Short Deciphering Poems

a blind eye sieves
    Lie's cloak 
   
        c 
          l a r
              i
             t y...

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creations blueprint
         deciphering gods secrets
                or mary shelly 


By
David Kavanagh...

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rumor spreads quickly
shy, doubtful deciphering~
fine silk poetry


Written: January 14, 2023...

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Trying not to speak
Listening to the house creak
Counting sheep
Pretending not to think
Quietly deciphering 
The enigma that is man
Staring in the mirror
Am I a man with a plan...?...

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trace
outline
charcoal smudge 
deciphering
what it is to be
this person that is here
captured so beautifully
as they repel all that is light
to become the comforting darkness
...

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a story within the eyes
tells truths that 
want to be uncovered 
but are to shy to 
come right out in the open
reading eye contact 
is the key to deciphering 
the hidden cryptic message
that lays just behind the eyes...

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Dalmatian diva dressed deliberately for dinner
Displaying delicate dainty polka dots, to try and look thinner
Drinking deliriously delicious decaf, starring at a Doberman grinner
Deciphering a designer’s dreamy design during her delectable dinner...

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Intentions to learn	
Nonnative to me
Trying I yearn
In depth poetry	
Meddling in your play
Incredible words you say
Deciphering pictures painted
Abiding by rules untainted
Timid to comment
Envious of your knowledge
Determined to comment with knowledge...

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Deciphering the occult
clearing the paths
always be hopeful...
following enchanted trails
picking up stars and dreams
Fixing mistakes and routes
constantly learning
Losing with charm,
winning without boasting...
living universal chimera...
So living life!...

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There was truly nothing left to do in this place ?
But try and paint since joy as dreams had vanished
Her novelty slipped away ? A pendulum of vague slicing
Through time's wreckage left drifting atop florids sophist sea..
Deciphering her silkworms cocoon; spun amid a glissade of words....

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my heart and soul goes down
bared for eyes
hidden behind words
try deciphering my puzzle
the riddle of who I am
can you see me
my truth
few can see
but do any completely see
are these fears showing
is there a crack in my mask
my riddles spell out truth
behind the words
clever I believe
do I know the truth
any truth...

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I evacuate
sitting on a throne
of waste…

till something live
emerges – taking
inspiration, wherever 
it comes from…

the writer strains

filling bowls

and wastepaper baskets

inspiration navigating
internals      and beyond

I am a Literary Proctologist
claiming from recycles

deciphering bottomless spirit scents...

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The taste of passion drips down a paintbrush,
Stroke after stroke with emotion in each drop.
A story told without words,
Is one to be ravished.
Can you feel it?
The change of heart within each pigment.
Fighting between love and hate,
Deciphering the symbols against a stigma.
Do not question creativity.
Question what makes you creative,
Then chase it....

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If you are baffled bye
Or incapable of deciphering the Metaphor 
Neither Morse code or semaphores 
Or Enigma 
Will trigger 
That what which you could not figure
Because if don't get it
It wasn't meant for you
Metaphor is just another description 
For the obviously 
Confused 
1st time and 2nd time 
Gripping Yarns 
An educated joke
Above the common folk...

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When a toy requires assembly,
There is danger up ahead
For it never will be easy - 
Doesn't matter what they said.

If instructions come in pictures,
Then this warning you can double,
'Cause deciphering them wrong
Will likely get you into trouble.

With three phone calls to the hotline,
We're still stuck on step eleven.
Anybody who can do this
Sure deserves a place in heaven....

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Decisions, decisions, and consequences of balance,
deciphering the outcomes can leave you paused like the mannequin challenge.

One brain, one mind, and influential abilities,
mathematics can be the catalyst to spiritual connectivities.

If you completely overstand this world, then you are frustrated by malice, 
deciphering the outcomes can leave you paused like the mannequin challenge....

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To moon 
giving a parting kiss of 
sinless shame 
I nudged him from the tree.

The night had been a terror.
I was facing myself 
in unrelationship of a prayer 
not to weep for my muse,

crushing a poppy on my 
chest to get the imprint of your
face, like the furrowed flame
leaping from a deep hurt.

Cannot play a game of mockery
deciphering the complete
truth of a veil
for a painless stain.


Satish Verma...

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She was warm to the touch
Cold to the bone
A sheepskin clutch
With a heart of stone
Her gentle webbed hands pulling, she drowns him
And he’s seeking solace as she comes up for air
A Benedict Arnold over easy, she confounds him
He comes with a start and she with a stare
Deciphering what truth, if any human remains
She’ll speak dolphin, he’ll just wail
White squid ink on her nightie stains
Her love scribbled on a platypus bill of sale...

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The world in generality
as to the knowledge of known knower
in between reasons, senses and perceptions
is a matter of clarity
on becoming merry
as oppose to being merry

The matter of worldly parameter 
is of dictating representation
of liberating indoctrination
in attaining truth
despite the contingent sublimity
and deciphering the apparent symbols of parables
in order
as if by fashion
to arrive to an indubitable state of merriment...

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Sometimes there between the lines
A hidden message lurks.
Sharp-eyed readers understand
That’s often how it works.

Simple correspondences
May seemingly reveal
Communiques at odds with how
The sender might just feel.

Perception isn’t always right
And instinct could be off,
But truth may fool a shallow soul
While “deeper” folk may scoff.

What we say and mean
May twist and tangle up like vines;
The trick in the deciphering
Is there between the lines....

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under the surface it can't break through
deciphering the codes to get to you
I need a compass, a much better map
is it all lost or can I get back?

yesterday's news, today's headline
the story doesn't die, news at nine
I dredge it up from the bottom of the sea
what does it take, what is it you need?

I can't ease up and won't pull back
tenacity is one thing I don't lack
I fight for things that I believe
and one of them was always you and me...

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I am my own worse critic, 
to question my own choices,
to tell me right from wrong,
no rough draft to my life.

Mind me not-
weary mind,
being the fair weather friend-
rather sickening...

Fighting amongst ourselves, hatred rising, 
thoughts racing, 
deciphering the moral,
of my soon to be regrets...

This abyss...
this life-
so fragile,
why built to understand?

What perception,
just leads-
to deception.

Why cursed mind!

Doubt-
no longer,
I am the master....

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What do these Emojis mean 
When sent to me en masse,
Should I read much into them, 
Should I even ask,

What a seed beside a smile 
Beside a thumbs up even means,
How it looks inside my mind, 
How it even reads,

I guess the meaning’s not that bad, 
I guess it must be good,
I guess the lack of nasty here, 
Is something understood,

These modern hieroglyphic poems, 
Sent to my little phone
I guess they show that people care, 
That I’m not alone....

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The judge sits
Solemn and orderly
Weighing salient points
Juggling facts
Deciphering nuances
Pondering implications
On justice and righteousness
Upholding the law of the land
A mari usque ad mare*
Rendering verdicts
Remotely somewhat
Inspired through time
By King Solomon’s wisdom



AP: Honorable Mention 2020

Submitted on March 13, 2020 for contest STRAND CHOICE F sponsored by BRIAN STRAND  -  HONORABLE MENTION

Originally posted on July 16, 2019...

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Today I walked the railway line
Far outside of town
Far from all the friends I've known 
And the ones who cut you down
Mused on my achievements
Met failures with a frown
Something restless deep within
Keeps me coming back around.

Forever chasing shadows
Fighting battles lost long ago
Deciphering the cruelty
That many long to show
Not all those who wander are lost
A verse pinned to my mirror read
For it surely is a winding path
That to this moment, led....

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