Short Teensy Poems

Teensy
Weensy




~A Brian Strand Footle Finale

~Judy Konos "Footle" contest...

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the evenings closing
a teensy departing gift
loves charming first kiss

6/8/2017...

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Little Lee sits on edge of his peach mint tea
Drawing his right leg clear up to one knee
Sipping with a teensy slurp, so delicately
We are taking lessons from our friend Little Lee...

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she dreamed of sleep during a silent sloppy day
a thousand teensy fluffy sheep came by to stay
they jumped into her dreamland, showing her the way
to dream the best dreams; her name was Cousin May....

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How about a sip of wine?
Why not? 
Or a teensy shot of vodka?
Sure.
Want a Bud Light?
Okay.
How about a fifth of rum?
I stare at my corrupter.
Come on Grandma! I say.
I am only eleven and I know better than that....

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Balancing her elephant on her wrist was fun today.
She sang a teensy bit, and this shook her blues away.
You have to come back tomorrow she told her friend Shay.
He said he would try, but he usually only escaped on a Friday....

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one teensy movement in another direction
it is all you need
to change your fate
your future
your fantasy
can you do it?
not the first time maybe
but what about after you are dragged around the block fifty times
can you do it now?...

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I have a precarious delusion
That there is underhanded collusion
Which causes a teensy bit of confusion
In the form of a dendrite transfusion,
Poetry, a magnificent conclusion
There is no imagination preclusion.
In my own self-fan-fusion....

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Out of the edge of the crisp golden-edged faerie tale book
Crept a teensy being who was giving us a frightened look
I looked away, for I did not want to scare the little creature.
Knowing she would have to get back to page two, as she is a feature....

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I do not think Gabe’s obsession is narcissism his mother said.
I wondered if she had more than bones and flesh in her teensy head.
He has been laying prone on a smooth reflection pool.
Looking at himself for two years, like some weird ignorant ghoul....

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Brother Fox put his nose up a teensy tiny bit, cold and thick
So the frosty snowflakes would reach him quicker than quick
He looks so smug, his mother said, watching her handsome son.
“Best of all,” said Daddy, “he is full of mischief, and lots of fun!”...

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Tweedle the teensy bee was being hauled along with a bunch of stuff.
He thought he was an afterthought, and said to everyone “sure enough”.
Mama had her grip on bags of junk, and he was the end of the line.
She rolled her eyes at his protests, a bee who knew how to whine....

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AP: Honorable Mention 2021

Submitted on November 23, 2020 for contest SHAPE UP sponsored by BRIAN STRAND

Originally posted on November 17, 2019...

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YOU write poetry?
Shocked face.
Never being fond of this one in any way,
I nod a teensy bit.
I am sure she disbelieves me.
I have never been overly kind or friendly toward her.
And I am not the flowery, moonbeam, lace and roses type.
She says it again. Emphasizing the YOU.
I pretend to smile....

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Oh did you see the Christmas bee?
She bows her head, she takes a knee
All of these gestures she does respectfully
She likes to be called Elfy Melfy mee.

We had lights made that were so tiny
They were teensy, actually, totally wee
Then we put them on the Christmas bee
She flies around Elfy melfy mee...

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what is that?
don’t know
a monarch that moves weird?
We had to get closer
for it was a tiny little creature
an orange faery frog
with black polka dots
jumping from blade of grass to blade of grass
Doesn’t it have wings?
It sure does!
We were amazed,
wondering why it did not fly off.
But then it did....

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There are messes upon messes upon messes here.
This is why I am not eager or excited about having people over.
Luckily, we feel no need to entertain or go anywhere.
The pandemic has made this desirable and acceptable.
Thank you, pandemic for one teensy favor.
Too bad my husband is coughing up a lung today....

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She had such a joy of life!
We could feel it before we got close.
There was an exuberance you could not mistake for anything else.

Where did she come from?
Who is she?
We did not know, but we wanted to find out.

We wanted to capture a teensy bit of it.
She was exuding joy from every direction.
We smiled as we approached....

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cavernously eerie
echoes long dead
frosted over and irritated

grating silence
cold as ice 
unforgiving, unyielding, just un…..

woods feels disapproved,
disrespected, unappreciated
rock solid hush dispels possibilities

slate and shale
hiding teensy glimmers of mica
shining like her ice heart

cavern rules 
showing a presence
that scares many...

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Today, they say’s, the longest day
So stop to sniff the flowers,
But what I need is not more daylight – 
I’d prefer more hours.

I always have much more to do
Than time in which to do it;
With just another hour or two,
I’m sure I’d zip right through it.

Yet still, it’s nice to have more time
To soak up all that sun;
By tomorrow, in a teensy way,
The shortening’s begun....

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Polar bear angel on a winter’s day
Glided out of sight with my cousin Ray
Ray is a flea, so most did not see him there
I heard his singing voice in the cool light air

The swan sleigh they took had wheels, which was odd
Don’t get lost Ray, I called. Don’t get under that bod!
Ray is always careful, so I relaxed a teensy bit.
If something happens to Ray, his wife will have a fit....

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Pinkie Cat was more than a teensy tiny bit fine
She was the ultimate pink-a-lated pretty feline.
She upgraded and uplifted our old folk congo line
Dancing her two-step self, with a glitzy shine.

Pinkie Cat was the ritziest cat we’d ever seen.
She danced her tail off and threw off a sheen.
We toms watched, thinking she was pretty keen.
She gave me a batted eye look, she is a queen....

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a leaf a twig a teensy bit of feather
She is Peter Pan floating toward Neverland
a sliver of mica in a rough stone
diamonds of a queen, dreaming of her king
a day in nature, a plethora of hope

a caw, a whistle, a peep, a robin
magical land of faeries, elves and brownies
dive bombing her imagination with joy
She is overcome with completeness
feeling herself more here than anywhere else...

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Cleopatra’s aggressive cat made her look mild.
Conniving and planning disaster while he smiled.
Poisoning that queen, that prince and that king.
I think we should do every diabolical thing.

We never knew his name, but he had our number.
He walked with a cat prance that had a teensy lumber.
His paws were enormous, teeth wickedly pointed and white.
If you were not fearful of that cat, then you were not bright....

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Riding a rooster all the way to Easter town
Makes the work seem easy said a strange clown.
Who is that girl? Why is she the one getting to ride?
His mother lambasted him, taking him back inside.

You don’t make fun of people; your jealousy is showing.
The rooster was strutting, doing a teensy bit of crowing.
Girl on his back was loving her seat so high in the sky.
We never figured out though who chose her and why....

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