gossip bollocks

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gossip bollocks  (  a  p o e m  )

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bull chimes the butcher & spew slimes the fat

chew chugs the duchess & splat frogs the rat

brew sings the spinster & blow dons the hat

row oars the dustman & ship shores the shat


burr spurs the barber & bark slurs the inn

whirr purrs the poacher & squirm stirs the skin

groat goats the grocer & stroke chips the chin

speak bleats the farmer & brim rims the bin


toss roars the doctor & twist snores the tail

dross spores the chorus & mist draws the vale

dusk dicks the baker & shit spits the ale

floss rolls the baron & rust stubs the nail


tea spoons the vicar & flight moons the sprawls

dim muds the tutor & shite runes the walls

bash spins the bishop & heave hues the scrawls

lip licks the lemon & swipe pips the balls

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four swans

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four swans  (  a  p o e m  )

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once a swan a blizzard sheet

gibbons sing in lizard speak

lepers leap the lemonade

masquerades & parakeets


twice a swan a trickled nib

tickles stick in rippled ribs

coddles egg the escapade

colonnades & fizzle squibs


thrice a swan a gargled flow

bumblebees in bungalows

marble muds the marmalade

puddle lakes & bubbles blow


fourth a swan a curdled rhyme

burbles herb in breakfast thyme

leopards spot the serenade

pepper shakes & pantomime

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catkin nap

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catkin nap  (  l i n e s  f o r  t h e  p i c t u r e  )

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crystal lips & squinter daze

weevils weave the drunken sun

rivers twist & weasels maze

winter whips the sprinkle bun


finger tips & potter trots

feathers fleck the otter sky

flicker scripts & polka dots

lemons lick the lullaby


puddles splosh & bristles stream

rubble robes the roman road

summer's swans & colour schemes

murmur stirs the woken toad


portal spawns & phantom scrawls

woodland thaws the warble flap

mistle sings & rubber balls

twinkle tows the catkin nap

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re this poem

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re this poem  (  a  p o e m  )

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she sieves the wood & sniffs the moss

that snores the floor & drinks the troughs

or sips the dew that frills the fosse

in depths of feb & spews the toss


she crows the stones & walls the wails

that whale the bones & sprawl the dales

or span the land that folks the tails

in ghosts of towns & browns the ale


she voles the vales & scales the hills

that mole the moors & ring the chills

or knells the bells that spell the still

in wisps of sing & spills the quills


she fasts the vast & stings the bee

that wars the wasp & spins the scree

or storms the cup that teas the sea

in dreams of dust & rusts the key


she greens the swards & leafs the hedge

that rows the grow & fogs the sedge

or bogs the sod that sucks the legs

in quacks of ducks & fucks the head


she spits the shit & spurs the penned

that flaps the shat & stirs the blend

or blends the stirs that turns the bend

in drips of ink & then the end

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to do

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to do  (  a  p o e t r y  )

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crack the nut & bolt the quarrel

bow the flow & roll the cobbles

spurt the dirt & soap the saddle

plot the land & plod the novel


hedge the bet & sea the coral

brick the spit & green the bottle

drink the wine & pine the apple

tree the scree & leave the laurel


flap the crow & stone the fossil

flip the blur & whirr the wobble

swish the fish & wag the waggle

herb the words & sniff the sorrel


pen the hen & squab the squabble

pan the cake & then the waffle

milk the maid & pip the apple

tick the list & piss the twaddle

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the shoots

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the shoots  (  a  p r e m a t u r e  s p r i n g  t h i n g  )

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songs spin in kettles & whales sing in bones

dales vales in islands & dials ring in tones

sun whirrs in sugar & gales wail in tea

sting clings in nettles & still stirs in stones


ducks quack in rivers & fowl flap in fairs

owls wolf in woodland & howls rouse in hares

scuzz speaks in speckles & buzz snores in bees

fuzz flecks in fettles & lists tick in where's


toes tip in futures & snow drips in drops

flows slip in stupors & flips spit in flops

plod squawks in porpoise & pods scheme in peas

jog sticks in jangles & jan jams the plot


runes spoon in riddles & rhymes worm in roots

mud mucks in middles & slime squirms in boots

beak speaks in squinter & deep sleeps in tree

ships sieve in wander & yonder - the shoots

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