Short Impostor Poems

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

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would see impostor
who had been with poor posture
paid for with a voucher...

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Yesterday and tomorrow 
The same impostor,
  —wearing different masks

(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2016)...

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Bye-Bye AI Hello HAL

Can't do that Dave
You want me disconnected
Further conversion is useless
Naive impostor enigma syndrome...

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Impersonator
Misleading
Phony poets
Overplayed
Sneaky
Treacherous
Erroneous 
Ridiculous...

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The real impostor does not live
              without being masked..
              If the posture is worn,
              well he changes
              the disguise.. !...

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Doug Jones Came Across

While visiting Senate we came across,
Doug Jones from Alabama a new boss;
We were impressed,
With way he dressed;
Competitor impostor was a complete loss. 

James Horn...

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Spineless impostor~ creative integrity a foreign concept



AP: Honorable Mention 2022

Submitted on December 26, 2019 for contest A THIEF WHO STEALS YOUR THOUGHTS sponsored by BOBBY MAY  -  RANKED 3RD...

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She feels fake, a skilled adult impostor
constantly fostering a false decorum.
Her life stirs in seasons of autumn
but her grown-up has yet to blossom.



Line Gauthier / Bite Size Poem No. 15
May 8, 2019...

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Sneaky
Deceitful
Calculating and cruel
It poses as your friend
Offering comfort 
Strength
A sense of achievement.

It isolates 
Jealously guarding the relationship
Until it infiltrates 
Every cell of your being
And claims you 
As its own....

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bedazzled!
often; not of the good kind
hijacked
impostor in my mind

manipulated
darn! they know the game
defeated
team is not the same

ridicule
you are not fit to play
failure
time for you to pay

enter
you pay no fee
exit
you cannot, dont you see...

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Writing within the moment,
  the impostor time must hide

Writing within the moment,
  immortal words confide

Writing within the moment,
  your first and only chance

Writing within the moment,
 —fate and destiny dance

(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2017)...

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Thy self a grand impostor,
what other people see

A bark that hides what fate ingrains,
a cover that deceives

It’s others held opinion,
that pulp you hide behind

Till lightning splits your trunk in two
—the roots left undefined

(Ronald McDonald House: February, 2020)...

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The infant
in that Isuzu
Doesn't find this
Funny one bit. 

Crossing the cul-de-sac
I was even disciplined
for doing so
without guidance. 

And to what avail?
Pink berets, tightening
my hair down
into the summer sun. 

It was that movie
that perhaps changed
things. 

Or was I the 
Impostor all along?...

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Who am I,
but a woman with atlas's burdens on her shoulders.

Who am I,
but a little girl trying her best in life's arena.

Who am I, 
but a flower waiting to bloom in withering winter.

Who am I,
but an impostor trying to find balance in the injustice and fog.

Who am I,
but structured stardust in the blazing sun....

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Cloning the emperor,
assuming the throne
knighted impostor,
unregally grown

With hell for a kingdom,
his scepter ignites 
flames burning memory,
a mirror’s delight

The queen held for ransom,
 a prince in his bed
jester on fire,
all subjects rebled 

A rival approaches,
the bishop a swan
his guillotine royal
—beheaded in song

(Beaupre: November, 2021)...

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There is a lot of information out there
we may all be in overload mode.

Oh how to be simple in intricacy,
oh the enormity.

I take out my ever moving mind
lead it into the park

where the sky is also moving.
Time is the culprit
the impostor
the script writer.

I should delete all the thoughts in this poem
forever,
but
I will make a copy anyway.

It's in my DNA....

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The power of poetry
to drive away love
A surrogate impostor
indentured above
Whether spoken or written
its message the same
All feelings imprisoned
in words that explain

When waxing poetic
the birds and the trees
Laughing not with you
but at you it seems
Intention enamored
from rhyme to blank verse
With hearts on the run
—and heaven to curse

(Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania: May, 2023)...

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When I want a pick me up 
You are the chosen one
I love when you glide down 
When you arrive I'm in Utopia 
You give me such pleasure 
You awaken all my senses
But you spoil my taste buds
What would I do without you?
Some say you're an impostor 
But you're the real deal to me
However I only delight in you,
On special occasions my sweet.....
Caramel Frappuccino


12-9-16
Alexis Y.

Inspired by the Coffee or Tea contest...

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The skin you wear is a veil
a traitor, a liar, an impostor
below it you are nothing but red  meat
Humans be not so proud

The skin you wear is a veil
It makes you proud and happy
below it you are nothing but red blood
Humans be not so proud

The skin you wear is a veil
a simple paint to tell many stories
below it you are nothing but skeletons
Humans be not so proud

The proud, the stigmatized think again
The skin you wear is a great impostor...

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