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Deception Poems - Poems about Deception

Today's leaders
From ashes of pain, true leaders rise, Forged in struggle’s unyielding cries. Yet now, from gilded thrones of greed, False prophets spawn, with lies they breed. They weave deceit, a cunning art, To hijack souls and rend the heart. Using hired blades and looted dimes, They buy men to side their evil dreams Behind a flag, their falsehoods creep, While nation bleeds and victims...

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Categories: deception, corruption, political,
Form: Free verse
The Deception
Maybe some of us have an inclination and are somehow aware That there exists a foredoomed concoction of our cerebral affairs And that there are others who are passive, masquerading in plain sight Hiding their cascades of sorrow, behind facades of solace and smiles Nobody knows of what escapades, that each of us were bequeathed Yet perhaps we all know...

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Categories: deception, journey, life, mystery, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Purple - An Analogy for Deception
the colour of the money stained my fingers they’re no mere vignettes but rather a cryptic cipher on a worn codex the coin of acceptance amongst gilded sybarites as the shades of the tenor of royalty beguile then fade on labour-worn backs preordained moves by shadow hands upon a chessboard the influential players pandering to...

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Categories: deception, analogy,
Form: Suzette Prime
Premium Member HIS AND HISTORY'S TALES
HIS AND HISTORY'S TALES There is his story, and there's also history; bloody lies, skewed truths:...

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Categories: deception, allegory,
Form: Senryu
Hypocrite
You said you hated liars But you’ve always lied to me You despised being deceived and used How ironic, you’ve done worse ...

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Categories: deception, anger, betrayal, confusion, hurt,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Sleep's Deception And Reality's Shock
In the cup Of my hands, I caught Cool raindrops; Blowing breath Into warm palms, I watered fields of lilies And quenched thirsting doves:- An awakening smile Quickly frowned At the sound Of loud, bursting bombs And wailing screams of children: The fantasy of peaceful dreams, The nightmare of warring reality:- ...

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Categories: deception, allegory, dream, imagery, life,
Form: Prose
Our Time
It is just another day To be used as we like To choose joy as our companion Or embolden friction and strife It is just another hour To spend as we desire To embrace love as a mentor Or wallow in customized mire It is just another minute To be valued as a prize To caress truth as life’s foreplay Or nestle with deception and lies It...

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Categories: deception, appreciation, character, confidence, courage,
Form: Rhyme
Echoes of Deception
Now, I fall in love with every other guy i see, What about my vaguely hollow plea? You never cared, you never will, You never see what's down the hill. Who cares, right? As star crossed lovers, we weren't even that bright. There's an end to the tunnel, but no light. Feverish flames in eyes of thine defined 'Forever' that you...

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Categories: deception, angst, break up, heartbreak,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Sleep is a deception, a ghost wearing the garment of rest
Sleep is a deception, a ghost wearing the garment of rest, a bloody truth hidden beneath our eyelids, an escape from the labyrinth of the mind, where light dances in the darkness, a forbidden beacon sought by dying souls, and our outstretched hands tremble, trying to grasp ephemeral illusions. At the touch of that light, repulsion flickers like silent...

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Categories: deception, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Some lie
Some lie to the undecided Disguise what they believe Utopia is ahead, so it's easy to deceive Some lie to themselves To avoid facing glaring flaws And the contradictions of their cause Some lie to the faithful, To make them hate more, They stir up the fire, then walk out the door Some lie to the lost ones, With...

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Categories: deception, character, confusion, evil, freedom,
Form: Lyric
Betrayal
Are you really my friend? What have I done to you? I thought this was real. Background check, this is incorrect. “Help me , help you” was the statement.. seems like I have been lied too. I would have done it for you, why isn’t the favor returned?...

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Categories: deception, anger, betrayal,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member OF HELL-BOUNDING WAR
There's no love in war, neither can peace ever be:- Why live life in hell? ...

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Categories: deception, allegory,
Form: Senryu
The Cruelty Of Wealth
Wealth, a siren's charm, alluring and bright A pillow's softness, a thimble's gentle might It provides for earthly needs, a feast to behold Yet, in its depths, a darkness unfolds Oh, wealth! Where is thy dominion? Poverty's cold grasp awaits, a dismal throne A worm on a hook, luring the unsuspecting prey Into a realm of excess, where virtues fade away With dastardly...

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Categories: deception, allusion, hyperbole, imagery, irony,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member Free speech U K'
This very year..And today' begins a leaching away ' Malign intent has began; a framing' quyeer karma Will soon be naming.' A raft of dis-reason assembled Most vainly' for we all saw him plainly.' He claimed to Humanity.' Free speech was not a novelty.' We have Had it for many years.' So now it apoears really *****' That such un-truth...

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Categories: deception, discrimination, environment, fantasy, hyperbole,
Form: Rhyme
Glory
Glory is hidden once again She had bidden And created a din Glory is there Ahead of me Horribly fair Says I made her free Glory is gone But not dead like me The veil has been drawn I didn’t know to flee Ah, but what does it matter Glory lied to me Yet she caused blood to splatter Creating a Red Sea She told me I was great And so I...

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Categories: deception, angst, betrayal, philosophy, violence,
Form: Quatrain

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