( ? )

starship parsnip

~

starship parsnip  (  a  p o e m  )

…




vox-pop orreries

leg-drop lotteries

hot-wok chickenpox

hen-peck potteries


mudflap mercuries

nunchuck nurseries

nun-spun bubblegum

bloodbath bursaries


dipstick dictionaries

milksop middle-cees

sock-eye bottleflies

mist-fist missionaries


ten-bob apple trees

foxtrot cavalries

stoat-throat singalong

bat-shat tapestries

...

a bit of a song

~

a bit of a song  (  b u t  n o t  a  w h o l e  o n e  )

…





heads

scrambles

cracks & crows

( cracks & crows )


heads

scrambles

cracks & crows

( cracks & crows )


eggs

jangles

jam & toes

( jam & toes )


eggs

jangles

jam & toes

( jam & toes )


legs

dangles

breeze & blows

( breeze & blows )


legs

dangles

breeze & blows

( breeze & blows )


pens

pencils

sheets & flows

( sheets & flows )


pens

pencils

sheets & flows

( sheets & flows )

...

cucumber sandwiches

~

cucumber sandwiches  (  a  r h y m e  z  )

…




whistles of nipples

& ripples of radishes

salmon are crooning

of cucumber sandwiches


mist on the vista

& ladders in languages

tights on a tiger

& cider in challices


pandas in panzers

& badgers in bandages

swooping in stukas

at camels in carriages


sing is the sister

of chatter in chaffinches

shrews on a shroomner

as brassica cabbages

...

 

saint john’s warthog

~

saint john’s warthog  (  a  h a g i o g r a p h y  o n  h o l i d a y  )

…



saint john's warthog

gargles, grapes & tartan paint

shakespeare's reindeer

scrolling up the avenue


ishtar's fish farm

john the baptist's badger barks

ding-dong singsongs

as pajama's llama moo


stalin's starlings

murmurate a circled-eight

jack sprat's catflap

portals through to timbuktu


brigid's signet

singing in the river mist

vishnu's blue gnu

sniffin' on a stick of glue


big ben's black rat

trembles at a thunderclap

newton's numbat

hangin' with a cockatoo


enki's pet flea

hopping on a hovercraft

sun tzu's shih tzus

warring in the morning dew


plato's stray crow

lasers, lairds & lemonade

voltaire's mole-hole

taming tales of feral shrew


jane eyre's grey hare

boxing on a silver moor

saint john's warthog

saint augustine's hippo - too

...

big upzzz

~

big upzzz  (  f o r  m e  b r e a d b i n s  &  m e  l a u n d a r y  b a s k e t s  )

…





the loch ness hamster

the frogs of frogget edge

dee jay hatchling

m.c leprosy

the pygmy shrew masseeef

&

the costa concordia crew

...

ink this

~

ink this  (  a  p o e m  )

…





ink this

fingertips

feather dust

hat scraps


train steams

butter beans

rubber ducks

quack passed


grey daze

badger blue

dagger dance

backpacks


frog hops

jiggle june

tinsel winged

bat flaps


plane-brains

podded peas

red & green

blackjacks


cod-socked

mackerel moons

pantaloons

cashback


gasmask

ganymede's

pebble-dashed

flashback


seesaw

sauropods

conkers crack

- that's that

...

 

queen anne’s lace

~

queen anne’s lace  (  a  p o e t r y )

…




white in the lea's pit

a beacon of soap


handkerchiefs, nighties

a wedding or rope


hangs as a basket

a bastard or bat


lives with the lizard

the serpent & rat


sneezes in woodland

or patches of grass


flecks as a phantom

of feathers & gas


whiskers in whispers

& up with the lark


wild like a carrot

but blind in the dark

...

probreacsolu

~

probreacsolu  (  a  t r u e  l a s t  t h u r s d a y  a f t e r n o o n  s t o r y  )

…




mist a parcel

sunken onions

as the marbles

shit the sack


larks are singing

as the village

chitter-chatters

spinning cack?


wraiths are fading

fuzz & phantoms

as the buzzard

bats a flap?


glisten in the

whistle's bristles

on a hillock's

tractor track

...

7p in change

~

7p in change  (  p e n s  n o t  k e y s  )

…



pistachio pencil-case

pea-pod pianissimo

panzers pancake pacemakers

plaster pockets pygmy pike

pendulums plum pillories

parsnip palmist peregrine

piffle peewit peekaboo

...