Short Fools Gold Poems

thoughts worthy of fools
some lessons remain unlearned
fools gold doesn't shine...

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oaring on the ominous oasis
slooping the fools-gold-sandsquall
waves crashing overhead...

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Stand the barrel on its bottom
  Fine wine, it proudly holds 

Turn it upside-down, misbegotten
  The wine's been proven fools' gold...

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Love, never to die 
Waits patient as the fools gold, 
Priceless in favour; 
Cloudless eyes blind to behold 
And sacrifice the true self....

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My hopes and dreams 
were built upon fools gold
With false perceptions
And broken dreams
Who am I but a fool
To believe in happiness
Because nothing is as it seems 
By Joshua lloyd...

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Slipping through your fingers
Soaking wet
Like diamonds could have been sold
Unfortunately he pulled the thricker
Tangling despite the untold version which is getting old
That's your lost, that's your bet
Your history will never be wearing fools gold...

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Across thIs scenic route a fools gold signpost,
pointing in the wrong direction to some vibrant deep green “plot” that lost its hue on close inspection.
Visionary luscious slope and peak,
giddy silver stream,
harbourmaster of the trompe l’oeil  for distant minds who dwell in make belief...

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Kids wake up in the morning
  They bound out of bed
I hit the snooze button
  feeling half dead

They're on the go
  most of the day
I find myself wishing
  that I felt that way

Is it just that they're younger
  while I'm getting old
Or the joy that they feel
  in the end is fools' gold...

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Swollen eyes
drip with clever tears
a thin disguise
years of slippery lies

A loss of face
fools gold in the hand
a rush of space
words snap into place

The silver voice
forked-tongue delivers
practiced poise
cold weapon of choice

The silence breathes
a clock tick-tocks
a body heaves
a lifetime seethes...

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I was holding onto lackluster material,
In hopes it would grow into gold
Deep down, I knew that this jewelry had no value 
Fear of pawning my assets, had me perplexed 
Eventually, I knew I would have to let go and let God 
No longer will I hold onto fools gold 
The shimmer will never reach the shine...

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I am receding
 into my psyche
 deeper down
 than you can probe
 I am missing
 I am not present
 you wave your hands
 and I stare back blindly
 I am bleeding
 but you cant see me
 I am lost and found
 I'm a piece of fools gold
 I am missing
 I am not present
 I understand
 but I don't take kindly...

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Autumn trees burnished with silken robes
Uniform, Katsura lobes glow with cherry strobes
Twinkling-orange, Sugar Maple stars; brimming mother 
lode
Unseemly, brown-spotted, White Oak pinnates; fools gold
Majestic, yellow-crowned, Aspen leaves' pleated folds 
shimmer
Notched, White Ash lanceolates bathed in purple gloss 
glimmer...

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Pirates came and stole me away
They thought I was valuable, real gold.
I liked their ship, the swing and sway.
Fooling pirates never gets boring or old.

Captain came and gave a loud angry bray.
You morons, this is pyrite, fools’ gold!
They dumped me overboard that very day
I became a happy locket for a pretty mermaid bold....

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I’m a clever guy, all being told 
Greying nicely, not growing old 
Have a good heart, stone cold 
Speak my own truth, little bold 

Really bad attitude, I never fold
Worth my weight, in fools gold 
Your credit card, I’ll always hold 
What’s that I hear, a cent, Sold!

Paean on poets, for myself 
Not for Margaritas contest

By
David Kavanagh...

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Paning for gold
With a silver spoon in your mouth
Wearing a tarnished bronze metal
Fools gold
Metal the metal in your hands
Welding your steel thoughts
To seal the deal
And feel no pain...
Gaining wisdom
Teeth to get pulled out of your head
To many voices
Voicing your opinion
That was not yours for the taking
Just as well be the icing on the cake...

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Black diamond, fools gold,
overpriced and undersold.

Falling vices, rising prices,
and all the things that we are told.

