Sett Poems

Poetry: a Panacea For Poets

...The cud I rechewed // in the riverside // was from a sett of dreadful hemlock // that struck the aquifers of my soul.

Blight glue my night // as mournful as the grave-in my streets // silence defe...

Spring

...twitching noses 
in tussocks
      of awakened primroses

rummaging on hazel boles
hibernating mammals 
poke from the holes

leafless hedgerows 
       where buds now form 
a carpet of whit...

February

...W  I  N  T  E  R
B  R  E  A  K  S
N  A  T  U  R  E
A  W A  K  E  S
G  A  R  D  E  N
A  S  L  E  E   P
&
an oldie reposted

Fields flooded into skating rinks
into which each footstep sinks,
...

I B a D a N

...A city on a set of hills and valleys
Rusty brown roofings a symphony
Of rhythms in colourful harmony
Ibadan a large city with a village sett.

A cauldron of the old and the new;
The
Present
A...

Porc and Cabbage Higareda

...whast dos' he sing of me
that he samples this as 
love
that they might stop
 to write
and sing this as love
must samples be tasted
and talked about
to create words
to speak
lesser of
what ...

Another Day Safe From the Harvester's Jaws

...Out of the burrows and hedges and dreys
Heads began bobbing and eyes were agaze.
Rumours were twittered and grunted and squealed:
‘The combine is coming to harvest the field!’
The moles and the v...

Nature In Hedgerows

...inspired by contest nature theme

Beneath the undergrowth deep
Awakening from a winter sleep,
Hedgehogs stir in nocturnal nuzzle,
Uncurl their defensive puzzle;
Shrews,woodmice and voles
Quive...

Habitatation

...Habitation  Swap quatrain. 


At full moon wolves howl loudly 
Obscured from view, so cloudy,
mist hovers over nearby lagoon
Wolves howl loudly at full moon,

Owls hunt with stealth unseen
V...

As Darkness Descends

...As the sun slowly sets beneath the horizon
the world starts to turn to night's darkness
the shadows gradually lengthen then fade
and a stillness covers the land with mystery

This is the time fo...

Christmas Fire Place

...it soon be the tree
candy youll  see
drum bang
a hey hang
on the tree heavenly
only will sett face to face
by the
CHRISTMAS FIRE PLACE...

The Masters

...h when i was truth i fell
drew boy i grew up
still def still be a cre4ators tool
wipers for the pain tears drop
fear not, fret no baby worrys from the devil. whispers on my ear xrtays , be very afrai...

The Murder of Civilisation

...An Englishman lost in afternoon tea,
Memories of a lotus flower love
Rajas and elephants in Delhi
Livingstone the explorer
Religion to convert

Laurence of Arabia
A leader of men
The Boers and the Zu...

The Bliss Found By Known Site

...Tho join holly the sample is data
Diurnal, in cheek by jowl site
Intimacy is over deeds by, in bliss
Gloss your eyes of tender 
Special in upon pulling out love

In sharp finding of a sett
Tha...

Winter Turns To Spring

...Snowfall so heavy in 'eighty-two
 reproduced a Christmas card view.
A biting wind swirled in one foot drifts
 over hanging in bridges..makeshift.

The fields flooded into skating rinks
 into wh...

Hedgerows

...Beneath the undergrowth deep
Awakening from a winter sleep,
Hedgehogs stir in nocturnal nuzzle,
Uncurl their defensive puzzle;
Shrews,woodmice and voles
Quiver,and quickly desert their holes;
B...

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