four swans

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four swans  (  a  p o e m  )




once a swan a blizzard sheet

gibbons sing in lizard speak

lepers leap the lemonade

masquerades & parakeets


twice a swan a trickled nib

tickles stick in rippled ribs

coddles egg the escapade

colonnades & fizzle squibs


thrice a swan a gargled flow

bumblebees in bungalows

marble muds the marmalade

puddle lakes & bubbles blow


fourth a swan a curdled rhyme

burbles herb in breakfast thyme

leopards spot the serenade

pepper shakes & pantomime

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catkin nap

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catkin nap  (  l i n e s  f o r  t h e  p i c t u r e  )





crystal lips & squinter daze

weevils weave the drunken sun

rivers twist & weasels maze

winter whips the sprinkle bun


finger tips & potter trots

feathers fleck the otter sky

flicker scripts & polka dots

lemons lick the lullaby


puddles splosh & bristles stream

rubble robes the roman road

summer's swans & colour schemes

murmur stirs the woken toad


portal spawns & phantom scrawls

woodland thaws the warble flap

mistle sings & rubber balls

twinkle tows the catkin nap

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to do

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to do  (  a  p o e t r y  )




crack the nut & bolt the quarrel

bow the flow & roll the cobbles

spurt the dirt & soap the saddle

plot the land & plod the novel


hedge the bet & sea the coral

brick the spit & green the bottle

drink the wine & pine the apple

tree the scree & leave the laurel


flap the crow & stone the fossil

flip the blur & whirr the wobble

swish the fish & wag the waggle

herb the words & sniff the sorrel


pen the hen & squab the squabble

pan the cake & then the waffle

milk the maid & pip the apple

tick the list & piss the twaddle

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( a surfeit of lampshades )

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( a surfeit of lampshades )  (  a  r e w r i t e  o f  a  p r e v i o u s l y  o n  )

 




cheapskate in a dream state paper

plain & black as snow

kisses shite & shattered pen ink

white as frozen crow

clean slates slip as swans sing chansons

spits of feathered songs

so the ruffled stream flows backwards

upwards then we row


slime to meet thy honey maker

itch & twiddle toes

ninja slice & dice an onion

nimbly kneed that dough

bang a speckled y'olden gold gong

thesp & act that one

stir the ghosts for spectral breakast

when the garden grows


garbled scraps & bastard capers

scarpered as me flow

stick to myths & squinter's whispers

knot what folk may know

apples bob & rivers glisten

avalon & on

scribbles in the jiggles wriggle

squits of so & so


fruits of frorests, floss & labour

fizzled quill winds blow

flicker flecks & settle embers

watch them as they glow

ring-a-ring of wrongs etc.

where they should belong

as the rabble rain rants buckets

fuck it - here we go

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folk magnet

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folk magnet  (  a  p o e m  )


thimbles thatch the beans

penguins pepper evergreens

puffin muffins means


purple curtains cats

curdle jams the jungle gnat

adders hatch the rat


quiver winter queens

rivers shovel submarines

buzzards tambourine


herd is hare the pat

air is square the chairman splats

opera ox the bat


blisters double cream

blizzards mutton butter spleens

bubble mezzanine


puddle plugs the plait

warble woads a woven hat

so soak flay - & that

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