( ? )

pack a lunch & bagpipes

~

pack a lunch & bagpipes  (  a  p o e t r y  )

…




rubber duck & rubric

double dutch as music

muffles puff the duffel

ruffles scruff the tunic


swisher swell & echo

butter cups as yellow

flutter spits the sputter

nutter in the hedgerow


picture witch & mentor

snort a walk as centaurs

singers ring the squinter

tenors enter tent doors


limber jig & sew seed

pinch a pig as pokeweed

romans note the omens

rivers run the nose bleed


dotter eye & seesaw

credently as seashore

spirals squint the cycle

seaman squib the detour


pack a lunch & bagpipes

flash a punch a lamplights

murmurs mist the bursar

spaniels win the catfights

...

 

that er way

~

that er way  (  a n o t h e r  m u d d l e r i c k  )

…




catnip, bin bags, haversacks & hacksaws

matchsticks, chin wags, candle wax & jackdaws

cawing, thread-lead

swarming in the hedge-head

that's it, splish splash, babble axe & backdoors

...

 

lovely poem, by the way …

~

lovely poem, by the way …  (  t r u t h  v e r s u s  l a z i n e s s  )

…



swirling whirls & orangeries

petals kiss the summerhouse

singing songs of feathered stuff

pixie cheese & pantry wank


custard skins & caramel

ribbons peck the cherub chick

blossom hops of chocolate pie

lemon sun & badger shat


finger fudge & pheasant morns

crackles dram the ham of scam

swishing scarves of aahs of stars

chatterings & shards of arse


butterscotch & buttercups

blue moons moo the unicorns

jiggle words of inkling birds

pigshit drips & piddle piss

...

 

list forever

~

list forever  (  a  l i s t  )

…



eider waddles, waffle irons

pipers pipers, divers diving

cider goggles, song of sirens

miners hiding, diamonds hiding


seven blisters, lemon squeezers

maids-a-mapping, ravens flapping

melon twisters, leaden leaders

table tapping, paper dancing


apple crumbles, double-barrels

triple-dipping, scribble slipping

grapple-stumbles, bubble barrels

ninja kicking, scissor snipping


dungeon weather, feather dusters

fractal scaling, dragon slaying

sunken treasure, decks 'n' drummers

babble scraping, badgers aping


vista vicars, kipper suitors

winter cycles, kites-a-flying

wicker knickers, intercoolers

squinter spirals, eyes-a-spying


drunken ballads, salad tossers

river otters, spot o'shopping

jumps 'n' gallops, trots 'n' potters

mirror watchers, ticks-a-tocking


copper cauldrons, y'olden pheasants

cousin dozens, covens stirring

scrumple scrolls & golden peasants

button onions - ovens burning


rubber chickens, pissing weather

spittle kettles, kitchens sinking

pens-a-singing - list forever

stutter's dripping, missions inking

...

windmill invisible

~

windmill invisible  (  s l i p p a g e  &  s p i l l a g e  )

…



slither river squinter glaze

skittle skin & skein

zither scissor ninja maze

blister spleen & bean


speckle kettle marmalade

pebble spa & pan

nettle metal garden spade

marble man & clan


teasel weasel serenade

melon seed & stirred

easel diesel lemonade

feather blurred & bird


butter flutter rotorblade

rubber pluck & chord

nutter muffle motorcade

motherboard & fjord


tinker sailor tailor-made

paper vale & vole

sinker scalar caper raid

mater mole & scroll


alabaster hand grenade

tractor track & toad

adder ladder barricade

shatter load & ode

...

pissing rivers

~

pissing rivers  (  a  p o e m  )

…




spinning scribbles, pissing rivers

at the bottom of the deep

sinking kingdoms, swishing fishers

as the salmon hop & leap


ducking feathers, treading trundles

on the speckle of the bank

fucking blethers − shedding mumbles

sing of pebbles − tossed & sank


jotting muddles, spotting otters

or the mooring of the hen

current rustles, puddle fodder

as the heron swan & pen


running mirrors, flicker races

clear's the sparkle of the vole

humming handel, brahms in places

fhir a' bhàta − rock 'n' roll


mountains spouting, hillocks bleeding

in the water of the rat

trouts−a−pouting, pillocks streaming

of an evening − this 'n' shat


passing bottles, hanging branches

& the dragon of the fly

quacking wobbles, waddle dances

pissing rivers − scribble i

...

 

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

( ! )

...

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

...

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

...










(  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

...

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

...