracked black pepper pot

potluck puppet punks

nutmeg overlords

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four thousand barn owls

~

four thousand barn owls  (  i t ‘ s  a  b i r d  t h i n g  . . .  )





four thousand barn owls

screeching on the cusp of dusk

five golden pheasants


five golden pheasants

bronzing up a silver birch

seventeen red kites


seventeen red kites

circle in a myrtle sky

fifty rubber ducks


fifty rubber ducks

waddle on a whitsun eve

sixty seven hens


sixty seven hens

gurning on the garden lawn

thirty three jackdaws


thirty three jackdaws

cawing in the dawning at

four thousand barn owls

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blue july

~

blue july  (  n u f f  s a i d  f o r  o n c e  )





hedges row & ants with wings

dragon as the adder sings

allegro of sinking things

roses red & rye


orchards snore & moorland burns

runner beans as summer churns

green is gurning in the ferns

bottle drop & fly


bramble jams & thicket thicks

babbles as the lizard spits

battle bat & wicket stick

shit a brick & cry


colour floats & colour fades

poets poke the sputter haze

stutters in a nutter maze

prickle pig & sty


breezes sneeze & scar tissues

breath is bent as marbles spews

death chars on the barbecue

blue july - & i


rivers pant as pasture browns

thunder drums - the clatter drowns

slipping grips on ladders down

shudder earth & sky

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a squab on the pastures

~

a squab on the pastures  (  a  p o e m  )



a squab on the pastures

a squawk on the lane

as rivers are ringing

& swan is the rain


a puddle of rubble

a bucket of gust

as mud is the mother

& summer is dust


( as mud is the mother )

( & summer is dust )

( as mud is the mother )

( & summer is dust )


a hag in the hedges

a boar in the snore

as badgers are warring

& heather's the moor


a rat in the chapel

a hog on a broom

as loon's in the attic

& magic's the moon


( as loon's in the attic )

( & magic's the moon )

( as loon's in the attic )

( & magic's the moon )


or flop in a coppice

a hop in a copse

of oaken-cloaked rowan

& thicket in knots


a piss on a thistle

a cheese in a wheeze

as ants prance the samba

& dance pants the breeze


( as ants prance the samba )

( & dance pants the breeze )

( as ants prance the samba )

( & dance pants the breeze )


a beat in the bonnets

a croak in the code

as bees buzz a sonnet

& ode's in the toad


a squeak in the peaklands

a frog & a cough

a squab on the pastures

a peak in the troughs


( a squab on the pastures )

( a peak in the troughs )

( a squab on the pastures )

( & reader, fuck off )

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