mist the bus & catch the fog

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mist the bus & catch the fog  (  y o u ‘ v e  l e f t  t h e  b l o o d y  i r o n  o n  )


mizzle mettle kettle sing

mist the bus & catch the fog

spring it spurs a petalling

babbles bat the travelogue

piddle puddles pedalling

freckles frog on analogue

speckle dogs & swirling things

purring in the catalogue

( ? )

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tsol meop

~

tsol meop  (  a  p o e m  o f  m i s s i n g  t h i n g s  )




dockets in pockets, a vole in the head

warbles of wallets & balls of the thread

locks in the locket or cats up a tree

thrashings at matches & flaps in the red


tingling teasels, an inkling of hay

spindling needles & sun on the day

spun of a sputter as kingdoms of keys

sleep in the aether & pigeon of clay


bricks of a fourth wall, a scrawl in the scribes

slipping in shortfalls as roundabout slides

down as the trousers or scuttles at sea

singing in whispers of giants & tribes


bundling parcels - a garden or two

mumbling marbles in spew of a clue

mist in the mizzle on riddling screes

music in gargles, a sparkle & ewe

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codswallop sausages

~

codswallop sausages  (  a  p o e m  )



codswallop sausages

jam hands & bandages

amps in the ampersands

antlers & sandwiches


antlers & sandwiches

sandbars & partridges

stars in the tarsal glands

parsnips & varnishes


parsnips & varnishes

eggheads & beverages

lint in the hinterlands

pickles & relishes


pickles & relishes

hostas & hostages

rams in the telegrams

codswallop sausages

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hot cross bun spun

~

hot cross bun spun  (  a  p o e m  )




sultana swirl pool

drift-fisted lent bent

crocus as chocolate

marzipan splashback


pants in the pantry

black currant rabbits

crossings & droppings

raisins & spices


baker's sun elbows

golgotha's rising

citrus peel glove-child

apricot maelstrom


sundays & burnt stoves

toasted with butter

honey or gravel

pebbles & stones

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on the agar man

~

on the agar man  (  s o m e  a n a g r a m  s t u f f  )



steel be in beetles & rates crack in racetracks

eat less in teasels & fame sacks in face masks

clerics in circles

& lubbers in burbles

eels end in needles & yaks chat in haystacks

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b-sides

~

b-sides  (  a  t r u e  s t o r y  )





balsamic bibliophiles

baffling binary ballet bats


bottomless boshevik baptist beards

berating belgian berets


biometric badger balls

bollocking blustering bacchic buns


bubble bursting bumblebees

barking beneath balaclavas


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whittles in me pickles

~

whittles in me pickles  (  r h y m e s  l a t e  2 0 1 7  )





pincers crab the apples

drizzle spits the spittle

feathers fluff the ruffles

topples in me skittles


whispers witch the cackles

yeoman blow the whistles

tossers cock the shuttles

wingers in me dribbles


guessers grasp the grapples

fuckers bone the brittle

grocers sprout the brussels

tingles in me tickles


even songs the chapels

builders shit the brickle

shimmer shims the shuffles

swindles in me swivels


thunder storms the castles

weasels stream the trickles

doubters snout the truffles

hammers in me sickles


burbles squirm the squiggles

dabblers dab the dapple

winter coats the duffel

nibbles in me quibbles


dodgers jam the raffel

triggers kiss the pistols

buskers miss the bustle

muddles in me mickles


spinners bowl the battles

sibyls mist the riddles

burbles burst the bubbles

whittles in me pickles

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( my other x is a spot marked i )

~

( my other x is a spot marked i )  (  2 4 0  s y l l a b l e  r e a d  )





cabbage splats of shattered glass & broken bottle screws

savage spats of parrot flaps & token cockatoos

tattered scraps of scattered maps & goner bomber crews

pottered on in pigeon slacks & utter otter shoes


biscuit bits of trickled drips & honey puddle dew

twisted wisps of fingertips & sunny muddle through

wicket whips of knelling bells & steamy kettle spew

singing songs of mirror lands & hopscotch rendezvous


highland flings of salmon leaps & howling kangaroos

silent drips of gallons leak & drowning avenues

pilot tings of roaming toads & greasy elbow glue

seeking self & sensing sen as misted meadows rue


endless bends of roman roads & gusting prussians blue

restless ends of john o'groats & thrusting timbuktus

headless blends of hazy daze & dusty residue

meet again & kiss the rain then cue that déjà vu

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