Short Phony Poems

Rumble of news now!
Feint response anger' a showing?
Birth death.. Some gap.?...

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In our life we learn,
    stories, history, phony
    less  live and  to die......

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Is that Santa Claus?
I think that guy is phony!
Get me the real one!
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stated succinctly,"I'd rather be or appear to be a creepy guy rather than a phony guy. period....

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stated succinctly,"I'd rather be or appear to be a creepy guy rather than a phony guy. period....

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Hey guys, I've never seen any
With tricks so silly but not funny
Like you, giggling buddies.
You put an act of goodies
But I guess that airs are phony....

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The caller tried to pull a quick scam
The lady shouted, oh yes, ma’am
Called her card numbers out
Gave them a phony route
T’was the numbers stuck on her pork ham...

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We won't ever be anybody's red
caped tin horned hero. 
       We seem local and suburban.
                    All pleased.

Published in Poetry Almanac - Summer 1974...

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They protest to not be a drama queen
but just can't wait to jump into the scene
Pretending to be a friend
Verbal daggers they extend
Their true colors are now vibrantly seen...

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Deception stuck
Just my luck.
Money I still ponder
And yet I will wonder.
Something seems phony
But it's not the alimony.
What alimony?
Was his testimony.
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Anatomical Date

She was primped and properly tony
prime rib encasing baloney
a troubling thing
anatomical bling
for all of her assets were phony


John G. Lawless
©2.2.2018...

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a deafening cacophony
ego spawned thought spirals phony 
earth a lunatic asylum
everywhere swaying pendulum
mindless chatter, each soul lonely

23-September-2021...

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Holidays
              poised,  phony
  passing, daunting, demoralizing  
  Prizes, Money,  Memories, Gifts 
 unyielding, warming, reassuring 
           candid,  authentic 
                    Today....

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What a silly nincompoop, hands free phony
Driving over everything in his pathway
His eyes fully occupied by the cute girl
Gingerly bouncing!


Sapphic Stanza number Three contest
Sponsored by Craig Cornish....

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Bought myself a cactus plant
With flower on the top,
Such a dazzling orange
It seems phony, like a prop.

Set it on my windowsill
So light and air will fill it;
Wonder how long it’ll take
Before I start to kill it....

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A February baker is named Joanie.
This Joanie Woanie has a funny boney.
She sells a cake or pie.
Her price is way too high.
Joanie Woanie is a phony baloney.

Robert Pettit for Linda-Marie’s contest
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I may host a contest? For the most politically correct here
On the theme of playing monopoly, with fake money
Is that legal btw ? I'm sure there will be some interesting
Entrys.'
Place all comments in the box below.'...

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Trump Rode Pony While Being Phony

While riding pony Trump was a phony fraud;
Would watch women when clothes they shod;
He forgot about belated;
Much trouble generated;
Found bad things when in his past did prod.

Jim Horn...

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Ima Risk a flim-flam man,
Was always looking for a scam,
Selling his useless diet pills
And passing phony money bills,
Until a judge incarcerated his can.


alternate last line: Until a judge incarcerated his can in the can....

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Social Animal Not Cultured Horn Limerick

Trump is social animal but not cultured
And women's lives he had adultered
With smile phony as can be
Always despicable was he
Working class people went around and detoured.

Jim Horn...

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Nunez Nonsense Memo

Phony Bunch of Bologna

Trump is sure to win another Tony, 
For all of his big bunch of Bologna; 
Up to his ears, 
Drawing tears; 
Proves that he is putrid and phony,
And squishy as some salty abalone.

Jim Horn...

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God
                     sacred, Divine
              protecting, helping, loving  
            truth, justice, cajolery, forger
              deceiving,  scaring, hating
                     creepy, phony
                            devil...

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The temptation is so easy
The cost cheaper than money
The moment is very funny
The idea so sunny
         Yummy for tummy
Lets do the hokey pokey 
Cheating becoming cozy
        Okey dokey
But there are fumes, and smells phony
        Hooey...

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smells..,

sounds..,

my fishing pole drowns..,

sights..,

touch..,

never in a rush..,

throw..,

splash..,

got you at last..,

huge..,

trophy..,

my tale so phony..,

bread...

mustard..,

tonight's supper.., 

bologna....

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there is a darkness
inside my soul
that I cannot define
buried beneath
all the smiles
Is a sadness so divine
It makes me weep
When I am all alone
and have only the walls
to hear me cry
Outside of those walls
I put up a front 
and keep living a lie...

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