alder every day

~

alder every day  (  a  p o e m  )



polka dot polecats

transcript telegraph

footprint labyrinth

sinkhole saddle wax


lemon grass gas mask

coal pit battleaxe

pine cone cuneiform

sanskrit natterkacks


marmalade mudflaps

green sea bottle grass

snarl gnarl parasol

bark bat badger flaps


saucisson sod socks

slime thyme parallax

sun tongue finger food

hood wood trooper tracks

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songy socks

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songy socks  (  a p o e t r y  )



songy socks as songbirds

soggy as the toad

dale & ale the wassail

lamb & sprang the ode


trad-anon as cobwebs

scramble as the eggs

hood & wood the yonder

hop a frog & legs


passages as pastures

warble as the wall

stone & dry the lichen

rubber duck & ball


vegetable as mangles

dangle as the bat

butterfly the bull's eye

chemicals & cat


chorus caw as supper

wobble as the sky

hobble hop the hare snare

bevel square & pie


nettle spell as bell knells

tingle as the toe

mud & bud the bubbles

fuddle, froth & flow

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squinter in three

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squinter in three  (  a  p o e t r y  )




black box, clog pops, nightingales & flight

dead frogs, hedgehogs - candles moth the light

spatchcock, leaf thief - squinter strikes & bites


midriff, seesaw, crystal key & turn

frost socks, tree snore - whistles stir the urn

citric, tea cup - squinter bucks & churns


primrose, inflows, rubber ducks & leap

spam mail, wagtails - bristles brush the sweep

windows, wind blows - squinter seeps & weeps

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tin kazoos & kangaroos

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tin kazoos & kangaroos  (  a  p o e m  )




tin kazoos & kangaroos

antelopes & ants

spare keys - faeries

daffodils & dance


lion roars & iron ores

polar bears & poles

maydays - grey haze

solar flares & foals


rattlesnakes & applecakes

fingertips & toes

black ties - glass eyes

bungalows & crows


neighbourhoods & hazelwoods

nasal spray & swan

hilltops - milksops

hop a song & on

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hood this bee spring?

~

hood this bee spring?  (  a  p o e m  )




the crocus eye crows

the snowdrop spoons

i psalter a swan

the altar noons


a hillock chill chips

& swill's this song

a burble of birds

as curdles on


the sun a dove dips

& flecks its horns

a snap or a snip?

as nettles swarm


oh, hood this bee spring?

it's reever roar

the gnat in the bean

the door of jaw

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egg’s the feb

~

egg’s the feb  (  a  p o e t r y  )



wobble's the cobbles of cob's the web

talon's the salmon & spit's the spawn

speckle's the settle as shell's the tread

enter's the tenter & dog's the dawn


warble's the chorus of thaw's the thread

muddle's the puddle & ear's the corn

puzzled's the porpoise as leg's the ebb

leopard's the shepherd & shear's the shorn


blubber's the lovers of lead's the head

stencil's the pencil & mud's the morn

riddle's the scribbles as spurt's the spread

bubble's the muddles & bud's the brawn


blathers the badgers of breath's the dead

patter's the pastures & yew's the yawn

ruffle's the rooster as egg's the feb

para's the trooper & storm's the form

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on the twelves again

~

on the twelves again  (  a  p o e m  )




sing a spring of bristles in the fair of the fowl

ale a dale of dingles in the woof of the dog

wheeze a breeze of weasels in the glare of the owl

whale a sail of symbols in the hood of the nod


buzz a fuzz of numbers in the toes of the tor

stamp a lick of letters in the box of the hare

rose a thorn of summers in the nose of the storm

string a vest of sweaters in the knots of the snare


slap a smash of cymbals in the flap of the fly

spin a squid of sybils in the nip of the cat

shat a pat of bullion in the wool of the eye

in a wisp of whistles in the blink of the bat

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on the nines

~

on the nines  (  t h e  s t u f f  o f  f o  f f u t s  e h t  )




anchor, canter, caterpillar key

naval, navel, nasal cavity

hosta, opera, helicopter three


panda, samba, apple battleships

truncheon, luncheon, onion bunion thrips

tenter, sensor, television six


methyl, maple, trestle table wine

circles, gerbils, turtle turpentine

gutters, sputters, spiral spider nine

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