Canapes
We perch Parma ham,
boo champagne Communism
a Coup-driven scam as with Stalin
On Holiday for St Marys
Oh ! Terribili :
no more singing, in August
by The Choir, la'.
Post Coup
Aftermath : buses
have to run on time, beyond
The Revolution.
Riviera Shuffle for Jenny or, Flip Flop
All the sexual young unwrapped
women have fled to the beach, or, gone
body out of reach.
Lord Of The Flies William Golding (1954)
The evening screaming
of rioting urbs perturbs,
in street anarchy.
Habitation
Your floor, door smaller ?
the scale of Ukraine war
breaking, entering.
Le Quotidien
Once the rapture vaste
d'amour tendre est finis,
jeu fatigant, then ? moins le pour cinq
O To Break Loose ex Near The Ocean (Lowell '67)
I did break loose. All
life's grandeur is something with
Anna in summer. proxy pour Jenny
Quarantine Future for S Hilton (ex Cameron)
Social media :
banned, like the handheld device,
the pose Avatar.
The Forum
What may be done, though
with the millions ga-ga,
unable to know ? and thus vote
Unwritable Haiku for redaction
Taylor Swift reasons b. 1989 Pennsylvania
her girls Finger Lickin' gals
good, strung in the mood.
late July+ for August 1st
On North Sea Oil
Screech-faced Miliband Homeric epithet
who ran out of film Fish Tank Andrea Arnold (2009)
caught lying again ! cf. The Liars (CT)
Gap Years (The Gray House)
To Portland, Maine twice,
thrice. They banked me a living :
remember Abby.
The Fall Of France 1940
A litre of wine pour les soldats
a day : The Maginot Line
gave dazing courage. or, phoney
Salad Days (2) for C Machado
August, I savour
knowing well of November,
a day shortening.
August 2nd
Marsden Laureate for The Duke of York
Simon Armitage,
our Yorkshire seagull, doth hymn
Royalty divine. if not Apostate
Formless for her Tutor R. Lowell
Of Wodwow, to Crow
from the horror show of Plath, cf. Larkin on
a bad example.
Fate or, Wyrd Wierd
There was no other
trolley, you might quip, wryly
pre-destination.
August 3rd
The Burnished Cross
The Red Flag Party :
go ! to join Stalin in hell.
Vitae, CDU ! Christian Democratic Union
Chaucer The Roman
The leading lady
of Norman literature :
huge, The Wife Of Bath.
Angst Littoral
Grieving in August,
we can but ache for somer seson (Langland)
dans Septembre tard.
August 5th
The Regent's
Park seagull boating
Lake birds adore pedalo,
calm on their mooring.
Natasha Said ex sermon The Rev'd Beccles
Days of poor sunlight :
Church musical heritage,
the important thing.
Venal Saudi
What did Tony Blair
know, to bank $10 million
from The Killer King ?
August 6th
Preparation
Missing a Greek dawn
above Talacre, I fixed
our glass storm-boarding.
Churchill Angst
Albion : between
The Devil, and the deep blue
sea ; Hitler, Stalin.
The Fatal Error
Quelle probleme ? Mega-
lomania in Prussia, ou, megalomanie
Iron Cross, The Blitz. on every bomber
Deja Vu 3 for Enid Blyton
Gosh ! reading about
Panzer tanks, in the Ukraine
again. No ! Panther !..
Paradiso for Alison
To enjoy Heaven,
you have to have been through Hell
via Limbo.
Villa Of The Winds (351 A.D.)+
Rebuilt, the Villa
Ventorum panel plastered Bruton Somerset
fresco, mint pastel. or, fresh
Over-furnished or, Kitsch Galore
The cramper villa or, launder
and binger Surrey mansion.
Strip back, to Roman !
Before Sedan Battle of, Sept. 1st/2nd
The Beach At Trouville
Monet 1870,
painted en plein air.
Surrey Sex (5) for Billie Piper
From juke box Gin bar
to leatherette brown sofa, imitation
she, a leopard skin.
August 7th
Travel Ban ref CRRT
The pain terrible :
of not seeing France again,
as if I, Wordsworth.
August 9th
Tasked Aerobics for Mia (Fish Tank)
Stiff ! A long way back
to washboard, a midriff nu or, bare
of jivey Sharon.
Yapping, Edgy
Languor, of August,
sung for The Dog Days, tangent,
never ; earth, to crust.
August 10th
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