Short Weensy Poems

Teensy
Weensy




~A Brian Strand Footle Finale

~Judy Konos "Footle" contest...

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itsy bitsy
teensy weensy
itty bitty spider
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AP: 2nd place 2022, Honorable Mention 2021

Posted on November 17, 2019...

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He was lilliputian size
Which works for some women
Never for a man
He is rather diminutive, his blind dates are warned
Teensy-weensy would have been more accurate
His arms are the width of yard sticks
He never found love
Because he never met a faerie...

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wri
ting is
knitting
your       life
thro          ugh
a nee         dle
and           if
you   sew
emotion
secret
you’ll
get
nu
dg
ed
a
w
e
e
n
s
y

Writing is knitting through the needle if you sew emotion, secret, you'll get nudged a weensy...

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the woman was in her sixties
she dressed out well over three hundred pounds
her walking is slow
her breathing is labored

I feel sorry for her
even though we have not met yet
she said “hello, I am Frances.”
I stared, wordless.

Her voice was a ...
tiny
itty
bitty
teensy
weensy
baby girl voice

How did that happen?...

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little
footle

   maybe
      baby

      très small
      not tall

     eensy
     weensy

   itty
   bitty

     minute
     too cute

        skinny
        mini

    tiny
    viny

   ‘tis slight
   just right

     low-key
     it’s wee

   twinky
   dinky

bit long
too strong

8/19/2022
Sponsor: Brian Strand...

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If there is the slightest glimmer of a flutter of a tiny bit of a taste of hope
I can keep on trying, keep on living, keep on loving.
If there is an itsy bitsy teensy weensy sliver of a dash of hope
I can change my thinking, give myself a fresh start, begin again.
If there is a glimpse of a blip of a bleep of a dot of hope
We can fix the world, love each other, be creative and live our truth.
All we need is a teensy bitsy glitter of a glimmer of a glimpse.
It is enough....

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