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Pretend Poems - Poems about Pretend

False Pretense
Why do we pretend to not long for the heart of another? Why do we let people we want to let into our world, stay on the other side of the glass? Why do we overthink the little notes that Cupid plays when we see them? Why do we withhold the flowers we picked for them? Why do we...

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Categories: pretend, love, romance,
Form: Free verse
70 percent Love, 100 percent Pretend
I gave you all of me, But you counted only what you liked. You held my hand, But never held my heart right. I poured in 100% love, You drank just enough to stay, 70% maybe— But I kept acting like that was okay. We were photos with filters, Smiles stitched on pain, A play that fooled the crowd But drained us behind the frame. I pretended...

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Categories: pretend, love,
Form: Free verse



Common
From beneath a veil, A shroud itself hidden, Anonymity It's masquerade. Tired secrets languish, Benighted by nature, Emerald, to pale green and white, from jade. A sough in the head, Of their tepid maker, Whispers nothing, wholly unaware. Crafty camouflage, For the crafter of secrets, Who never knew they were there. The irony aroma, Stagnant blood without pressure, Metallic, unmoved, unaffected. Averse to sense, Illusory marionette's, Clear strings, turbid skeins undetected. And the...

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Categories: pretend, analogy, confusion, humanity, identity,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Truth or pretend
They sing the songs of love to you. Is it because they think or hope that you will love them too? They promise that their trust is given to you. In exchange of course they expect the same from you. They laugh at your jokes and hear you out. But did they really get the jokes and see your doubts? They...

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Categories: pretend, absence, betrayal, devotion, judgement,
Form: Free verse
It's not pretend
You said let's pretend. You are my light, love, and soul. I am always yours....

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Categories: pretend, angst, crush,
Form: Haiku



Premium Member Dusty Box of Memories
"Memory is a treasure, once lost may never again be found" by poet As I clean my closet for the last time, each dress, each coat, I handle tenderly they remind of a life that once was mine when choosing tomatoes came easily and, taking a walk, I did leisurely At the back of the closet, there's a box I had forgotten,...

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Categories: pretend, age, nostalgia, sad,
Form: Quintain (English)
Voices
The voices are so loud they’re deafening, They’re cruel, mean and threating, Torturing over and over, night and day, Revelling in what to them is play, Screaming, yelling, pulling me down, I rarely have a smile, instead it’s a frown, The pain is crippling me to no end, But I can’t show it, I have to pretend....

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Categories: pretend, anxiety, mental health, psychological,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Can't Pretend
When will my broken heart mend? I'm dying inside. But I can't pretend. We swore for life as husband and wife. Now is when it ends. that story's a lie. Your much more than friends. I won't let you hurt me again. You took my all now I take the fall. O, what a fool I've been. tears fill my eyes. no compromise. And I can't pretend. When will...

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Categories: pretend, love, relationship,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member WOULD NEVER PRETEND
WOULD NEVER PRETEND Would never pretend to be okay when I'm not. It's me braving the heat of day, scorching hot. Would never pretend to forget, when I'm confused. It's me taking courage for what may be next See... I was also abused. Hands that once dealt a loving touch, dealt blows of pain. Painful memories of it just being too much, to...

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Categories: pretend, faith, love, true love,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Masks
So many people go through life/ Wearing masks/ To pretend they are someone/ That they are not/ I call you a masked fool/ A fake soul living in lies/ To put a mask on/ Only to take it back off/ And put on a new one/ Unable to be real with people/ Let alone themselves/ Which speaks for you/ More than words/ Living a type of fantasy/ Dodging the...

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Categories: pretend, abuse, anti bullying, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member When Evening Comes
Let us pretend that we are still alive Who cares anyway, if I would walk Down to the shore, along the shady drive To watch the sunset, hear the seagulls croak Why I was born a human, dear angel? It is the only question I repeat When evening comes, I cannot be this stranger A stranger to the waters you can lit. ...

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Categories: pretend, deep, longing, mystery,
Form: Rhyme
HOW CAN I PRETEND: PART 4
HOW CAN I PRETEND ? PART 4 Innocence, zest, curiosity remain intact protected crimson hymns I earned when Divinity composed a skin of cheetah brown amused at a white chin where my masculine’s fuzzy beard ought to be HE raucously laughed aloud at my horrored ‘Don’t You Dare ! O Great One !’ Then asked ‘What will you...

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Categories: pretend, 12th grade, character, courage,
Form: Bio
HOW CAN I PRETEND: PART 3
HOW CAN I PRETEND ? PART 3 Pretence lies coffined as Spring makes a call early chincherinchees kissing late winter’s wind knowing empty cupboards will be filled once more perceptions of another timeline where artful wiles and emotionless inserts receive no nods of approval My Love stands oaked in cerebral signature unashamedly chiffon unmoved before North-South, East-West Buddha and Serapis in a visiting...

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Categories: pretend, 12th grade, character, courage,
Form: Bio
HOW CAN I PRETEND: PART 2
HOW CAN I PRETEND ? PART 2 Pretence is for those who round a corner with I did read that book, she smiles with her eyes, then escape to humour minds or waves agonising over shame or secrecy or stealth calculating cunning strategies for recognition such nouns or adjectives are human language defining egoic grids instead I...

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Categories: pretend, 12th grade, character, courage,
Form: Bio
HOW CAN I PRETEND : PART 1
HOW CAN I PRETEND ? PART 1 How can I pretend when flutters across my chest only prickle as your thought arrives with doubt or hope What is hope anyway ? A flimsy wish built upon a matrix I no longer attune to as Mantis explores my device How can I pretend when staring at a mouldy...

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Categories: pretend, 12th grade, character, courage,
Form: Bio

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