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wet underfoot  (  a  p o e m  )

…

pond pokes the puddle & swan songs the land

on boats the struggle & brass blasts the band

splat peas the pasture as lake seas the lea

frog hops the fuddle & sing rings the spanned


duck backs the stature & damp clams the brain

quack squids the faster & drip squibs the rain

thirst blurs the muddle as swish fish the tree

burst cracks the puddle & rat twats the drain


brown boots the burble & drown spews the cud

earth flutes the gurgle & down lutes the thud

squelch roars the chorus as score spores the scree

belch blows the chorus & roar flows the mud


drip drops the otter & brim dims the ditch

lip quips the river & kiss whips the bridge

splodge dogs the opera as splat bogs the key

trod plops the sodden & pop plods the squidge

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howl the owl  (  a  p o e m  )

…

howl the owl & macaroon

pebble dash & pantaloon

powder leg & trouser keg

speckle moon & afternoon

...

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swan a ring of signets  (  a  p o e m  )

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swan a ring of signets

pen a cob of shoot

tin flutes - swimsuits

scribbles on the lute


strike a strum of piglets

pick a string of pluck

hen clucks - ten ducks

diamonds in the muck


lamb a leg of crickets

drop a hat of tap

bat flaps - cat naps

babbles of the scraps


spoon a tune of thicket

throb a gob of sing

drum snares - spun hares

where the fuck is spring

( ? )

...

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a wrong’un turns  (  a  p o e m  )

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bankers, barons, bats & bakers

bathos, bathtubs, apes & quakers

wenches, stenches, tench & trenches

turtles, turf, tor, earth & acres


parrots, farmers, palms & badgers

hocus, llamas, stoats & daggers

pcus, snorkels, doors & portals

carrots, adders, goats & ladders


ripples, hiccups, dips & trad-folk

nipples, slip-ups, hips & backstrokes

easels, steeples, whips & weasles

battles, bishops, bats & asbos


ravens, maidens, suns & sailors

raisins, haystacks, naps & nailers

rumbles, cheese sauce, rum & beanstalks

bandstands, jam hands, slam & jailers

...

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rohteb fo tops a  (  m e o p  a  )

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semaphore & second skins

twirling whirls of seraphim

tumble tongues & solar waves

stutter seeps the stream within


weasel spawn & weevil twins

leaping stacks of underoin

overload & closer shaves

rubble rubs the stubble chin


kitchen sinks & lunar bins

looping owls of scissor swim

downer bouts & puddle paves

kettles kick the teacup's hymn


distant drums & spiral shims

clutching strings of violins

winter storms & wable caves

onions - sing the inner-spin

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