( ? )

& six

~

& six  (  a  p o e t r y  )

…



scatters in the cattle tracks

cataracts & ring

axles in the candle wax

badgers flap & sing


rudders in the undergrounds

sputter sound & sense

dragons in the run-agrounds

shudder pound & pence


tenors in the afternoons

marmalade & shred

talons in the pantaloons

parlour maid & bread


manga in the anagrams

rowan trees & rocks

canvas in the caravans

poetry & knocks


merlin in the myrtle wine

stir's the eye & blurred

turnips in the turpentine

bursts of pie & bird


serpents in the spindle trees

shit the beans & bricks

diesel in the middle seas

symphonies & six

...

one to five

~

one to five  (  a  p o e t r y  )

…




stagger stags the swan

adders antiphon

matchstick saddle song

cat skin saucisson

babble on & one


castor cracks the shrew

pollux cockatoos

bollocks buckles shoes

tuppence tangos spew

otter socks & two


lightning strikes the tree

riddles middle c

triple's ripple scree

triton's trilogy

blindness, mice & three


horsemen ten the door

spectacles of saw

seasons wall the floor

seaman crawl ashore

lizard legs & four


boron vees the hive

aether oars alive

pentagrammic drives

number mumbles dive

fingertips & five

...

 

spots ‘n’ specks

~

spots ‘n’ specks  (  a n o t h e r  p o e t r y  )

…



sunken suns & double checks

puddle crumbs of jumble jets

bumblebees & sorrel trees

drunken songs in bottle necks


river mist & weather decks

fingertips of feather flecks

timpanis & spindle trees

seven sees in rubber necks


tapestries & triple sec

tangle knees of bramble steps

pedantry & peasantry

summer spurts in turtle necks


gamma rays & castanets

salad daze of alphabets

symphonies & apple trees

dribble on in spots 'n' specks

...

inky sounds

~

inky sounds  (  t h e r e ‘ s  n o  h a r m  i n  c h e c k i n g  )

…




vesting, vesting

swan, two, string

flap the shat

& song the sing


nesting, nesting

swan, two, lake

egg the leg

& shoe the snake


cresting, cresting

swan, two, newt

eye the sky

& hoop the lute


wrestling, wrestling

swan, two, mask

hood the wood

& hat the tracks


necking, necking

swan, two, throat

clear the blear

& coat the stoat


tenting, tenting

swan, two, peg

toss the dross

& dredge the keg


sweating, sweating

swan, two, brow

quill the hill

& till the plough


flexing, fleshing

swan, two, three

crow the stones

& po - et - ry

...

 

bread holes & ket rolls

~

bread holes & ket rolls  (  a  p o e m z  )

…



lawn scrolls & dead bowls

& shed in the hedgerow

war in the warbles

& swell in the yellow


flip foals & spring poles

& cook in the cuckoo

badge in the badger

& cash in the cashew


oak shoals & fish knolls

& rot in the forest

rat in the rattle

& drop in the porridge


bridge voles & bank trolls

a spot in the hopscotch

ship in the bishop

& hop in the swashed pot


road coal & hot tolls

a stash in the ashtray

rake in the baker

& ash in the sashay


bread holes & ket rolls

a toe in the thrown seed

pea in the peasant

& bone in the nosebleed

...

fluster pops

~

fluster pops  (  a n o t h e r  p o e m  )

…




apples, babbles, battleaxe & castles

rattles, chapels, parallax & paddles

poodles, noodles

feudal student strudels

barrels, mammals, haversacks & shackles


pencils, pebbles, devil debts & trebles

eccles, speckles, vessel wrecks & freckles

lemurs, femurs

bumble beaver weavers

stencils, temples, metal fence & nettles


bubbles, muddles, smuggle ups & snuggles

scuttles, shovels, knuckle nuts & doubles

cymbals, tingles

twinkle spindle dingles

puddles, pummels, shovel dust & shuffles


prickles, nipples, slipper mats & wriggles

skittles, spittles, river mats & ripples

onions, luncheons

sunken cousin bunions

skittles, fiddles, inner-flaps & pickles

...

 

down dale

~

down dale  (  a  p o e m  s t r o k e  s o n g  )

…



heather & weather

a vat in the view

mirrors mist mizzle on moors,

pheasants & peasants

a rat in the shrew

puddles mud fuddles on tors


hillocks & pillocks

a hare in the chill

mackerels wreak haddock at heights,

apples & battles

a pear in the swill

bantams snare phantoms at nights


ruffles & truffles

a stoat in the coat

muffles mud scuffles up slopes,

adders & ladders

a gnat in the goat

squirrels spit riddles up oaks


hoodlums & woodlands

a glade in the glen

squinter squits drizzle then sings,

weasel & teasel

a page in the pen

portals pore water then wings


dingles & shingles

a step in the spring

kettles sing nettles of braes,

quivers & rivers

a spin in the sing

feathers fleck speckles of daze


wizards & blizzards

a thorn in the stride

tangles spat brambles in me,

echoes & yellows

a hedge in the mind

evergreen bees in the lea

...

s h r e w s

~

s h r e w s  (  s o m e  p o e m  o r  o t h e r  )

…



s onic sister sun sorbet

sabre sailor straightaway


h osta hobble hideaway

hooded hyphen holiday


r undle rubble ricochet

ruffle roses runaway


e asel eagle émigré

echo elbow everyday


w icket warble watwerway

whippet wrestle wren wednesday


s ilver sausage saturday

solar saucer stowaway

...

 

a shropshire ladder

~

a shropshire ladder  (  a . e  i n  t h e  h o u s e  –  m a n  )

…



hen i was swan & bendy

i burred an iceman splay

" div sounds & nouns & spinneys

but knot your harp array;

sieve pearls - wah hey - & uzis

but sweep your pansy tree "

but i was swan & bendy,

snow juice to squawk to me


hen i was swan & bendy

i whirlwind whey again

" the tart is trout & wooden

was weather gibbon in vane;

'tis maid with thighs-a-sentry

& scold for breathless boo "

& i am shrew & bendy

& crow, 'tis spew, 'tis spew

...