alladin’s magic lamprey

~

alladin’s magic lamprey  (  ‘ n u f f  s h e d  )




coleslaw caterwauls

splashback avalon

hedgerow pencil case

flapjack pinafore


mu-moon monolith

basalt sausage bogs

black hole iodine

tenpin tesseract


whiplash avebury

sidecar carnival

salt sunned spider-eyed

mam tor parallax


nosebleed libraries

mudflap mercury

gas mask serpentine

- save the maypole cat

( ! )

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yodel with pheasants

~

yodel with pheasants  (  a  p l a n  /  n o n r i c k  f o r  t h e  p i c  )





the tenant is peasant & swollen nodes

as lemon's the segment in robes of toads

& wither's the windmill

so hit the hills

& yodel with pheasants on roman roads

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jungles swing the mumbles

~

jungles swing the mumbles  (  a  t r u e  t a l e  )



extras, spectres

zebras stripe the tigers

leaches, screeches

leopards spot the frogs


dangles, scrambles

buzzes, bugs & spiders

horses, courses

water, warts 'n' hogs


blisters, sisters

mizzle mists the yonder

thunder, hungers

simmer sings the ode


carrots, parrots

slither anaconda

forest, forage

stop & lick a toad


balmy, barmy

army ants are marching

nifty, swiftly

fifty hundred legs


tardy, snarly

canopies are barking

tipsy pixies

pygmies hunt for heads


orchid, florid

jungles swing the mumbles

lemurs, creepers

tingles ping the spine


wriggles, jiggles

gibbon on in jumbles

fiddles, scribbles

winging vine to vine

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(  a u t h o r  n o d e s  )

this poem is set in the generic-amalgam jungle

hence the mishmash of different animals

from different continents

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it’s ten

~

it’s ten  (  t e n  l i n e s  o f  t e n  s y l l a b l e s  r e  t e n  )




green gleams the bottle & speckled's the hen

frog hops the throttle as piss squids the pen

dowsers in trousers & farmers in dens

downing street's weasels are marching again

clatter commandments & flutter's the wren

butter's the nutter as clutter's the zen

fingers with thumbs in plus extras in fens

looping the yule lords when leaping the glen

over october in inkblots & then

onto eleven etc. - it's ten

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lost poem

~

lost poem  (  a  n o t e  )





poem missing

have you seen it?

wormed & mongrel

bites if cornered


& you're ginger

lives on daydreams

cake & nectar

winged & feathered


seven antlers

toes of oboe

feeds the pigeons

wonky nostrils


floats on puddles

boats & bubbles

born last whitsun

( cash if caught )

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circles in the burbles

~

circles in the burbles  (  a  p o e m  &  m e o p  a  )




...

circles in the burbles

knuckle dust & buster

swans-a-song a linger

fingers in the butter


fingers in the butter

limber spring & squinter

sing a dawn o' walrus

tortoise in the sprinter


tortoise in the sprinter

suckle sun & teeter

riddles spin the piddles

scribbles in the aether


scribbles in the aether

bubble burst & bursar

pincers pip the apples

mammals in the murmur


mammals in the murmur

natterjacks & natter

turtles tooting scooters

surplus in the adders


surplus in the adders

xanadu & looters

higher pi the vocals

kippers in the suitors


kippers in the suitors

rosaries & oval

lemon teas the curdles

twinkles in the tonal


twinkles in the tonal

stutter, slur & hurdles

gurgles in the gerbils

circles in the burbles

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pentecost goggles

~

pentecost goggles  (  a  p o e t r y  )




pentecost goggles

ptarmigan armbands

brass in the bandstand

hedgerows of hedgehogs


hedgerows of hedgehogs

haversack handstands

jam in the jangles

turin shroud trousers


turin shroud trousers

tentacles tether

bundles of trundles

candlemas ankles


candlemas ankles

canterbury - kraken

dragons & scanning

pentecost goggles

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return to town

~

return to town  (  a  p o e t r y  o f  p o e m  )




scribble, fiddle

hobble, hop

whistle hat

& bag


dribble, drizzle

wobble, stop

shiver hand

& flag


enter, scramble

people zoo

travel card

& bleep


tenter, dangle

bramble through

apple cart

& seat


chatter, shuffle

purple rinse

sputter brake

& hiss


natter, muffle

myrtle mist

nutters, snakes

& piss


totter, toggles

uniforms

pensioners

& schools


toddlers, tossers

unicorns

venturers

& spools


grinding, gazing

scatterer

climbing hills

& down


winding, grazing

aperture

chiming tings

& town


ambles, ganders

shit 'n' shat

grey's the sound

& gloam


dangles, wrangles

schism-flaps

station bound

& home

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’tis curly spring

~

’tis curly spring  (  a  p o e t r y  )




'tis curly spring - the crocus crows

& quivers speak the sea

it's pearly birds - too spoon the rose

as scissors squeak the bee


'tis songy sing - a walrus dawns

& warbles in the whist

it's donkey wings on peasant morns

as morsels door & twist


'tis eggy legs - the chaffinch church

& swan the blossom buds

it's messy heads - the serpent purrs

as otters spur the mud


'tis pearly maze - the raisin fries

& thunder wheels the scars

it's swirly days - drey eye to i

& slummer steams so star

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