Short Construe Poems

Do I construe me?
Do we see out each other?
Please, tell me do ya?...

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Ink of my skin doesn't define me, 
                   nor does it construe my poetry....

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i'm pushing aside

                                   contort or construe not me

                                      drinks even have limits...

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The joy in the writing,
  all reading to construe

Spoken loud with one’s own breath
  —a vanity so true

(Villanova Pennsylvania: September, 2016)...

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The Doc said, "You need diapers, without ado!"
"But why?", he asked, it being hard to construe
"There are two reasons why,"
The Doc said with a sigh,
"The reasons are number one and number two!"...

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I see no sign of forced entry...
just copper suns and cornflower blue,
have you been here all this time?
I cannot recall inviting you,
and now all my voices are a chatter,
with threats I cannot construe.
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Beauty is not what you see typically.

                     One’s words, acts and selflessness

                                      construe it.




Bite Size Poem no34 Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Line Gauthier 
Date: 26-01-2022...

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Nevermore 





Never in my dreams
could I construe his intent,
As always ersatz...
Abysmal tears of content
dry up in deceit sometimes.





Written Feb 17th, 2016
For contest "Never always sometimes" 
Sponsor- John Lawless...

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Just like everyone has a price
And school children contract lice
Life is a such
And it will put us through much
But without pain 
How are we to build character
And without character
Friends will be few
As there will be no knowledge
We can construe...

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Listening through the words in a Beatles song
written by John Lennon
I thought of music but it's hard to construe
without thinking of the blues
If everything was art
you would be in a better place
to start
but your not
you go through time
like an echo...

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my friends think I'm real cool
cause I make all the rules
and those that do pursue
I only leave them blue
after breaking their heart in two
but my pals can't see the truth
and what they can't construe
is that I play the fool
and have since I've known you...

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Baby Dreams.

Candy floss dreams in pastel blue,
Soft soothing gentle lullabies,
Peaceful Rainforest sounds construe,
To close two tiny sleepy eyes.

The joy of Granny's gentle hug,
The love in Papa's quiet voice,
Bathtime glowing, all wrapped and snug,
The sandman leaves no room for choice....

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Hold on to your dream
Don’t let it go.
 Could be yours tomorrow
From yesterday’s idle flow.
Dreams are not visions
But a message 
To pursue your fate
Along a new passage
Don’t wake up too late.
Wake up to a reality
You are best to do
All the things you dreamed of
And thoughts you construe.
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You delectable collectable!
  Why are you so skeptical?
  You're beautiful
  And dutiful
  in all that you construe
  You're insecure
  And so demure
  I'm not so sure
  That you'd endure
  The compliments the world is paying you


To a beautiful little granddaughter with a BIG self esteem issue!...

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she's
my book
my bible
dream reading 
awake and sleeping
the ages of
many pages of
poems of
love and loyalty

forgive me
from Lenore
to Evermore but
more 
is what
i need
knees 
bleeding
knelt

feeling no
feelings felt 
as i spell this
line of 
mine to
construe
i also
open my 
book for you...

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Criss-Cross Acrostic*: Ai My Eye !

I  Was  Saw  Eye

Eye  Saw  Was  I

Eye  Was  Saw  I

I  Saw  Was  Eye


   *Construe as “words”  not as “letters”:
Lines 1 and 3 read alike reversed;
Lines 2 and 4 read alike reversed;
likewise vertically and diagonally
   from up-down or down-up mode.

© T. Wignesan – Paris, 2013...

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I can feel the wind lifting my former self away
piece by piece the decayed parts of me peel 
and I develop a new skin. A skin that is healed. 
I feel revitalized and construe to previous belief
I am no longer afraid to see. There is a world out
there and I now can feel, hear and experience life.
It starts today....

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You think I expected you
To know my ways
To comprehend and construe
And like my style.

I never did
Have such expectations

Oh incomprehensible ways 
Sleekly complicated

Who can predict the ways
Of a young lad with maidens?
My life is a young lad
And also maidens.

And I will not suffer you
To comprehend....

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Sliver the Soul 





Had it been easy to construe meaning of life,
Logical mind would stop digging and being keen,
No fear of death could put an end to all strife,
As we unveil treasures of nature umpteen,
Sliver half the soul that doesn't believe in unseen.






Written Feb 25th, 2016
For contest "Fragment of life" by Broken wings...

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Lo' and behold,
There it sits
Red Fortitude,
Under an ocean of blue,

Amidst pale yellow plaster,
Towering above,
And a foliage of green
That crowds for a view.

The sun whispers phrases
Enchantments that only shadows construe
And yet unphased by its neighbours
Lost in thoughts of its own
There it sits
Red Fortitude
Under an ocean of blue....

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Henry’s only fourteen months
And so his words are few;
His other sounds have meanings
That we struggle to construe.

But one thing he says loud and clear
Is “Nana” and, you see,
It brings a smile from ear to ear
For what he means is me!

While others have to wait until
He nails their name or rank,
I’m thrilled when I hear “Nana”
And it’s Henry I must thank....

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YOU ARE WHAT YOU KEEP

Let it go. The blackness
the blueness the redness
construe less. Drop things 
too heavy to lift. Clear 
dark bureaus untidy 
bits

Starving
dreams deplete sleep. Let
worldlings murmur their
blurb. Lightning quirks on
high alert. In this great 
Texan delicatessen
you are what
you keep


© Kim van Breda—17 November 2015...

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At early dawn, the view’s superb.
Sat upon my bed scrolling thru
My phone’s pictures, I got perturb.
Your brightest smile widespread imbue,
On obituary reverb.
Life seldom gives joy alone too,
So I’ll cherish your life reverb.
With tears of peace, I will construe,
Your gallant life acclaim the verb
Of possibility pursue,
Peace of divinity superb,
Giving hope in painful adieu....

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I almost thought I blew it
‘Cause the birds had disappeared.
However I’d construe it,
They were gone – or so I feared.

But I went and bought some suet
Thinking that might bring them back
And before I even knew it,
They showed up to have a snack.

So before you’re thinking, “Screw it,”
Since your birds are off their seed,
Just some suet oughta do it – 
Fatty feed is what you need!...

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P A U S E S,
They'd say it's good.
How far? I'd wonder.

S T O P.
If you need,
Wonder, for how long.

P A U S E 
If you must,
But Tarry the journey.

E N D
It's a name
They'd give.


All remains the same
Life like a game
That's all a name.

The ripples continues,

There's no end.
No stopping.
No pauses.

It's a construe.
We exist to feel the burn
It rest when no breath remains.
...

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