Poem

acrostic of don’ts

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d illydally on the way

or play with safety matches

atop a bale o’ hay

o pen the unlucky box

with mustard gas, electric shocks

or play leapfrog – with a triceratops

n otice the declining lines

as observation is the gimp

of faded since from former times

t ickle a great white shark

or mince through

any urban park – after dark

s norkel in the hepatitis c

or climb the wall covered

in h.i.v

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a load of old bollards

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b elgian barn owls
betelgeusian butteries


o peratic opticians
ox-eyed daybreak


l evitate like ladybirds
listless lies londinium


l unar sea shanties?
lo, the larking lollards sing


a ntlers on a postcard
actium – but fought on land


r aspberry ripples in
radio wave functions


d enmark is an urban myth
diabetic dodos suppose


s trontium dogs bark
somewhere in limbo landfill

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of the tangibles –

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minding your missives
like so & so’s post-it-notes
( please excuse the gaps )

the last gasp staggers
on let’s bee avenue
( perhaps – the mishaps )

rearranged faces
of the tangibles & not
( guess which one frowns next )

you became paper
scribbled with the spider’s ink
( black plus white is grey )

now is yesterday
then is when the cowslips come
( home from the green fields )

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sun hat saturday

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sun hat saturday
ring us in the morning then
when the grey turns gold

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( author notes )

thanks to anyone that reads these silly, tongue-in-cheek poems. i’ve lost quite a few subscribers recently – but we crack on when we can. off to work now, have a good one