Short Deceiver Poems

slight of hand
deception –
the magician’s tools...

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ancient deceiver
slithering symbol of kings
perhaps Cleo's bane...

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My heart's torn apart
Not by any, but by me,
The worst deceiver....

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Deceiver of the gods 
You and I first Day in hell
Tremble believe Hope...

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Time.
The great deceiver.
The robber of youth.
The guardian of eternity....

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Smart hair cut and suit
could you trust such a man whos
shoes are not polished...

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beside a sinner,
deceiver shall get loser
sooner or later



* My thanks to Weeping Willow....

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subdued-
a face of contempt
locked inside, unknowing....






Contest~ "The Deceiver" 
2/5/6...

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Deceiver, you smile
With subtle grace you hinge me
Rivers flow from you
Standing on the edge of time
No more will I believe you....

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<                              the great ....  deceiver
                                practices artful ....  falsehood  
                                bold .... assumptions...

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Two hearts, one game, the third playing as the host
each turn makes one real and the other a ghost
three connected by a wire
one a deceiver and liar
the bubble is busted, the cheat loses the most....

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You deceiver!
Living like a caterpillar
To hide a butterfly.
A shroud of innocence
Covers a fire beneath.
You fool so many
Each thinking he is the first 
To discover
What lies beneath the cocoon....

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Lucifer

Son of the Morning—
Symbol of false perfection.
Lucifer is thus . . . 
	A tempter and deceiver . . . 
Praise only Almighty God!

Gary Bateman, Copyright © All Rights Reserved 
(June 5, 2015) (Tanka)...

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Friend
no more
deceiver
your betrayal
like a sharp dagger 
thrust through my tender skin
you were the rope that saved me
when tidal waves crashed on my shore
now, heartbroken, will I trust again?...

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The trappings of
a Poet …
or being a Poet 
They’re each something
different
remote and distinct
The tweed jacket
wood paneled
image deceiver
Lays claim to what
only
—enlightenment inks

(Dreamsleep: January, 2024)
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A space of stacked stress 

And clothes on the floor  

His room is a mess  

And his life is a chore  

 

Professors didn’t care  

And his grades didn’t either  

He sees the end there-  

Oh time the deceiver!...

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Expectation
is sheer folly;
everyone wants
to win somehow! 

Choose the fighter...
that one with grit;
make your vote count,
shun the deceiver! 
 
Four years to go,
things to set straight;
secure all gates...
Sir, nation waits!...

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In the midst of the not-yet
I felt some heavenly cold
my head became a burden to my physique
saw her pass me by
not in her world
she must had gone with the cowries
counted my legs after her
perhaps a revelation awaits me
but I saw her no more....

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Hold your tongue
Pretend this is for the best,
You're so young,
So many to impress. 

Every move you make
The Watchers eye you
They'll point out your every mistake
It's hard being fake.

Call it what you want,
But you're a deceiver,
just like everyone else....

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You cannot escape yourself,
I know we wish to be someone else.
Comparison is an easy deceiver,
no one is much cleaner,
Everyone has their faults,
Your not the only grain of salt.
No one can share a duplicate identity 
that would make you a nonentity....

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CALENDAR
I am celebrating the new month of both calendar
It's rare to have lunar and solar month coincided calender
We should go beyond our extinguished challenger
Life is tough, it is sometimes just pure deceiver
Tr?n Minh Hi?n Hien Tran Orlando September 1, 2016...

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Are you a true believer
Or a true deceiver
Take the truth of it all
And twist it in its recall

For your side is all that matters
Even if there is some contrary chatter
Just stand tall and repeat after me
I’m a true believer can’t you see.

© Paul Warren Poetry...

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From sinning lovers
screaming out his holy name
clever deceiver         


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Written: 07.08.15


Current Contest: Senryu on Mind
Sponsor: Jenish Somadas


1st Contest: Senryu
Sponsor: Mike Talbot...

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How deadly this sweet drink of praise, 
that sipped, decays the thing it lauds. 
A sly deceiver, 'tis, oh yes, 
this chronic craving for applause. 

A first place prize, the kiss of death,
to art original and free. 
But now is surely lost I fear,
in muddy mires of mimicry....

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Diviner of Pain

      Tell me, artful diviner of pain,
     I know so well your grim refrain
   Your ugly mask, your sneering scowl
  Your twisted knife, your jeering howl...

      A deceiver with a poisoned dart
        Why do you sit so easily
           Upon my heart?...

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