Pretense Poems - Poems about Pretense

... Sometimes it's good to give yourself up in an heartfelt yell - to find a place out of earshot of others, a beach will do, or better, a shoreline with rocks and crashing waves, or out bush ......Read the rest...

...Bottles and glasses, left to stand, As time slips through like grains of sand. Often adrift, in a half-conscious sea, This life of escape, it isn't for me. Emotions submerged, a silent tide, D......Read the rest...

... Written: April 29, 2024 For Regina Regina Mcintosh Contest ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Meeting her will drown me with her love, It will express pride and bliss f......Read the rest...

...Birthday Poem to Myself by Michael R. Burch LORD, be no longer this Distant Presence, Star-Afar, Righteous-Anonymous, but come! Come live among us; come dwell again, happy child among men— m......Read the rest...

... Disarrayed sands dropped by chaotic time settle ceaseless bemused on stratified shelf of languid life disorganized, in moments moving ......Read the rest...

...I pretend not to see him His big goofy dog face sticking out of a leaf pile how can I keep this pretense up? Look at that grin! He always looks joyful like this. Everyone needs a dog.......Read the rest...

... That was then…. When the tapestry of contentment enveloped the enthralled expanse exhilarated, of the sensuous sky called life. When the fervent flight was friendly for the esoteric essen......Read the rest...

...Do you truly reveal your essence? Or do you project an illusion untrue? A mirage of falsehood and pretense? Do you know how to just be you? Beneath the mask of deception.. Lies the truth yearn......Read the rest...

... I’ve never been where they tread, chasing mirage through desert storm. I look at evasive eyes perennially petrified, see their void vision fixed fast on fantasy, shroud of de......Read the rest...

...Reception that isn't perceived message said but not heard lack of communication means to no end disconnect with no plan Pushing to no point Fighting for no eventuality You lay sleeping And ......Read the rest...

...Suburban resident pretense, a bleak uniformity. I grew up among the repetitious homes, isolated alienated, I wandered the conformity, the endless square yards, the dull feckless syndrome. Repug......Read the rest...

... pride of life does reign hoisting human nature’s gain toward downfall pain yon towering pride that offers triumphant ride lurks great fatal stride admitting own blight seek Go......Read the rest...

...Youth is a period without commitment, most prefer the thrill of adventure over ties; the family word is a very distant thought... that's when carelessness meets all dangers! I'm searching for t......Read the rest...

... “My dance on life’s stage, is not to just to prance, But to create beauty, to raise human consciousness, For what good is life, without a balanced, ethical dance!” ......Read the rest...

... “The worst is feeling worthless.” Quote: Donald Glover I tip the scales. Life curtails. In luminous light To suffer delight. Yielding bend. New age trend. Wanting to break. Now awake. ......Read the rest...