~

the animal offensive  (  a  p o e m  &  t h e  t r u t h  t o o  )

…

wombat battleships

hare air carriers

snark armadas

hedgehog hovercraft


aardvark arsenals

goshawk fighter jets

frogmouth frogmen

brown owl tiger tanks


penguin paratroops

black swan bomber squads

spider snipers

bugbear legionnaires


merman mercenaries

catfish cavalry

panther panzers

ibex infantry


shark artillery

bat battalions

toucan troopers

red fox special-ops


marching marmosets

war, roar unicorns

on, treecreepers

fuck you, zookeepers

...

~

a pageant of penguins  (  a  dream & perhaps a poem too  )

 

…

a pageant of penguins

a chatter of chaffinch

an efit of peewits

a legion of egrets

a sparkling of starlings

a barrow of sparrow

a curfew of curlews

a bread bin of redwings

a custard of bustards

a finger of finches

a smidgeon of pigeons

a carrot of parrots

a weasel of eagles

a cupboard of buzzard

a goblin of robins

a murmur

of crows

...

~

syntax saddle wax  (  a  p o e t r y s  )

…

hopscotch otter socks

tosser lottery

prosody's a

podded pea


big gun bunion sun

onions in a dome

shining like a

chromosome


tut, tut cardigans

lather as a larch

cabbages are

on the march


pen then, morris men

togas when in rome

worm squirms in an

earthen tome


spew blew mutant moon

magnets on y' back

pave the wave - don't

smoke the crack


syntax saddle wax

fodder froth & foams

horses snorting

hippodromes


hi-fi libarary

skittles in a line

hare's the air

& sylphidine


bat flap babbleaxe

gargle garden gnome

pots in holes &

scrolling home

...

 

~

come soon for supper  (  a  l i s t  s t r o k e  p o e m  )

…

the lady of the lakeland car park bust-up


colonel mustard's flustered bustard


captain birdseye's pirate cousin


rameses the gravy train spotter


uncle sun & sister blister


prussians in the russian squinter


snap, crackle but pop's gone weasel


ganymede & bring a bottle


badgers from andromeda


...

 

~

of dogs & dinners  (  a  p o e m  &  t h a t  )

…

when the sun sinks down the sofa

& the fisher crowns a cobra

signets seven sing a coda

poets ponce on spring in winters


then the moon is cack & crackers

kangaroos & badger knackers

swishes swooshing as the clappers

rubber balls & squall that glimmers


as the minstrels mince of mittens

ribbons, rum & britain's bitterns

scuffles, scuff & fluff of kittens

fiddles, fleas & fish in rivers


bend the breeze in which we flutter

spin in ink as pencils sputter

scribble is a friend & fucker

sing the song of dogs & dinners

...

 

~

( yet more spillage )  (  o n e  f o r  t h e  p o n d  d r e d g e r s  )

…

panpipe piracy

ladybower ladybird

strontium nostrils


bagpipe binary

easter island christmas trees

lemon red trousers


hookworm library

swans upon a rubik's pube

eiffel tower owls


cackpipe winery

window screens & pinto beans

goose stepping mothers

...

~

trar luh lar  ( 3 0  s e c o n d  r e a d  ,  n o  f e e  c h a r g e d  )

…

warble scrawls as woodlands ring

petalled bells & nettles sting

wings within the drips of spring

reservoirs of repertoire


sirens on the grain & ale

whales upon a sliding scale

squawks up in an autumn dale

inklings pissing on a star


yoke the eggs of scrambled codes

music breeds with prose in odes

so it rains & vans shat loads

- yodel from a cable car


rabid swans of avalon

marbles, mars & babylon

everyone is trad-anon

bards & bars of trar luh lar

...

~

‘igh brows  (  p r o b a b l y  j u s t  a  w r i t i n g  e x e r c i s e  . . .  )

…

'igh brows?

low nose


knee caps?

hat hair


jazz hands?

brass neck


fish lips?

trout pout


toe nails?

peg leg


bear arms?

back woods


tongue tied?

chinstrap


red cheeks?

arse rash

...

~

another week effort  (  &  f u c k  t h e  p u n  w e a s e l  w a n k e r  f u z z  )

…

marmalade mondays

sparkles in a darker shade

ants within the pavement cracks

marching as a parlour maid

marmalade mondays


kangaroo tuesdays

flopping on an avenue

past the tudor rose of flats

gloaming as those romans do

kangaroo tuesdays


morris men wednesdays

skipping in a ribbon's fish

as the pheasants parallax

pissing imps of limericks

morris men wednesdays


lemon curd thursdays

jumbles in the mumble peach

river runs & dripping taps

sucking as a lucking feach

lemon curd thursdays


pigeon pie fridays

thatterway & plane the skies

left a right in feathered flaps

( saturday? the same applies )

pigeon pie fridays


twiddle thumb sundays

sunken on a feather bed

chapel bells & scrapping bats

singing swans & dead ahead

- marmalade mondays -

(  g a s p  )

...

 

 

~

p o e t r y  (  p e r h a p s  . . .  )

…

 

pictures of eels

tickle rabid yachtsmen


penguins - or else

trumpet roving yodellers


prising ox-eyes

tracing racing yaks


poor old easter's

ten red yams

...