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Deceit Poems - Poems about Deceit

Deceit Poems - Examples of all types of poems about deceit to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples for deceit.
Premium Member Pure Heart - Mirror
... Written: April 25, 2024, For Sara Kendrick Mirror Contest Rumi Quote 4: " The pure heart is a spotless mirror in which images of infinite beauty are reflected" ......Read the rest...
Categories: deceit, appreciation, heart, sin,
Form: Rhyme



The Waitress
... In the dim-lit corner of a forsaken cafe, I dwell alone, as time slips away. He strides in with an air of indifference, Yet his gaze betrays no hint of penitence. Briefly, our eyes entwine in s......Read the rest...
Categories: deceit, abuse, america, angst, anxiety,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Barbarossa II
...As Barbarossa roars into the East. its southern barb cut swiftly to the core. And as it raged the slaughtering increased, consuming any force that stood before. His swift barrage devoured the ran......Read the rest...
Categories: deceit, world war ii,
Form: Crown of Sonnets
Premium Member Death To America
... Death To America Miracle Man 4/19/2024 They protest with signs and take to the street, Bent on making trouble and spreading deceit. Give America death, is on every breath, too many......Read the rest...
Categories: deceit, america, change, emotions, evil,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member To Which Image Should we Cling
... Written: April 18, 2024 For Unseeking Seeker Contest Line of inquiry: “We have been here a thousand times before Memory erased, each time we begin anew Of hands held tenderly......Read the rest...
Categories: deceit, analogy, emotions, life,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member To Which Image should We Cling
...In a maze of shadows and light, To which image should we cling? Is it the mirage of perfection we chase, Or the raw beauty of our own grace? Should we hide behind a mask of deceit, Or embrace our fla......Read the rest...
Categories: deceit, allusion, identity, self,
Form: Rhyme
More than this
...Detached from herd humanity We are stuck inside this mind Waiting for a saviour Where realities aligned Hoping for that moment Can’t articulate at all What else isn’t known yet Secrets wai......Read the rest...
Categories: deceit, dream, faith,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Betrayal of Innocence-A Tattered Flag
...~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Skies enameled with black satin silk like a flag that represented yesterday tattered and torn, flapping in the wind ......Read the rest...
Categories: deceit, betrayal, innocence,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Maker
...The Maker : Knit and Purl The Maker wields the needles of predestination and free will, One in each strong, talented hand. Knitting the yarn and thread of our lives Into the fabric of time......Read the rest...
Categories: deceit, art, christian, extended metaphor,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member Bait
... Title 2/ BAIT Quote: Better to shun the bait than struggle in the snare. William Blake The transiting sun shines on you deceptively, spreads shifting spectrum in chameleon sky, the mas......Read the rest...
Categories: deceit, analogy, betrayal, feelings,
Form: Free verse
Fury's Light
...A lamb with eyes of trusting blue, Approaches charm, a smile untrue. The puppeteer, with practiced art, Hides strings of deceit within his heart. The web is spun, a masterpiece, Of whispered l......Read the rest...
Categories: deceit, anger, angst, truth,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Bait
... "Inspired by Title #2, Bait- Better to shun the bait than struggle in the snare." Quote by _William Blake ......Read the rest...
Categories: deceit, introspection, life,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Cerulean Seclusion
...In blackness, I hear forked tongues whisper wicked witchery, hope within arthritic ink slowly f a d e s as darkness descends upon snow-speckled heart, and a murder of......Read the rest...
Categories: deceit, angst,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Poe’s Hourglass: A Melancholic Decree
...Poe’s Hourglass: A Melancholic Decree Once upon a midnight dreary, As sands slip through life’s hourglass, eerie, I pondered upon my penitent past, And the regrets that will forever last......Read the rest...
Categories: deceit, dark, gothic, introspection, life,
Form: Rhyme
Time's Relentless Hands
...Time's relentless hands cast their shadows On a middle-aged woman in a lonely corner of her room She drapes her shawl around her shoulders, And there she sits covered in sheets of memories where......Read the rest...
Categories: deceit, image,
Form: Free verse

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