form

degrammar

This form consciously wrecks normal English grammar, not a new idea. In some poems, I’ve borrowed from other languages, including computer languages. I’ve removed small connecting words, and assembled concept words in imprecise order, to loosen linguistic context. Just as I chaffed against the rectangular border of photographs, so I’m chaffing against over–precise English language.

Regrow image: published • Son • Program • final tv big • … a much for we … • tension nitro ego • watch the desire of love to exist • flock state • create new killer our fear • kinder

epigram

These are not formal classical epigrams.

Al–Qaida • Islam • San Francisco • Science • The USA • The West • Fear • Politics

fixed

Accelerating is Language English • and then there’s the mediocre mouths • cathedral level court court • China Poem image: uses powerful language • Chopin And The Chilli Wars image: published • christmas card poem • create new killer our fear • discard • 6 • easter sunday • england corrupted • Fenland Sketches • 1 • garden • ghost • glist • green • A Horrible Day • ici, pour les enfants • my father was a ufo • Namings • America • Norfolk • Keighly • Sandy • oh dear what a pity there there • Old Funeral Music • old man Keats • Poetry • Copyleft • The Pub Quiz League image: published • remembering the das image: uses powerful language • Reply • scratby • server room • shrines • still biting • the three monks • this ‘bright’ life • To Let • Too Fast To Stop • The Trumpet Blown • uncivil law • criminal • upset • when the trains first came

fugue

JS Bach was the master of the fugue. Tunes repeat, invert, stagger, slow, quicken, transform; concurrent contrapuntal counterpoint. A poem fugue is merely spoken repeated until the person reciting runs out of stupidity.

Fugues • More Fugues • Pop Fugues

oiku

A haiku is a short serene observation. An oiku is a headbutt.

angle • bacon • english garden • grand • look rich apple grows • lou reed

prose

advocate • Animal Magnetism • Higg’s Boson • Why The Black Background?

ranting poesie

A “Ranting Poesie” poem is for pub philosophers. It should be simple to recite whilst drunk. It should flow through the mouth, without being obvious. It should challenge belief.

The Clarion • beer and pindar • lord pisswater’s clarion image: uses powerful language • little diddems • bigot reinforcement • an engineering rush (i) • the argument • homework image: published • Poetry • select • Copyleft • uncivil law • centuries • money • invention • health

royal

regrow image: published • father

rhyme rhythm

Accelerating Is Language English • green • My Difficulty With Melancholy image: published • Reply • Slough, Pronounced In French, Is “Slug” • The Trumpet Blown • uncivil law • 53 • Underneath The Loch • Box Number • Is It Coffee In The Blood • North Of Kylesku • To Let • Wake Up, Wake Up, Oh Slippery Snake • an engineering rush (i) • a song so dire • Tobacco’s Such A Treat • Poetry • Copyleft • Box Number image: set

sonnet

I’ve only used two rhyming schemes, the traditional Shakespearian ababcdcdefefgg, and an immediate scheme of aabbccddeeffgg to alienate the content.

Her Catching Eyes image: published • An Ode To The A14 • • On The Sonnet • Tring • in cynic adverati • Scorpion • uncivil law • maid • We, The Fell • regrow • son • … a much for we …