Short Pretending Poems

Short Pretending Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Pretending by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Pretending by length and keyword.


Chore Snore

There are many things I need to do 
yet nothing's getting done

I think I'll sit around awhile
pretending my to-do's are done
Form: Rhyme


Premium Member The Secret To Aging Gracefully

Is tapping in to that youthful energy
Instead of pretending you still have it.

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Experience is worth a whole lot.
Form: Epic

Gloomy

I'm just pretending that I don't love you.
When i really do. 
What should i do? 
When my thoughts and soul
Is looking for you?
© Jo Ji  Create an image from this poem.

Playing Dumb

Sitting on the sun
Pretending there is no light
Who's got the matches
This is fun, I'm playing dumb
How soon are we gonna jump
Form: Tanka

Mossy Mask

hard rock pretending 
Wears mask of algae and moss
to be soft and green
Friendly fresh looks it truly
more dangerous to step on
Form: Tanka


Guilt

"Tears running down the drain pretending its rain standing under a shower of shame burning up cause it’s hot and I am still ashamed."

Life Is the Living Moon

darkness as black as ignorance
	as shine pretending as hypocrisy
	living to perish
	and fighting to cherish
	life is the living moon.
Form:

You'Re In Luck

You know how boys play with their tool
Pretending to be Mr. Cool
So keep an eye out
For a water spout
As they tend to pee in the pool!
Form: Limerick

Premium Member No compromise to be had

You nod pretending to hear.
I know you're not listening one bit.
Your mind is made up.



Wordku: 5-7-5 words

AP: 2nd place 2026
Form: Other

Paradare of Fools

its a sin have some pretend
walk with that grim
pretending to be a friend
while no one wins
to them its cool
theyer
PARADARE  OF FOOLS

Premium Member Putting up a front

Nine a.m. in cancer ward.
Stoic husband waits to hear his name.
Together pretending not to worry.


Wordku: 5-7-5 words

AP: 3rd place 2026
Form: Other

Take Charge

The truth cannot change 
Even when you choose to ignore it 

You need courage to challenge the norm 
A person pretending to sleep cannot be awakened

In On It

I should never
have elevated you
pretending you were more
than human,
like everyone else,
finding out - but not too late -
the smear on your hands.
© Alan Inman  Create an image from this poem.
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Tschuess

Accept life for what it is - one more bruise.
Cheer up but you'd better stop pretending
To be always happy. C'est la vie! Tschuess!
Start comprehending.
Form: Lyric

Premium Member Nature Smiles

lavender stars
sprinkling wisdom
pines rear up
pretending they are taller
nature smiles watching their interchange
loving the snow that completes them

Premium Member Alone

Alone by a stream
  skipping stones
     aimlessly
No, that's too trite
  --randomly, perhaps
What's the use of
     pretending
that it's meaningful

Premium Member SCHOOL

SCHOOL
the desks
a chalked board
sitting with a friend
pretending to listen
to lull teacher's attention

"A place where minds and numbness meet"

Premium Member Emptiness Speaks of Emptiness

Appearances

May seem as

Limitations..

Pretending to describe

The indescribable..

Yet in simple appearances

Emptiness speaks of

Emptiness...

Filth

Another day of uncomfortable waiting
Pretending that things will change. 
I can’t deal with the problems I’m facing. 
Same things over again, mentally deranged.
Form: Rhyme

Feathered Siren

The delicate feather
Of a golden winged bird
A song like soft rain
Green grass with blades of iron
A young girl pretending to be fine
The bird merely a siren.
Form: Lyric

Premium Member A Journey

A 
journey
a tale of longing
and searching
for what seems not 
to be here~
of findings 
pretending relief~
and perhaps
sudden death
of the tale itself~~

Premium Member Buffalo Bill Tries Hard

she was homely and plain
Buffalo Bill dressed her poster up, pretending pretty
the men would not come to watch her shoot
if they knew the truth about Annie Oakley

Premium Member Metamorph



                              Euplastic creature
                                          transforms into my skin suit
                     pretending it's me
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Pretending to be brave

My heart was racing madly.
Trembling with fear walking down midnight streets.
Calling on my guardian angel.



Wordku: 5-7-5 words

AP: Honorable Mention 2026
Form: Other

Evil Pretending To Be Good

Is the worst kind of evil,
It stings the heart,
When you find out everybody is lying to you,
Evil pretends to be good,
Evil gets eventually found out and destroyed.
Form:

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