starship parsnip

~

starship parsnip  (  a  p o e m  )

…




vox-pop orreries

leg-drop lotteries

hot-wok chickenpox

hen-peck potteries


mudflap mercuries

nunchuck nurseries

nun-spun bubblegum

bloodbath bursaries


dipstick dictionaries

milksop middle-cees

sock-eye bottleflies

mist-fist missionaries


ten-bob apple trees

foxtrot cavalries

stoat-throat singalong

bat-shat tapestries

...

sing a song upon a hill

~

sing a song upon a hill  (  a  p o e m z  )

…




horus soars as hoverfly

flutter above butterfly

buttercups & eagles eye

sky above the granite mill


sibyls spin as insects crown

ants as king in little town

glistens in a tinsel gown

pissing down on jack & jill


hera cheers as bumble's bee

sups on heather's nectar tea

nipples nip & red the knee

as the badger breezes chill


sulis suns as shepherds nap

sherpas twerp & adders scrap

in the ferns with dragonsnaps

flapping as a daffodil


shiva sheets as jesus sails

in the clouds & shrouds the dales

shiver sheens the tails of snails

whales in vales & green's the krill


odin crows as edges tor

speckles on a freckled moor

circles turn & vistas snore

sing a song upon a hill

...

a bit of a song

~

a bit of a song  (  b u t  n o t  a  w h o l e  o n e  )

…





heads

scrambles

cracks & crows

( cracks & crows )


heads

scrambles

cracks & crows

( cracks & crows )


eggs

jangles

jam & toes

( jam & toes )


eggs

jangles

jam & toes

( jam & toes )


legs

dangles

breeze & blows

( breeze & blows )


legs

dangles

breeze & blows

( breeze & blows )


pens

pencils

sheets & flows

( sheets & flows )


pens

pencils

sheets & flows

( sheets & flows )

...

heads fucked the band

~

heads fucked the band  (  a  m u s i c a l  t a i l  )

…




heads fucked the band

& heads got lice

mistresses & shops

but in the bellend

space


shoulders shat the band

then tailed-off into pads

that's that


knees peed the band

then teamed up with them bees

the breast is histamine

& knobbles in the breeze


so toes went solo

& got a job & bar

& thought of songs of yon

then twinkled

as a star

...

cucumber sandwiches

~

cucumber sandwiches  (  a  r h y m e  z  )

…




whistles of nipples

& ripples of radishes

salmon are crooning

of cucumber sandwiches


mist on the vista

& ladders in languages

tights on a tiger

& cider in challices


pandas in panzers

& badgers in bandages

swooping in stukas

at camels in carriages


sing is the sister

of chatter in chaffinches

shrews on a shroomner

as brassica cabbages

...

 

on a pebble

~

on a pebble  (  2 1 s t  c e n t u r y  b o l l o c k s  )

…




in the middle

of a fiddle

string along

a runner bean


up a pillock

piffle hillock

jack & jillock

vista-haze


as a roman

in the open

pages of a

magazine


down the dungeon

of a sunken

sailor-jailor

onion daze


as an apple

pip & paddle

bobbing on a

scree of green


'round the corner

from the border

of a dowser's

waterways


out the utter

of a nutter

tapping on a

tangerine*


on a pebble

in the speckle

of the yawning

dawning rays

...



















~


( a u t h o r  n o d e s  )


...


* ... not tambourine ...


...

 

stegosaurus sorcery

~

stegosaurus sorcery  (  a  p o e m  )

…





stegosaurus sorcery

pickled onion pillories

seraphin & minerals

singing in the middle seas


murmuration mistletoes

pissing pilchard piccolos

cigarettes & inner-sweats

tingle spindle little toes


canter camel cavalries

galaxies of catteries

rub-a-dub & rubber ducks

badger babble appletrees


clover yeoman overflows

brethren of the broken nose

crickets pitch & wickets twitch

trembles when in romeo


semper ember embassies

leopard lettered leprosies

inking sands & ampersands

rectums sings in rectories


flicker fucker undertows

ruffle rumble thunder-crows

noodle spew & toodleooh

dribble as the riddle flows

...

 

cloudspotting

~

cloudspotting  (  o n e  f o r  t h o s e  n e p h e w i l l i m o l o g i s t s  )

…





cumulus ninjas

nonticulent nozzles

stegosaurus stratus

lenticular inkblots

arcus marmoset

stroke sirrus pareidolia

rain - rain again

& your mum's face

( ? )

...

 

saint john’s warthog

~

saint john’s warthog  (  a  h a g i o g r a p h y  o n  h o l i d a y  )

…



saint john's warthog

gargles, grapes & tartan paint

shakespeare's reindeer

scrolling up the avenue


ishtar's fish farm

john the baptist's badger barks

ding-dong singsongs

as pajama's llama moo


stalin's starlings

murmurate a circled-eight

jack sprat's catflap

portals through to timbuktu


brigid's signet

singing in the river mist

vishnu's blue gnu

sniffin' on a stick of glue


big ben's black rat

trembles at a thunderclap

newton's numbat

hangin' with a cockatoo


enki's pet flea

hopping on a hovercraft

sun tzu's shih tzus

warring in the morning dew


plato's stray crow

lasers, lairds & lemonade

voltaire's mole-hole

taming tales of feral shrew


jane eyre's grey hare

boxing on a silver moor

saint john's warthog

saint augustine's hippo - too

...