Percussive concussion, concussive percussion,
endless discussion.
 
A round of applause for revealing your flaws,
your sin serves to feed them their spin.
If you had our fears, if we gave you our hopes,
we'd devour ourselves from within....

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Maybe I was the fool
foolish for loving you
you were so cruel 
you never gave me a clue
That I was merely only your tool
You were too good to be true
You were my fuel
it was too hard to see through 
but still you remained cruel
But I can't stop myself for falling for you
Maybe I was the fool
You were merely the gold
I guess you could say that together 
We were fools gold...

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Simply set aside
Your gleaming desire
Your slippery grip
Of fools gold knowledge. 
Gifting dollars to
Nonsense
Biting satire aloft
In the rafters,
Reason willing,
God in a shilling,
Blow wish bubbles 
Forward,  save sanity,
Swimming in a pool of PTSD.
Set aside, simply,
Ontological lip service,
And line up,
Steel reflecting and narrow 
To ingest living love's liquidity....

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Hide me now
For yes I see
Just how much
You lie to me
As the truth
Becomes more clear
My rage inside
You should fear
The actions of
My angry heart
Will not stop
Till death you part
Once I see
Your body dead
No more lies
Can now be spread
Then on your grave
Written in stone
Will be these words
I died alone
I lied through life
No truth I told
A liars lie
Is just Fools gold...

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What a beautiful face it seems
Her teeth is perfect and white as she beams
Why don't I have that beauty one screams
And so to the beauty parlour with many dreams
to get makeup treatments and many creams
And another falls to the cosmetic industry schemes
For the beautiful face is a product of Photoshop teams
Its the lasting inward character beauty that redeems
But the passing cosmetic fools gold is what society esteems...

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Fool's Gold

I fell in love with your looks,
Your mind, your body and soul.
Your dapper dress your fancy words,
Was something to behold.

Immediately, you showered me,
With things that made me smile.
My head spinning like a whirlwind,
As I enjoyed the lavish lifestyle.

Then before my eyes, as if in a dream, 
A change in your character role.
To good to be true, your stone cold heart
Was nothing, but “fools gold.”

Written: 11/21/16...

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All-seeing eye peers into space,
ether or escape hatch from the chase.
Blue sky peachy-keen hypnotic  envelope,
image ridden flight a mind game telescope.
Fantasy abounds where sunshine always reigns,
blissful  muses dash through fast lanes.
Fools gold rainbow haven just another wishing well,
signpost to utopia some distant dark art hell.
Angelic cloud silken float zenith,
ornamental  star-gazer’s supernatural tenet.

Date posted ; 25th March 2022...

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I stand upon my mountain
Dreading the waves which roll upon my shore
An acid that is eroding away at my flesh
Eating the muscle underneath
I have no place to run or hide
Surrounded by such a vast  ocean
Behold the mountain is sinking
Becoming smaller with time
As precious gold runs through my closed fingers
Along with memories of what may of been
I realize that the gold is like water 
And water is time
That I spent foolishly 
Thinking I have an abundance of...

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Oh what superficial facades we build
So featureless in this menagerie filled
Oppressing humanitarians and the like
Hysterically mocking honesty divine
Brutally molesting innocence in kind
Blindly we follow fools gold
Materials we tower and uphold
Savagely flouting righteousness athrust
Unappreciating sincerities must
And pouncing on words so true
What unhappiness we must imbue
Alas I slowly bid morals adieu
Shedding all values true 
Realising the world anew...

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This vexing pencil in turgid fingers I gracelessly hold
  Sorcerer's lead conjures up casuistic captions, fools' gold

My peripatetic purple pen winks at my commands
  Dancing to a distant drummer on sun-scorched parchment sands

A cunning keyboard mocks me, in cast-iron briefcase locked
  Contrarian bent, loaded for bear, at my Muse pointed and cocked

What with erasers missing and forever low on toner ink
  It's a wonder the poetic process has not driven me to drink!...

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