Long Flattery Poems

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Platitudes

Tired platitudes for the pain to drown,
The bridled tongue will keep the fire bound.
A dose of bromide helps the words go down.

Exalting paupers with a golden crown.
Creating hero’s with exalted sound.
Tired platitudes for the pain to drown.

If our words of truth would be met with frown,
Would we eulogize and then chest proud pound?
“A dose of bromide helps the words go down.”

Embellished sackcloth still an ugly gown.
Vapid faces prefer the truth go round.
Tired platitudes for the pain to drown.

If only flattery we dare be shown,
Could weakling hearts bear the weight of truth found?
A dose of bromide helps the words go down.

When counsel concealed from one who is lown,
For what good cause could such ones be renowned?
Tired platitudes for the pain to drown?
A dose of bromide helps the words go down?
© MD Johnson  Create an image from this poem.


Discovering the Real Me

For nearly three decades
She had been ruthlessly explored
Losing her identity, her independence
Her man always looking at her
Through his own selfish lens
She awaited discovery
Finding the ‘Real Me’
His liaisons 
And ways of fun
Further freezing the cold relationship
Now for him
An unlucky turn of events
Meant
Some flattery, some importance given to her
So, the other day he said,
‘Let’s go on a discovery trail.’
She, as per her habit, remained silent
Knowing perfectly well 
The endeavour would fail
And so they went 
Hundreds of kilometres away
He searching for 
That missing connect
Forgetting that in any pact
Both parties are equal partners
Unlike what happens here
His words always dominating hers
Now they’ve come back
Without any success
Their relationship in the same mess
But she happy at being again closer to home
At home, at ease
Her nearly three years of self-discovery
Result of
A lucky turn of events
Giving her oodles of confidence
An obvious comparison 
Between two men
She has finally found 
Her source of joy
Oh Boy!
She has eventually discovered
As the world rightly notices
From her boundless glee-
The ‘Real Me’
© Vijai Pant  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Time Together

Walking streets together
Sitting side by side
Standing right behind you
Butterflies inside

I watch you for long moments
Until you look at me
And then I shift my eyes down
Not wanting you to see

That I am staring at your face
Watching as you talk
Catching that great smile
Observing where you walk

Always looking for you
You're too far away
Longing to be with you
Each and every day

I want to tell you something
Every single night
Before you go to sleep
Don't turn off your light

Until I've told you all my mind
And what I'm thinking of
Flattery? Constantly!
But also words of love
Form: Rhyme

It is Real

Color me with the pixel art from the sea; color me with shades of love and blessings flowing from above. The morning passes swiftly with elation and flattery wrapped up in deception of time and bound up in history of his mind.
 
Time has awakened his consciousness and destiny has brought them to the pinnacle of hope and determination is knocking on the door. The bus has come and gone and I am still waiting in the yard and there is no one to explain what is going on.
 
I have tried hard and long to compose a musical song, to sing with the birds in the morning and to hum on the train in the evening, and when my heart is full and courage walks up the hill, I will find a different path to move away from the dark but I just cannot come out and this place, this intense feeling makes my spirit blaze.
 
Everyone has a different version of the song and it is hard to sing along, but the deity of the soul will put it together when we meet in the camp. Everyone will practice a verse and merge their voices to the tune of the earth.
 
I am looking beyond the hill and I hope that you can make my spirit still; no tears are flowing but I am crying inside, no music is playing but my feet are dancing. There is no one to walk by my side but the universe is my bride.

I look towards the benevolent sky to support my slender frame, but the thunderous weight kept squeezing me into this sobering corner. Here I am in this secluded space working night and day as the stagnant air continues to blow germs into my face and my temperature continues to rise.
 
 I tried desperately to get out of this place but my heart continues to nurse an old wound that keeps me fastened to the ground and I can’t seems to get around; the evening has come and gone and I am left stranded on the lawn.
 
 I have been standing here all morning trying to communicate something but the emptiness of the time keeps going around in circles, taking me back from where I start and I tried desperately to break out, come and sit with me let me tell you how I feel.
 
You have never asked and you will probably be shocked when you learn that my emotion is real.
Form: Narrative

Stealthy Stalker : Me

Eccentric Emma, third world charity advocator
Posts smiling foreground photos in mud slewn villages
Personifying inconsistency wafts remote mantra
Mind realm torrents when Followers Like - limitless! 

Travels to India restore her heart's connection
Finds enhanced spirit to spruke eco awareness
Flying globally promotes environment's protection 
Inspiring group loaded Moped selfie shared with us

Music festival painted face participant
Conjured creation poetry flow in cosy yurt
Auto biography depicts flatulent elephant
Busy vision mushrooms make logic inert

Occasionally posted toddler rememberings
Receive role call of awe drawn replies
Blond curled spark eyed munchkin grin
Retained young outlook, fart poem supplies

Updated page sells self painted guitar
claimed to have been owned by AC/DC
Imported stock sees profit from spirulina 
Entrepreneurial shift from childhood ADHD

Nomadic yoga posing 80's born alternate 
Emma, changed her surname to Everfree 
Her permaculture preach has holes in it 
New living quarters each month or three 

Sporadic travels to soul's partner, Hawaii 
Engaged by quest to marry herself 
Masculine inner attributes enlightening
Complexity must be hers uniquely dealt

Keen Facebook fan of spontaneous dance
Rolling to Random Rab, office chair expressive
Arm fling brings shattering of glass desk lamp
Naming failure destiny, stalled artist replenished

Close to home exploits in essays documented
Park brake left off vehicle, ensuing downhill chase
Securing it heroically before damage (almost) resulted
Brings multitudinous comments of (unearned) praise



                            Originated: 14th June 2020  
              
                    Subject' s actual legally changed name
                                    rhymes with 'Emma' 
                   Satire Saturday passed without posting, 
      so I went with Rip the Crap out of Someone Sunday!! 

