…
pacing the daylight
forwards & backwards
after the index
worms catching blackbirds
possibly this like
space-time’s curvature
rearrange the furniture
& run with the bath
while pants fly
blessed be thy pencil
penicillin letterheads
iceberg penfriends
cucumber-esque
winking like a wanker
rhythm is a chancer
normal is a yawn
in a rancid hair shirt
flapping with flags
so flows leg it
haring on the grass
guess the restless rest
strums the blooming moon
soon is a poem
gone was a song
…
…
tailbacks both ways
hazelnuts & cobwebs
pickled peppers, plums
pecking orders, pectin
steam trains, paper planes
tractors & combines
turtle doves, turpentine
second hand underpants
fly-tippers will be
shot with water pistols
trespassers may be
chased by hefty heifers
squawk with us, darling
let the nettles sting
singing songs of starlings
starfish & lead mine shafts
led by o.s maps
not gingerbread crumbs
drawing boards or desks
– sort of august-esque
september sucks
like your grandmother’s mouth
sun from the south
then rain from the west
…
…
perseus millet
carotene steve
miss ing-katz
martian marshley
captain wetwipes
diagonal lesley
zulu chester
juju julie
the jenny wren reverend
mister e. box
nigella nunchucks
señor cumulonimbus
…
…
what was your last meal?
do your elbows go blue too?
is god a chaffinch?
…
( author notes )
thoughts & prayers go out
to all the poor, poor victims
of this horrifically tragic haiku
… hashtag stay brave
…
…
osogoth norris
oxbow jenkins
peony stevensley
mike brassica
borage smithton
nathan in a cable car
clive of the greenswards
bugonia joneson
aztec gavin
marina cobwebs
arthur codswallop
& your shadow
…
…
meeting king midas
after he’s just had a wazz
& not washed or dried
…
…
five fat chaffinches
chariots of fireflies
motorway jam sets
~
ice cream vangelis
episodic bird scarers
ruffle your crow’s feet
~
pan is a panda
valkyries in waxed bikinis
aspidistra this
~
climate cult sirens
fruit cake bots in green jackboots
grey day afternoons
~
hedgehog holidays
scrumping blueberry moonbeams
splendiferous shite
~
hosepipe hosiery
rumplestiltskin’s swingball serve
is a hunchback hand
…
…
matsuo basho
is hiding in the pantry
behind the freezer
…
…
jerusalem soup
roast beowulf plus trimmings
jabberwocky cake
…
…
twelve flymos droning
eleven bullocks chasing
ten tarquins blocking roads
nine wankers glamping
eight cornettos melting
seven welly wangers
six gingers burning
five wasp stings
four bursting bangers
three love bites
two farmer’s wives
& a cuckoo in a peach tree
…
( author notes )
we wish you a merry summer
we wish you a merry summer
we wish you a merry summer
& a happy new autumn
– ho, ho, ho
…
resarf poetry 