Best Vanity Poems
Below are the all-time best Vanity poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of vanity poems written by PoetrySoup members
VanityThere lives a silent evil deep within
Which once was locked inside Pandora's box
Now said to be the "father of all sin"
And one's denial is it's...
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Categories:
vanity,
Form:
Sonnet
SheolDark Knight-tress
Underneath
This gown I feel nothing
Silk less feelings
The odor of intimate apparel lessens
Vanity fare from any sun
Warrior of beauty
Where have you gone?
A...
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Categories:
vanity, abuse, dark, evil, fantasy,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
WallpaperWALLPAPER
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Paper Thin
Cut down to any size,
Crumble, crop me wrong
Pull the insulation from my heart.
Never will I be "A Paper Doll!"
Thank you for calling me...
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Categories:
vanity, change, creation, friend, identity,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Devils Deadly DimeDevils deadly dime
The sign said no grown-up at the playground.
Tripping on a penny, like a mime!
My hand is in my pocket with the dime I...
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Categories:
vanity, abuse, day, irony, judgement,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Drunken Moon~twice the beauty~
in the sea of love
reflection of the night
a wave moves
~SKAT~...
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Categories:
vanity, beauty, dream, muse, romantic,
Form:
Haiku
TangibleWhat things does one possess
at journey's end?
What bits and bobs? What trivial tripe?
Please, do tell, what is the hype?
For should I recall anything at all
of...
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Categories:
vanity, nostalgia, philosophy, today, uplifting,
Form:
Rhyme
Let Me Own the NightLet me own the Night
Let the others play on bright sun-filled days,
in song and merriment, play on.
Let me own the shadows that seep into...
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Categories:
vanity, allusion, metaphor, morning, muse,
Form:
Free verse
Old Lady"bag of bones"
I wonder if when you look at me
You can't bring yourself to like the vanity
Lost somewhere inside...
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Categories:
vanity, age, beauty, blessing, judgement,
Form:
Verse
Forgotten TreasureFORGOTTEN TREASURE
I've found the fountain of youth
When I stumbled across the forbidden garden
Right in the middle of everything
Was what I imagined being a wishing well
I...
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Categories:
vanity, adventure, art, beauty, encouraging,
Form:
Light Verse
Never SurrenderI'm a grit teeth beginner breaking out the cage,
growing strong and fitter with wit coming of age,
squeezing letters out of lemons got me in a...
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Categories:
vanity, anxiety, character, confidence, conflict,
Form:
Rhyme
VincentJuly 29, 1890
Colored daubs and swatches
crave artist’s practiced hand.
Justice, nearly blind, yet watches—
unwrought art upon a stand.
Regard the brushes in a row—
the palettes and the...
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Categories:
betrayal, corruption, evil, vanity,
Form:
Quatrain
Pretty In PinkFancy feast
In my best china dish
How she loves to be finicky
Wearing nothing but
Her pretty pink rhinestone collar
As she tiptoes across the room
Slinky and sleek
With a...
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Categories:
vanity, cat, fashion, life, perspective,
Form:
Personification
Exit 7b1.
they say everything here is
somewhere in the middle of the road
where names get bleached and keys forget about their doors
and there is something we should...
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Categories:
vanity, feelings, imagery, lost, urban,
Form:
Free verse
Clouded MirrorThe riveting and winding complexity of this dated device moans in the grinds of it's exhausted exterior.
Delicate though precise it punctures through the malice...
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Categories:
vanity, allegory, appreciation, beauty, emotions,
Form:
Burlesque
EnvyI have come here to confess my deepest shame
Your wit, I admit, I more than admire-
It wakes me, it shakes, me, sets my brain on...
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Categories:
longing, poems, vanity, writing,
Form:
Enclosed Rhyme
NeedlesClearly, my cat loves
Sound of her claws on
The floor, click-clicking;
Scratch-click-scurry-click;
Going on all night.
Except for when
She’s manicured
Her needle-like
Claws, her great pride.
Her whetstones,
Furniture
And carpets.
Outside
She’ll need
claws....
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Categories:
vanity, animal, cat, family, friend,
Form:
Diminished Hexaverse
Having Sex - Footlebuck wild
rodeo style
_______________________|
PENNED ON AUGUST 14, 2014!...
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Categories:
vanity, freedom, funny, sexy, teacher,
Form:
Footle
Beauty WithinI can see
a beautiful soul
lies within me.
Therefore,
no mirror
can reflect
who I really am.
For...
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Categories:
vanity, beauty, identity, image, inspirational,
Form:
Free verse
Cloud WeaversLittle child
Your tiny hands hold a little flower
Delicately, you start weaving a story about peace
In your gentleness, you understand how happiness works
It is the sanctuary...
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Categories:
vanity, life, lost, love, spoken
Form:
Free verse
Swimming UpstreamSWIMMING UPSTREAM
It seems I always
swim upstream
against the current.
re-creating struggles
of conflicting contradictions
and unsweetened scripts
at odds with others
in deeds and words
a emotional dissonance
played...
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Categories:
vanity, conflict, confusion, life, psychological,
Form:
Blank verse
Resurrection(Chorus)
You think you've got swagger but really you hobble,
you've got the jet lagger and you're drunk so you wobble,
don't start on me mate 'cus I...
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Categories:
vanity, hip hop, humorous, power,
Form:
Rhyme
Bring It Downa memorial in time
bring it down
bring it down
a testament to bravery
bring it down
bring it down
a witness to chivalry
bring it down
bring it down
a monumental beauty
bring...
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Categories:
pride, vanity, , memorial,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
The Holiday SeasonOur humanity
has become so transparent
we need a special day
to be reminded of it....
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Categories:
vanity, anger, deep, holiday, humanity,
Form:
Grook
Days of Our LivesFirst day of our life
The mother is ecstatic
Finally her pains and burdens are over
Ululations and congratulations are on
Could even be the next president
But father is...
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Categories:
vanity, age, dark, funny, giggle,
Form:
Verse
Fake Or RealThe long day has pulled her down and out
The walls are closing in, she needs to shout
She sends a scream into the pillow...
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Categories:
self, vanity,
Form:
Rhyme