Lies Awake Scheming

Pretense blinks unthinkingly
prominent neon sign
Promoting delicious wishes
heady aspirations primed

Porous ears absorb spiel
Charmed python entrancing rises
Web weaving traitor traps
victim with outlandish surprises

Silkily wrapped casualty constrained
unsuspecting pawn amusing lure
Deceipt's imminent death awards
trust's established pristine pure

Glitz will blitz framework 
Compulsive claims manifest
Embellishment dispelled reveals
authenticity's skeleton undressed

Facade unfastened, centre radiates
fanciful distractions fewer 
Universality within, truth begins
ribcage contents not obscured

Fantasies bring brief buoyancy 
beguiling sunlit lake beckons
Submerged, burdened by treachery 
sub-plot sinks with deception 

Scope of hope propels
Capable fables capture listeners
Sugary cubes stirred dissolve
friction breaks tenuous fiction

Candid connection invites valour 
Ethics draw worthy goals 
Integrity's impeccable map guides
shared navigation nourishes souls

Copyright © | Year Posted 2020



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Date: 9/17/2020 12:48:00 AM
Sigrid, this is a Masterpiece. A truly wondrous poem. Everything in place, with the precision of a Pyramid. One of my favorite poems (from any age). ~Jude (MrFernando)
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Sigrid Ermine
Date: 9/17/2020 1:30:00 AM
Thank you, Mr. Fernando. Thank you for your time today. Keen to explore more of yours, and new ones coming
Date: 8/26/2020 9:01:00 AM
I agree totally with Silent One!! Excellent my friend!
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Sigrid Ermine
Date: 9/7/2020 1:50:00 AM
Ta, B
Date: 8/24/2020 4:10:00 PM
Sigrid, this poem just drips with delicious images and alliteration that move your theme of pretense, facades, glitz and fantasies along effortlessly one stanza building on the previous one ending with integrity. This is a wow! and a fav or me. Congratulations!
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Sigrid Ermine
Date: 9/7/2020 1:49:00 AM
I am lucky you took the time to read and comment. Humble thanks, Sam.
Date: 8/24/2020 4:10:00 AM
- Congratulations on your win, Sigrid ... I remember how exciting it was to post my first poem :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)
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Date: 8/24/2020 2:59:00 AM
This is a brilliant first post with great use of light alliterations and assonance ... This was not really a contest, it was an opportunity to showcase your first poem and I am glad you entered. Thank you.
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Sigrid Ermine
Date: 8/24/2020 3:41:00 AM
Exactly as all who entered understand. I will be interested to read the submissions assuming they're listed now. Thank you dearly, Silent One.
Date: 8/16/2020 11:23:00 AM
"....authenticity's skeleton undressed" - nice.
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Sigrid Ermine
Date: 8/17/2020 1:48:00 PM
Firsty worsty poem.! Maybe! Thanks for stopping by, Rob.
Date: 8/3/2020 5:40:00 AM
We must always beware of the many charming pythons along the way as we make our journey through life. I have encountered some that got the better of me. Nicely penned, Sigrid. Hugs, John
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Date: 3/27/2020 9:36:00 PM
Glad you see hope despite so many Porous ears. Another good poet on wrong side of ditch. Cheers from David in NZ
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