Short Empty Promises Poems

Convincing empty promises -- too soon delude!...

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i had faith when
you said you'd love me forever
~ empty promises


posted on March 7, 2025...

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Sweet words, gilded lies, 
Empty promises unfold, 
Wallet's hollow sigh.

©bfa032325

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I lay with no redemption upon broken strings of empty promises...


by Deb Radke


for the 'One Amazing Line' contest...

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glib smiles and handshakes
empty promises and lies
you offer false hope
evil intent is hidden 
your true soul is well disguised
...

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Empty promises,
                      
                     Tell me what I want to hear

But, i'm on defense!!!!


.......:JP)..07/19/2009...

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To inflict on tomorrow,
the empty promises of fate

The will to reign indifferent
—the devil’s cruelest form of hate

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2017)...

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To inflict on tomorrow,
 the empty promises of fate

The will to reign indifferent,  
 —the devil’s cruelest form of hate

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2017)...

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Nigerian graduates,
Suffering because of unemployment,
believing in government’s empty promises.
A meaningless hope on a janus-faced entity
governing sadistically.

A Stewart Annie Everestus's poem © 2019...

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Careless Lies

You with your careless lies
Your lying eyes
The quick disguise

You with your empty promises
Your lack of remorse
The smirk of a hawk

You in your downfall
Your addiction
The apt prediction...

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Unfulfilled misguided sweet dreams
Empty promises bursting at the seems
Relentless misgivings turbulent love
Once interwoven like a silken glove
Lost but not forgotten always treasured
Symbolic reveries coiled hearts measured...

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Vote for us, we’ll give you a house 
And you are not allowed to grouse 
It is just a masquerade
Empty promises made 
Your house might turn out to be for a mouse










4th place
ELECTION HUMOR CONTEST
Sponsored by: CAROLYN DEVONSHIRE...

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We cannot eat lies
or feast on empty promises

No more than the bison,
starving in the desert sand

We cannot clothe our children
as we run from the Wasichus

Our teepees torn and freezing
amidst the winter snows

(Pine Ridge South Dakota: Late September, 1994)...

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Just say it's over 
Wave a banner to the stars 
Say good bye to what was ours 
For the sun has set & the night beset 
Our love in hues of gray 
Your heart strayed from mine 
My love for you fell into crimson wine 
Intoxicating my senses 
With empty promises & hollow kisses....

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Darkness sucks 
With empty promises of peace
It’s empty shadows lie
To souls of poets  that had to die
It hides in lonely shadowed  why
Empathic askers staring cry
Reality gets hard to hold
Painful yesterdays pile high 
For  letting go is easy done
Until you know
Tomorrow’s gone...

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We are all strangers here
Streetlights glow 
Against a canvas of night
Solitude in a crowded frame
The underlying current of shame
Silent whispers across the counter
Unheard tales of the city's hum
Coffee cups, half-empty promises
Half-full hypocrisies 
The long shadow of the unseen....

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You promised me the world, but only gave me the slums.

You promised me the moon and stars, but only gave me ashes.

You promised me happiness, but only gave me heartache.

You promised me love, but only gave me pain.

And when you promised to always be true,
I didn't realize it was only to you....

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Be still my beating heart
Resonating off hollow halls

Be quiet my playful passion
Teasing empty promises

Behave my subdued hope
For dreams are made of dust 

Be gone my lurid fantasies
For lust is the flavour of hate

Stop. My bleeding heart
Dripping sentiment unwelcome. 

Rebecca .A. Huxley...

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Pastel painting
Our world to grey
Twisting and turning
Through another day

Passing through the shadows
Of words unspoken
Speaking empty promises
Made to be broken

Living through
Another day
Of our society's
Moral decay

Is this all that life
Could really be
Freedom of man
Are we truly free?...

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( HALLOWEEN )

H- Horrid monsters walk the streets
A- Asking for blood and bones.
L- Lurking in the shadows afar
L- Lamplights offer the light.
O- Ominous  creatures slither slowly
W- Working through the night.
E- Eager witches get on their brooms
E- Empty promises not fulfilled.
N- Night of nights its halloween...

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what is love to you
a term to sign with your name
a hollow box of empty promises
a packet in your purse to smooth over
your sharp comments
who do you love 
other than yourself
in reply to everything you weave a story
of yourself
love is the selfless giving
not expecting anything in return
and rejoicing 
at reciprocation...

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Faded maps,
Empty promises,
A king's cruel decree.

Shadows lengthen,
On shattered temples, dust
Chanting, a false saviour.

Twisted truths,
A poisoned well,
Power's hungry grip.

Ancient stones whisper,
Secrets buried, buried deep,
We must find our light.

A single spark,
Igniting the heart,
Shattering the chains....

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Once I was someone
A young girl with hopes and aspirations
I became a wife, a mother needed and loved.
My purpose was clear,
Now I have achieved my destination 
And there is nothing left
 only darkness remains
The road ahead is filled with empty promises
And long forgotten smiles
Discarded and useless
A wasted space
I am no more...

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Purple flames>>Violet flames
A voiceless name///The sting of shame...
Echoes through hollow hearts[[[]]]
Of beggars, liars, gypsies & thieves
Seduced by Midas & his touch
How soon does everything turn to rust???
Allured by empty promises of fame & adoration
Never questioning the $ for such a vice,,,
Never stopping to think twice((()))...

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Bitter love
eaten alive
crimson tears
tickle you
bother me

Gone away
mindful acts
frozen flaws
absorb you
dissemble me

Lost motive
absent faith
forgotten reason
passes you
touches me

Written law
biting penalty
shaking fear
releases you
threatens me

Broken dreams
empty promises
aching need
surrounds you
surrounds me...

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