~
the truth about train conductors ( srotcudnoc niart tuoba hturt eht )
…
they’re always born
on a wednesday teatime
delayed because the trees
went on strike
so there were no leaves
to use as an excuse
on the lines between the stations
& other destinations
as gremlins nicked the sleepers
senior management ate quail
& another swan dies
on the duck pond of despondency
…
~
poetry’s a spanner ( rennaps a s’yrteop )
…
sing a song of sinking sand
inking with a hidden hand
dwindle in a mirror land
spot y’ doppelgänger
pissing on the garden lawn
of a twisted misted morn
as the farting farmers yawn
gargle martian grammar
see beyond the jibber’s swan
jabbering the bland of yon
grab the dunce’s hat ‘n’ don
stuttering a stammer
runcible’s the silver spoon
nincompoop the afternoon
we, the piffle’s children loon
waving not a banner
picking pickled prosody
paper plane this odyssey
every sock’s an oddity
when the ham’s a hammer
am’ the dram’ of river flows
quiver then the feather blows
scribble on with broken toes
poetry’s a spanner
…
~
box ticking limerick ( kciremil gnikcit xob )
…
there was an eskimo
stroke ruritanian
dwarf with no elbows
& ginger-carrot hair
since dyed purple
identifying as goat’s cheese
or the blackpool tower
climate change refugee
test tube orphan
dyslexic prole
with halitosis
from down where the docks is
– who ticked alotta boxes
…
~
ess posting ( gnitsop sse )
…
spider scrawled scribbles
silly sausage sob stories
stamped slimy snail mail
…
~
july salad ( dalas yluj )
…
elsanta claws
strawberry cryptids
treehouse fledermaus
thrombosis bossa nova
clover trombonists
toe dip diatribe
iceberg letterheads
lettuce in the post
man o’ war mornings
cervix with a smile
cats in orbing balls
willow the whiskers
spring heeled sprinklers
jack o’ the greensleeves
athlete’s foot spa
deep blue barbecue
…
~
rain dance off ( ffo ecnad niar )
…
clops upon the roofs
it’s the cloven hoofs
of a pygmy goat
underneath the grey
sailors reel away
on a pea green boat
prancing with the lamb
when the welkins slam
as the treetops waltz
yonder trots a fox
jigging bits ‘n’ bops
when the sun’s horse bolts
thunder rumbas drums
gutters speak in tongues
when the frogmen tap
fading in the close
shades of twinkle toes
then the rainbows clap
…
~
actual effing monkey nuts ( stun yeknom gniffe lautca )
…
bat shit tamarinds
mad macaques with loosened screws
lunatic baboons
…
~
more definitions of a poemz ( zmeop a fo snoititnifed erom )
…
songs from beyond
a bonce upon a time
missives in the mist
tusks upon a tongue
ghosts in the post
letters from the otherlings
the notes of a scrote
on the worldwide cobweb
prose & music’s mutant
offspring offerings
rhymes from the original
channel effing tunnel
scribbles & quibbles
in your rotten cabbage diary
yet my sweet achilles
heliotrope
…
~
genie haiku ( ukiah eineg )
…
mister impish thee
djinn within this magic lamp
giz a wish – or three
…
~
poets on strike ( ekirts no steop )
…
quell the feathered quills
sleeping now like arthur
toss aside your vellum
put down your thesaurus
the book of synonyms
untie all cravattes
lob the trusty ink well
as if a molotov
in the rubbish bin
outside the town hall
mindful of section five
on the picket line
with all the marxist bards
who’d like to buy a house
before the revolution
as then we’d all own nada
we, the fuming few
the ginger lovechildren
of music & prose
with vestigal toes
we, the unsung glue
blue plaques of the future
who kiss the ruddy cheeks
of miscellany’s anus
chanting – give us freebies
cash & online likes
poets on strike
so write your own shite
…
resarf poetry 