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Self Deceiving
Self Deceiving Poems - Poems about Self Deceiving
Speaking In Tongues
...Life shouldn’t be a punishment for living We can’t be regulated by machines Accustomed to the stupid self-deceiving Our freedom is a bird of slavish dreams Where to it flies, avoiding troubles o......
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Gregory Colodub
Categories:
self deceiving,
philosophy,
Form:
Rhyme
The Narcissist In Rhyme
...Narcissism shows its ugly head in so many ways Sharp put-downs to show one’s superiority A heightened sense of one’s importance, and Usurping, whenever possible, another’s authority. Self-decei......
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L Milton Hankins
Categories:
self deceiving,
mental illness, people, psychological,
Form:
Quatrain
Unwanted Pregnancy
...What would a womb swell And things suddenly cease to be well… A life whose mother didn‘t guess Would her tummy access: The very last thing by her expected And certainly the unlikeliest to be res......
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Chinedum Ekwobi
Categories:
self deceiving,
abortion, baby, care,
Form:
Rhyme
As We Are So We Be
...“which memories to us are near moments of joy or those of fear” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Some like romance Others horror films Joys of innocence Or adrenaline grim Life is but a pla......
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Unseeking Seeker
Categories:
self deceiving,
dream, spiritual,
Form:
Rhyme
Agreeing To Disagree
...I have noticed in negative strong long feeling settings a willingness to accept impatience to reluctantly embrace tolerance and Agree to DisAgree. Yet, to equate this conclusion with cooper......
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Gerald Dillenbeck
Categories:
self deceiving,
earth, health, integrity, passion,
Form:
Political Verse
Fooling Myself
...A thousand needles with sharp shining points cutting harshly in tender soft flesh burning hot needles searing as they go piercing deeper in with every painful step ripping caring agon......
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William Kofoed
Categories:
self deceiving,
poetry,
Form:
Free verse
50 Stories High
...“Step into my office, young novice Clear off the tears from your face Because they’re pointlessly burrowing into orifices Tuning wounds that will bloom into a fixed gear race Shift from fifth gea......
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Sam Nicholas Harrison
Categories:
self deceiving,
addiction, dark, introspection, poverty,
Form:
Free verse
The Dream
...Adrift in the coldness of a dream A laughter echoed with shivery Haunting every unredeemed souls Of those who are denied and weary. Echoing yells and constant weeps Those cries are more excru......
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Jonathan Medida
Categories:
self deceiving,
dream, spiritual,
Form:
Rhyme
Integration
...Being an American in Australia isn’t easy, but I’m trying to integrate; I’m trying to fit in. Just one of the boys with all the right expressions under my belt, like: pasty glu......
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Billy Marshall Stoneking
Categories:
self deceiving,
culture, immigration, international, metaphor,
Form:
Free verse
In the Bedroom
...In the Bedroom Cool, callous, catatonic in the calm silence About to experience the virtues of violence In his mind, the blind eye was violations seeing What flicker of light in her eyes, simply......
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Stephanie Kjaerbaek
Categories:
self deceiving,
desire, violence, women,
Form:
Free verse
Fifty-Percent: a Paradox
...Power is too devastating a concept for the groundlings to scourge on. Instead, we thrive on inspiration, A hope that things could change. And those luxurious bourgeoisie that roam the outskirt......
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Grace Watson
Categories:
self deceiving,
introspection, passion, people, visionaryred,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Altruist
...Altruist stands against Egoist, Against his own life stands; Red with blood his eyes are, Plucked by his selfless hands. ___________________________ Altruist follows the leader, Who knows not......
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Brian Faulkner
Categories:
self deceiving,
philosophy
Form:
Rhyme
Challenging the Mirror
...Deepening my answers Another challenger awakes To reveal to me my shadows To then witness my mistakes Always I had listened In close proximity To self-inflicted violence To the end of harmon......
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Ian Petch
Categories:
self deceiving,
childhood, forgiveness, introspection, life,
Form:
Lyric