Artifice Poems - Poems about Artifice

... Its wings resemble the splendor of ribbed gothic windows. Yet neither Chartres nor Notre Dame, those buttressed monoliths of stone and glass, compare to the monarch’s divine architectur......Read the rest...

...A DOOR TO THE SOUL I say, enough of this superficial world Being so full of nothing, I am replete That collective gasp when a flag is unfurled With such artifice I will never compete As all su......Read the rest...

...How many lumens would it take to burn you Sky-clad and free under the pale moonlight Would your aching bleached skin cry in relief Feeling anything in the dark of night again? How long has it b......Read the rest...

...We sleep hard against the dirty noise gaunt darkness, the rhythm of rain even on the inside, there is the same weightless beauty pressing against the ribs, hunger drawn taut in mesmerizing bruta......Read the rest...

...TRUE LIES When expressed love is all for show Almost a hug, and that fake smile And yet thinking no-one will know Yet looking elsewhere all the while It’s just a poor version of guile Who mig......Read the rest...

...(Rinpoche in Sarnath, 1987) That’s What A Buddha’s Like It’s hard to know where to start when talking about the ineffable. Maybe starting at the end is best. It’s taken me a lifet......Read the rest...

...THE WORLD OUTSIDE Be inspired by nature in the raw At its core, a real and living thing It can bring life to all the senses No defences, just lost in wonder What lies under, often hard to see ......Read the rest...

...Exhumed memories Pinned to a moment in time Faded photographs Close enough to hold Or lose one's way and drown in The past is like that Stripped of artifice The worst kind of nakedness On......Read the rest...

... From artifice of moving pictures, avatar becomes new, proud, aphrodite of Hephaestus. Appetite of Man, ......Read the rest...

... Visualizing Deepfake-ography scenes of it's obsessed imagination. Camera-Chimera watches, captures your every move, where shadows dance with light, in marionette grid pie. W......Read the rest...

...Pretty cunning how she captivates hearts of many, Eyes of many, attention of many but acts like a maniac, One glance of her makes many sleepless, not that she is a queen but a goddess, Gives out a......Read the rest...

...THOUGHTS an insidious truth this magnetic attraction an accessible charm engaging  expressions of an inner  construct agonising  so interesting  explicitly embraced yet a paradox  c......Read the rest...

...Kind words spoken with the power to heal. Inimitable pearls like no other in the vast ocean. A comforting touch to soothe a strong emotion. When sharp sorrow you attempt to conceal. An unexpected......Read the rest...

...Dumbfoundedness still prevails three weeks later... when held spellbound courtesy grifter Flim-flam man left lasting emotional whiplash his derelict perfected artifice to hijack every last cent......Read the rest...

...I bury you in the depths of my silence, where your words wither and dissolve, lost in the solemn well of my being. Your presence fades into the abyss, a ghostly echo swallowed by the void. Her......Read the rest...