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Deceive Poems - Poems about Deceive

Premium Member Look again, beware
Look again, my dear things are not as they appear while words deceive they slither and they weave your eyes can also lie lead you astray with just a sigh Look deep beyond the surface, dear and trust not everything you hear AP: Honorable Mention 2025 Posted on April 4, 2025...

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Categories: deceive, truth,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member I sink deep into the unhappiness of being the one who doesn't deceive you with sweet illusions
I sink deep into the unhappiness of being the one who doesn't deceive you with sweet illusions, I refuse to change who I am for anyone, even for the shadows that surround me. I've detested how easily you allow yourself to be manipulated to accept everything you hear without question, Have I not left a strong enough impression,...

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Categories: deceive, fantasy,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Friendless
It happens to everyone/ All we want is a few/ To be called a true friend/ To show us that there's others out there/ Just like us, so we open ourselves/ To the job of finding true worthy people/ To surround ourselves with/ Only to be filled with lies and deceit/ Generation after generation/ Just keeps getting shadier/ To be blind and not see things/ So...

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Categories: deceive, absence, betrayal, character, corruption,
Form: Free verse
the descent
My eyes deceive me, Wondering, worrying if I am free. The current pulls me out it's disorienting. yet, you don’t see me pout. Forty won’t come But you promised. so fragmented, so gruesome. My eyes deceive me. It's disorienting. so fragmented, so gruesome....

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Categories: deceive, conflict, confusion, deep, depression,
Form: Rhyme
Deceive Heart
So many years gone Still I can't forget how My heart believe you....

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Categories: deceive, engagement, passion, perspective, sad
Form: Senryu



Comfortable Arrows
Away from alleys, muggers don sombreros. So sharp, so twisting, they’re like arrows. The target never narrows. Sneaking, dancing through the night, Arrows never cause a fright. They steal every light. Not one is safe; they’re everywhere. Look around for their snare. Don’t say your cross is too much to bear. Are you too blind to see? The answer is in front of me. I will...

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Categories: deceive, corruption, vanity,
Form: Rhyme
Looks To Deceive
A teardrop of joy a teardrop of sorrow Different in substance different in kind Flowing endemic the scientist’s baffled Their chemical compounds — distinct and profound (Rosemont College: June, 2024) ...

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Categories: deceive, inspiration,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member as homily too
life the main blessing despite pain, grief or stressing seems worth professing what we haven't got drives many human's sub-plot until being caught unthinking chatter caustic words maim and batter reactions matter may not bring relief to become what we believe ethos can deceive immense sense of self placed above everything else brings bad mental health thoughts toss and turning mind becomes lost in churning as past lies burning we know what we...

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Categories: deceive, allegory, allusion, confusion, emotions,
Form: Haiku
Integrity
Your ego will deceive you, Integrity never will. On Wealth The wise man said to a poor peasant: I will make you wealthy. Of the three riches I offer, what do you wish as wealth? Gold and many servants Wisdom and many followers Integrity and many enemies The peasant contemplated, then answered: Integrity, with all wealth comes enemies. With gold and servants,...

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Categories: deceive, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Looks To Deceive
Armed with the same knowledge we’re still not conjoined Intention the difference no flip of the coin Our substance a mirror but essences framed by choices defining —the praise or the blame (The New Room: November, 2023)...

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Categories: deceive, parody,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Multilingual Birds of a Feather
The Mockingbird sings out his misleading best, in hopes to attract a dupe with a nest, where the squatter believes mate’s eggs should belong; so mimics and jabbers uncountable songs. Catbirds and...

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Categories: deceive, allusion, betrayal, bullying, irony,
Form: Rhyme
Golden Glittering Look
Your glittering golden look is deceiving looks like real gold fulcrum it's attractive thing but it just glitters...

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Categories: deceive, allegory, allusion, appreciation, metaphor,
Form: Light Verse
Deceive Love
I believed you That you cared But you didn't All you wanted was my love I was a fool I believed your lies That you could ever love me And the worst part was, I loved you too But all you did was hurt me I came to you For your wise words of help But then you began Questioning my love You told me that I wasn't...

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Categories: deceive, 10th grade, africa, allusion,
Form: Ballad
Liars
When you talk to me My ears acts like sieve My eyes know it all My face can't stop smirking Cause even your lies Can't deceive me this time I might be innocent back then Letting me dance on your fingertips But trust me I have become way smarter than I was...

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Categories: deceive, betrayal, people, poems,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Guard Your Heart
Guard your heart. Don't give love away or the pain will smart and your heart will fray.. Don't serve your heart on an open tray or some may come and cart pieces away.. Keep open your heart to give and receive but be smart and weed those there to deceive.. If you always wear your heart on your sleeve, you may...

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Categories: deceive, heart,
Form: Lento

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