Pretending Poems - Poems about Pretending

...Marvelling in the pink afternoon, pretending to crochet a drawstring. I’ve done it before, at least once before, followed the pattern. Closed the purse. I can’t nearly begin to learn that not all......Read the rest...

...(FICTION, PLEASE. It is easy for me to write in the first person, but nearly all my poems are fiction. Please don't attribute this poem to me. I loved my wife to distraction. For ten years she......Read the rest...

... My entire life I've been drowning in a darkness As a little girl I begged to be loved: Nothing more nothing less I kept telling myself it will be better when I am grown But those demons stayed ......Read the rest...

...Kings Will Fall In every kingdom a king will rule strong, some kingdoms they rule alone but are usualy strongest and more influential with a queen by there side! Kings will go through battles each t......Read the rest...

...What an unexpected pleasurable delightful surprise. Her blind date is an aluminum robot with giant green eyes. He is trying to be charming, and she is pretending to listen. But the tears in her ey......Read the rest...

... Written: April 24, 2024 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tread of life a strand of hair disassociation desolation devastation floribunda fl......Read the rest...

...A morning coincidence, to school we laughed and skipped - A cloud that drifted through the sky, from my mind it slipped. For many years and then forever, I would forget That happy race with th......Read the rest...

...The awful gift was given to us in front of a bunch. I saw my wife and her mother grimace, so I had a hunch They were not totally in love with this ugly bugly offering. But it came from my favorite......Read the rest...

... Why should we hire you? I guarantee this is the only conversation we will have while I work here Why did you leave your last job? The tried to make we ask an 95 year old if she needed i......Read the rest...

...I used to be afraid: afraid of being disrespected, afraid of losing, afraid of staying alone, afraid of being cheated. Now with the passing of time and growing age, with continuity of all thes......Read the rest...

...You fill me with passion flames burning high but my heart is in ashes I'm empty inside Desiring you is a need I cannot control wanting your love I sell my soul You coax me and hold me pretendin......Read the rest...

... I am a mess Of good intentions Gone wrong I strike matches upon myself To keep others warm And now my whole damn world is on fire I try to put it out The flames get higher I traded ......Read the rest...

..."Cured" by the medication, my mind goes numb Is feeling nothing better than feeling it all? Screaming in my head becomes a constant drum Do people really love me or can I not recall? They say t......Read the rest...

...You can walk right into this image. Stand there near the typewriter if you like. Edward Hopper has allowed plenty of room. Although he has filled the space very well, As it is a small of......Read the rest...

...Greed left a trail of crumbs for you to follow Don't ask why you can't put your hands on me I am the deepest, darkest part of the ocean floor That we've established is too dangerous to explore ......Read the rest...