ten more proverbs

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ten more proverbs  (  a  l i s t  /  p o e m  )

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a witch in slime waves mime


it snakes shoe to mango


fruity is in the pie of the bee holder


honey is the flute of all weasel


don't sock the stoat


levity is the vole of tit


mess is lore


if the shrew shits - snare it


scawl that litters is not mould


too many rooks soil the broth


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in badger’s tails

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in badger’s tails  (  a  p o e m  )

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bluster, fluster, butter beans & balm

pictures witch in pattered palms

flapjack, flax seed, saddle wax & yarns

phantom limbs in bantam barns


flipflop, fetlock, feather dust & swine

bristles swill in summer's brine

hilltop, milksop, whinberry & wine

rambles song in tangles twine


crofter, crinkle, hobble hop & oast

shapes of face on twinkle toast

hedgehog, hopscotch, hostelry & host

mumble crumbs of jumble ghost


hedge flux, head fucks, triple dips & dales

tumble tongues in fizzle vales

blackbirds, black jeeps, cavalry & ale

bramble breathes in badger's tails

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a year in a walk in a day

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a year in a walk in a day  (  a  p o e m  )

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squawk with the hawk on the knot blossom dawn

leg with the lamb as the hedge flotsam spawns

weave with the green on the osier morn

plot with the land as the bud licks the thorn


sup with the bee on the corncockle spoon

spread with the bed as the snapdragon bloom

fluff with the spawn on the bluebottle noon

waff with the wasp as the fox hums a tune


cob with the nut on the mist riddle reave

fog with the frog as the drop mizzle breathe

web with the wet on the dim drizzle eve

float with the ghost as the tree drips the leaves


flap with the bat on the black badger's bite

ale with the dale as the grass pastures white

twist with the turn on the snow crystal night

crow with the flow as the stove burners light

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spidery

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spidery  (  a  p o e m  o f  s t u f  f  )

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solar storms & frozen lakes

clover swards & open gates

spilling sheep

& swilling sleep

soda bread & water snakes


reverie & quiver quakes

ebony & river drakes

quacking so

& flapping flow

nettle tea & shimmer shakes


lunacy & marble cakes

fluency & garden rakes

clearing paths

& smearing graphs

gallantry & canker brakes


golden finch & silver hakes

fingertips & crystal flakes

dusting on

& humming swan

phantom train & spectred crakes


underscores & undertakes

choral caws & middle eights

spurting forth

& gurning north

trickery & ticker tape


tapestries & stomach ache

sanity & double takes

misting eyes

& wisping whys

spidery & wide awake

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antennae & eye

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antennae & eye  (  a  p o e m  )

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blossom otter sky

leper sweater lullaby

cotton wool bull's eye


clover butterfly

solar summer samurai

mumble crumble pie


stumble bumblebee

stagger blather frequency

jumble jungle tree


apple crackle spy

antler babble alkali

antennae & eye

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