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jiggle-in the june

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jiggle-in the june  (  a  s e a s o n a l  d o l l o p  o f  j o l l o p  )

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romans in the clover

aquilegia legions

tennis elbow hedgerow

silver serpents spoon


sugar for the shudders

blisters of the vistas

badger-hands in foxgloves

scatter mat & rune


dragonfly & damsels

swarming swords & sandals

tangles in the brambles

buzzards hum a tune


pollen pox & nectar

fluid of the druids

rhododendron fresco

echo at the moon


sneezes on the breezes

spotted-socks & cheeses

pipers in the pasture

iris afternoon


mumbles in the jumbles

wickets, sticks & crickets

scribble on the milk-skin

jiggle-in the june

...

 

another shopping list poem

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another shopping list poem  (  a  l i s t  &  a  p o e m  . . .  )

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almond milk

walnut bread

frankincense

shakes


marbles back

tartan paint

ricin flakes

cakes


evening cloaks

screaming popes

coats of oak

capes


fennel seeds

nettle teas

kettle drums

breaks


marmalade

marzipan

chilli jam

grapes


bubble-wrap

bubble-bath

custard skin

flakes


compasses

tins of figs

cans of worms

- snakes


conifers

calendars

colanders

dates

...

 

( … )

~

( … )  (  s o m e  l i s t  s p i l l a g e  )

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rhythm's spittle

sand & pebbles

crackle static

plums


pickled onions

pens & pencils

rubber chicken

necks


badger magic

spins & spinach

metal kettle

drums


mug o'builders

moths & candles

peasant-pheasant

pecks


bread of leaven

imps & inkling

kitchens sinking

crumbs


plains of paper

trains & trawlers

sail y'later

wrecks


warbles bauble's

fists & fizzle

number punchers

sums


jumbled mumbles

lint & listing

ticks a'ticking

- checks

...

 

whitsun’s children

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whitsun’s children  (  p o e m z )

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buttercup fingers

clutching at green straws

plasters & pastures

snakes in the hay


tangles in brambles

spin on a hillock

glue of the goosegrass

stick in the step


born on a picnic

twinned with the polecat

castor & pollux

bollocks et al


sting in the nettles

bruises & bat flaps

flutter as pencils

quill in the gaps

...

 

passengers in paper planes

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passengers in paper planes  (  1 1 2  s y l l a b l e  r e a d  )

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scrawl aboard - the captain calls

scribbles on a holiday

cattle in a folded sheet

fingers slip & up away


origami metal bird

chocs wahey! & toodleooh

ants below are ants below

aether is ceiling's blue


hobble whirrs of turbulence

slipping on a butter breeze

wobble as a hoverfly

feet above the rugged seas


passengers in paper planes

flying through the living room

darting to the carpet then

crashing with a silent boom

...

 

blather nuts & dust in may

~

blather nuts & dust in may  (  a  p o e m  f o r  t h e  m o t h  o f  t h e  m o n t h  )

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cattle prods & castaway

badger dancer cabaret

sniffles in the garden nose

roses glow as hoses spray


gargle on & thatterway

natter ladder saturday

slithering in adder socks

otters hop as osses neigh


seasonally & penguins sleigh

triggering the manta ray

breezes weave a whistling

ribbons imp the maiden day


morris men & branches sway

holographic holiday

tingle spindle ninja spine

shining as the rising hay


pasture grass & potter's clay

scribbles in a squirrel's drey

laughing gas as chaffinches

chatters chin the passageway


taurus turns & snores away

lemon sky's the water's way

gemini's the scatter-rush

blather nuts & dust in may

...

 

dipping sheet

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dipping sheet  (  r h y m e s  f o r  y o u r  m i n d  )

…


bonce upon a bog of peat

heather beds the trundle's sleet

polka dotted otter socks

shuffle sun & sugar beet


barble birr as tossers tweet

thunder tongues in jumble's heat

gibber jerks the chickenpox

carrot tops & parakeets


fingers burr a buttered beat

custard skins the syrup suite

circles of the spotted dots

spheres of ears & whirrs of wheat


spinning plates as weasels eat

waving in the mead 'n' greet

jotters of the padded locks

gibber stream & river sweet


natters on a nutter seat

scatters of the pasture's bleat

inking six & ticking clocks

seven seas a phantom fleet


patters dance on cobbled streets

shepherd shims in skidding feet

singing songs of watt the flock

pissing ink & dipping sheet

...

a scribble a day

~

a scribble a day  (  a  p o e t r y  )

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a coroner stirs in croaks of crow

an orator birds & stokes the glow

that prattles the gleam

& shafts the stream

in twinkles of toes as roses row


a peasant then preens in dips of dawn

as kettle-hens steam & fist the morn

that badger the sky

& bats the eye

in bollocks of shine & shites of yawn


a smuggler snails in trails of slime

a juggler scales the dales & climbs

the tips of the tors

on hawks of moors

til scrawling - it balls - & yon, we rhyme


an officer wisps as hats-a-don

a forager whips a splat upon

the scrap of the page

that maps the maze

a scribble a day - & song - we swan

...

 

pheromones in velodromes

~

pheromones in velodromes  (  m y  o t h e r  p o e m  i s  a  c o b w e b  )

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pheromones in velodromes

telephones & metronomes

lepers lick the lemonade

megaliths & megaphones


baritones in badger bones

chaperones & granulose

cymbals ting the fingertips

river twist & saxophones


undergrowth of undertones

rumble rose & thunder tones

bunions sing the nutter mist

butter dish & onion domes


xylophones in pilot homes

hydrophones & fire zones

spiders spin the lyricist

in a bit & wider roams

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