~

barking dogs are sawing hedges ( a true story )

…

barking dogs are sawing hedges

as they're storming through my head

poems hide beyond the edges

so i just write this instead


startled cars are passing sirens

not quite what my muse had planned

telephones on noisy islands

hopefully you'll understand

...

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( some call it gibberish )  ( author notes  – i  ****in’ wish … )

…

mandates, marmosets

dum-dee-dum-dee-dee-dum

popcorn, leprosy

my prize plums


penguins, wishing wells

wobble-wibble-wooh-hop

barnets, barnacles

bop-bop-bop


flipflops, cauliflowers

wabber-dabber-doo-dah

cobwebs, fancy pants

tra-la-la


toenails, monoliths

jibber-jabber-doo-doo

dodos, bubblewrap

yeah-yeah

ooh

...

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where to write  (  a  t r u e  s t o r y  s o  n o t  r e a l l y  a  s t o r y  t h e n  )

…

on the settee

when there's shit on telly


under some trees

as the breeze tickles knees


sat on the bog

if you're not shatting logs


scrawl in your bonce

if you're walking the dog


upon a peak

when the day is grim-grey


under duvets

with your torch in p.jays


on the bus home

rock 'n' roll - fuckin' yes


sat at a desk

with its sheets

& this mess

...

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save the …  (  a  v e r s e  )

…

save the whale

& the bee

save some face

plant more trees


save the shit

with its rhymes

save that nick

stitched in time


save the coins

& the strange

scrimp like shrimps

'til it rains


save & hope

fingers crossed

or surely

all is lost

...

~

drama queens  (   a   s  h  i  t  e   b  u  t   t r u e   p o e m   )

…

us dumb apes live in bubbles

some efforts then their muddles

a green shoot, a new dawn calls ( ? )

then bliss - the same old struggles


such storms within these bubbles

we live to feel their fuddles

a bubble burst yet that's far worse

that's actual fuckin' trouble

...