                                 Parody speaks its flattery

                               Curiousity reeks of jealousy
Form: Quatrain


The Gaze That Sickened

Did you notice
That our flirtatious hellos 
Fell upon the sun’s prying ears? 

How she shoved 
The storm clouds aside
For a better view? 

The gelid March rain 
On the asphalt 
Was the perfect stage 

To swallow your colors-
A kaleidoscope 
Of moss, earth and gold 

Spilling 
Into my lungs 
From the whirlpool of your eyes 

A down pour 
Worth
Drowning for 

Until it wasn’t 

Truculent waves 
In your mood 
Sent me looking for shelter 

Wholesome flattery 
Crashed into me 
But the taste was awful

Immediate 
Rejection 
From my insides 

I couldn’t meet your gaze 
Until the nausea 
Cleared my head 

I’d be lying if I said 
I remembered 
The color of your eyes
© Ali Lynn  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member Glebe House Gallery

Floating scents 
of blossoms 
Walking in the ashes 
Of Derek's heaven 
Inbound upon vision 
Falling crystal teardrops 
Summer dew 
On the ground 

Beautiful gardens surround 
Explosive in nature's beauty 
Blossoms of all shades 
Bouquet the very earth 
In the sweet 
beautiful aroma 

In the scent 
a beautiful fragrance 
Entering the house 
Blue awakens senses 
Opening vision 

Falling to it flattery 
Famous artists everywhere 
In its twentieth 
century grandeur 
A harvest 
of art 

Entering a peacock 
held on my vision 
My mark on time 
I saw a Picasso 
Holding the kitchen 
In a brightened air 

Renoir held the upstairs 
In a setting 
burning warm 
A pretty maiden 
In pose 

Speaking volumes 
inside of me 
Snake skin slipperS 
Upon the beds ground 
In the wardrobe 
a rustic jacket 
Christian Dior 

Upon the bed 
Lay sweetheart pillows 
A lady's promise 
On her fisherman's 
Safe return 

Each window 
A different picture 
Picturesque beautiful 
Different views 
Of the grounds 

Walking towards the lake 
Birds singing 
In its gentle breeze 
Nature whispers 
Rustling 
in the trees 

Leaves one's soul 
Whistling in the leaves 
In a silent stare 
Across the water 
Inbound sound 
A fish plops 

Spiraling ripples 
on the surface 
Breaking reflections 
A gentle breeze 
Caresses the brow 

Aroma flares 
Within the nostrils 
Trees standing 
Their ground 
Centuries looking over 
Heavenly 
standing tall 
Amongst the blossoms 

The sun 
Will forever smile 
In moonlight 
Silver shadows 
casting the soul 
In all its beauty 

In the colours 
of a butterfly 
Kissing heaven 
Upon its air 
Blowing 
a butterfly kiss 

Fluttering beautiful 
Floating on 
Glebe's breeze 
Falling around 
Glebe house

Premium Member Thanksgiving

Names, gestures, and words so oft are empty
In actions, we find a true meaning worthy to knife
To grow is to walk a serene valley you fill of plenty

Of hollow praise and false flattery, be weary
We shed the skins of our former, unripe life
Names, gestures, and words so oft are empty

Our wills are rivers, carving through stony indifference
Acts of love and words of kindness cut through strife
To grow is walking a serene valley you fill of plenty

Seeking truth in every course, holding every moment near
Learning to read the signs that speak beyond lies, run rife
Names, gestures, and words so oft are empty

Now, in this quest for meaning, stripped of all pretense,
So give thanks; awakened to join the dance found underlife
To grow is to walk a serene valley you fill of plenty

Become the silence of your actions, pure and steady,
Find yourselves, your souls, burning fate's own woodknife
Names, gestures, and words so oft are empty,
To grow is to walk a serene valley you fill of plenty

Premium Member I Memorized Your Metaphors

"You are the apple of my eye."
Such was my favorite among your love-lines
reverberating sincere romance-bloom 
amidst tenderness' bliss
since you did well to lavish me with your care...

"You are my everything."
Such was never a flattery to me
imagining my precious value 
against your other darling possessions
as you just had me as your partner since we were still young...

"My world revolves around you."
Such gave me cringe the moment I heard it
yet you had that proven along your presence
which made me comforted and at peace
every time you held me close...

Grateful am I to God* that you made me feel so loved
Until now, your love-filled messages 
keep on echoing the passion of your heart
resurrecting memories of our wondrous togetherness---
---especially that I memorized your metaphors.

*1 Corinthians 1:9 God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

May 27, 2026
3rd place, "Language of Love" Poetry Writing Contest
Sponsored by Ink Empress; judged on 6/1/2026

Poem of the Day, May 29, 2026

Premium Member Juvenile Dreams

True love feels like a burning flame of fire,
fueled by everlasting bonds of trust.
And not the warm embers of a liar;
distorting truths in the pursuit of lust.

You feel the tears building behind your eyes,
while your hopes sink, scuttled by betrayal.
And realizing what each drop implies,
dreams collapse, while anxieties prevail.

An unbearable pain pierces your heart
when truth dispels the illusion of lies.
And while doubt and mistrust tear it apart,
depression devastates trust as it dies.

The empty promises your heart endured
were a mix of flattery and pretense.
And juvenile dreams that never matured;
spurred a catastrophic set of events.

Like a river, destiny sets love's course,
yet you get to choose who'll be by your side.
And if fate veers and heads toward remorse;
change direction: to stop the hurt inside.
Form: Quatrain

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