Short Parse Poems

'HUGMNOW' it says
which most parse as 'hug me now'
unnoticed leaves fall

Brian Johnston
October 16, 2015...

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Sigh-man 'n Garf-uncle
      A Luv-Lee Pear
         Whir they a bit 'u-no-what'
            ~ Wood you 'of dared dare...

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True words I shall tenderly parse
Who’s seen that tremendous fat arse?
So not to offend
And the wrong message send
Let’s classify it as not sparse...

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Time is a parse of moments – 
each life a chronicle of ticks
and tocks, our deeper mystery often
obscured by the clang of our clutter – 

we live by terms like stops and starts...
the in and out racket of hearts – truth 
somewhere impaled amidst the overlooked
silence, shouted down by riotous echoes...

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Gone is the era of the Renaissance Man
Who delved into Milton, Voltaire and Rosseau
Knew the difference between Cezanne and Gaugin
Could parse a sentence and quote Henry Thoreau

Came Woodstock, he was buried deep in time's sands
Covered over by Joplin and Country Joe...
Social media's dug man's hole even worse
Alexa and Cortana ~ My lips are pursed...

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Santa's reindeer to arctic shore
Christmas lights twinkle no 
more
Colorful wrap, decorations laid
in store
Booty, bounty no trite score
Toy trains, guns screech and 
roar
Distant relations out the door!
Scurry out; after-Christmas 
discounts can't ignore
Holiday residual doth now 
implore
Last few drops Egg Nog pour
Parse the remaining turkey; 
ham core...

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Mediums of Winter parse
translucent runes on the tines 
of sloping firs basking like mallards 
in March's brusk sunshine. 
Arctic oracles echo on the lake's hard sapphire 
with pearl crests punctuating 
Spring's arrival while cat tails exclaim 
nascent umber banks. As teals float 
in a tarot of amulets tanagers preen, 
imbuing remnant frost with scarlet omens....

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The human brain weights three pounds.
The human heart weighs eleven ounces.
Human skin is seven hundredths of an inch thick.
To know a humans mind and heart takes time.
It takes time to parse out the subtleties of their soul, to
know the content of their character. It takes an investment of intellect.
Those who judge a person simply by the color of their skin exhibit no intellect, no intellect whatsoever....

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Silence Is Golden
Written: by Miracle Man
3/15/2020

Some willingly parse words and minutia look past,
the smaller details just never appear to matter.
While stepping on others feelings each time they lambaste,
they constantly fill a room with unwanted chatter. 


“silences make the real conversation between friends.
 Not the saying but the never needing to say is what counts”
Margaret Lee Runbeck
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You say I'm crazy.
I say,
Crazy is in the eye
of the beholder.
You laugh madly;
you must know something I don't.
You dance on magazines
like a puppet.
I parse crosswords 
for knowledge.
Whatever mysteries
coil in your mind
to fill the cracks
and pass for knowing
are hybrids
emptiness has spawned.
I will never know your gods
nor you my demons, but I'm glad:
I don't want you here;
your laughter chills my soul....

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I'm ponderous, 
You're hilarious,
Those voice came from waterlies, 
All in cemented mysteries,
Shadows reserve us with full bowl of pastries,
Let's talk much of needs to be honored,
Then we buy for mourners,
To eradicate the preterminal parse,
Road leading to stars in the universe,
Is now showing dynamic matte,
When all meet at last,
We'll sing sorrowful tunes to the past,
To close our bodies in silence,
Accordingly,it's facing pretence....

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Why Do I Love You?
©2011 C. Brent Cloyd

When I tell you that I love you
Hurriedly you ask, tell me why?
You laugh when in dismay I sigh

Dare now, listen to some reasons
Obsess and parse them if you please

I love because God gave you to me

Life is good when I see your smile
Observe your wittiness and style
Valuable are your hugs so snug
Each time you travel I feel a tug

You bring pride and make my heart dance
Overawed I choose to love, not perchance
Utmost I love because you are you....

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To know, to understand, receive:
    wise dealings, righteous equity.

To share and know what to impart:
    to youth; the simple; progeny.

To parse, extract, discern shared words;
    to sift the wheat, the chaff release.

The one, once guided, ever guides,
    And thus does wisdom sure increase.

To start the journey, one must fear
    the Lord, his portion, and his lot.

And so He sojourns with the wise,
    but fools despise, receive Him not.

(musings on Proverbs 1)...

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