she was artificially unnatural
...she was artificial
a counterfeit human being
her phoniness is unreal
uncalled for and unnecessary
there is an unnatural feeling about her
her words come across as lies
she is stiff, unkind and ...
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Categories:
phoniness, woman,
Form: Free verse
platitudeness
...the platitudinizes
I have woken up to the world we inhabit
so, much double-speak, self-interest, egotism
and tame excuses make me physically ill
For many, it is about getting the upper hand
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Categories:
phoniness, absence, allusion, baptism, dark,
Form: Free verse
Honesty and Hypocrisy
...Honesty's the best policy.*
Tolerance is hypocrisy.
Does the peace of mind lie in this:
"To be in good terms with the friends
And tolerate the enemies"?†
Oh, no! It's but mere phoniness.
The li...
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Categories:
phoniness, culture,
Form: Blank verse
O'Yes, Braver Still Are Well-Hidden Scribes
...O'Yes, Braver Still Are Well-Hidden Scribes
Only the empty darkness dared to taunt
for even the great hero had his wants
not for gold or any treasure at all
yet is not common for greatest heroe...
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Categories:
phoniness, dark, deep, evil, fantasy,
Form: Sonnet
I Do
...I’ve been curious
You don’t be sayin’ much
But I think I’m falling
Hey,
There’s depth within your morals
It’s somethin’ about the way you hold yourself
We resonate on a different level
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Categories:
phoniness, blessing, emotions, first love,
Form: Free verse
Quantum of Solace
..."My piece of Solace!"
A world of losses and defeats
Wandering soul in search of peace
Spiritually exhausted not because of sins
But tired of giving & giving of the services...
A fair of self...
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Categories:
phoniness, life, psychological, solitude,
Form: Rhyme
Outside the Box
...I walk on the edge of unacceptabilities
Experimenting with the bizarre my norm,
And I enjoy flouting the accepted form
Insulting the more refined sensibilities.
I am the product ...
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Categories:
phoniness, adventure, confidence, courage, identity,
Form: Enclosed Rhyme
In It, I Saw Prometheus Chained and Bound
...In It, I Saw Prometheus Chained And Bound
I was reading Salinger's, "Catcher In The Rye"
A follow up from Leo Tolsty's, "War and Peace"
I heard a voice say, "seek wisdom before you die"
Re...
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Categories:
phoniness, art, imagination, inspiration, literature,
Form: Rhyme
Kindred Spirit
...Kindred Spirit do you call me?
How could this be?
Many years of loneliness
Here with no phoniness
Enlightened by your humane spirit
Permeating my being every minute
Until our so...
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Categories:
phoniness, love,
Form: Free verse
Hey I'M Over Here
...Hey, I’m Over Here!
Hey! I’m over here!
‘Case you were wondering if I was okay, I am.
I have no friends now so no one is checking up on me,
And I’m fine with not having friends anymore;
They’...
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Categories:
phoniness, loneliness,
Form: Free verse
Brilliant
...Brilliant
Is the color you can't touch called phoniness?
Is an invisible hug called wind?
If you miss someone is it loneliness?
Fate steals if only the result is blind,
The time...
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Categories:
phoniness, 9th grade, blessing, brother,
Form: Verse
Darkness In Me
...There's a darkness in me I've faced, chased, and sought erased. I've watched it grow and I've watched it shrink and it gave me time to think. This darkness exists purely of my own volition and I'...
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Categories:
phoniness, confidence, meaningful, recovery from,
Form: Prose
A Tired Beast
...Like a hungry vampire, pursues me loneliness
Scarier than sharp canines for me human phoniness
I feel myself a tired beast in the jungle
Which life has driven into a blind angle
But is calling...
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Categories:
phoniness, anger,
Form: Romanticism
Kaun
...They sanctioned phoniness in Kaun,
the abode of the sexy stone,
Isaac's,
a man like James Johnson,
grew delusional,
longing for a super match,
idyllic as a woman without a "Most High",
in a gr...
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Categories:
phoniness, celebrity, culture, desire, eulogy,
Form: Free verse
To Be Blessed
...To be blessed
May the Lord Almighty set me free
To peacefully pace in His island’s lee
When the vice storms in a lusty surge
And Eden earth is thrashed with its scourge
When ethics to the ...
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Categories:
phoniness, devotion, spiritual, world,
Form: Rhyme
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