Short Pretends Poems

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


Premium Member Ripples of Grief

exhaling breath of laughter, a smile pretends ~ ripples of grief still aches


2/18/2023


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© Eve Roper  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Monoku


Premium Member He's got all the time in the world

He's still as can be ~
Pink coloured one-legged flamingo for hours
He pretends he's a rose


Worku: 5-7-5 words

AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Form: Other

7th Five Fabulous Fun Footles Not For Contest

The Thames Pretends To be A sea, But knows It flows Through towns And gowns And spires And shires.
(One last one.)
Form: Footle

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:

Premium Member Young Magician


Because Timmy no longer pretends
that his spells end the way he intends,

missing teeth and bug eyes
tend to be no surprise

when he magicalizes his friends...
Form: Limerick


Break Lightly

its amber embers blush
Hints its way
across the face of house
and in the empy black eyed windows
the shadows slither together
in stillness
and in the silence
darkness pretends

Personally

People get birth everyday,
Plays their parts everyway,
Pretends in what they say,
Parents God will pay,
Performs even if there  is delay,
Perfect in different key,
Prayers rules have obey.
Form: Rhyme

Tested Friends

Friends through the good times, 
pretends through the bad, 
storms reveal they wear a mask 
true colours are shown at last
and by the time storms have passed
they are friends you never had.
© Nick Trim  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Poetry Intends Not Be Fake

Poetry pretends it's not pain,
but it feels like it's deep
pure metaphor...
Not only rhyme deep pain
that lifts the soul
in suffering profound
 and that is
sickest thing
to make poetry... !

8:39

8:39 and am I fine?
   Am I here alone again?

Is this night so dark that I
   Can't see my shadows calling me?

My soul pretends to be 
   In your eternity

So funny now I see
   How far, so close you are to me

Sin-Dees Malady

She pretends to care
Written emotion lies to all
The core of her is rancid
Her center made of fantasy

She tries to impress all
With saccharin sickly prose
The woman turns a blind eye
Her true intentions revealed

Premium Member Off the Stage

Actressy Agnes overacts with gusto. Pretends off the stage, great actor’s her beau. She blows big kisses. They’re always misses. Her audience acts, goes along with her show. 10/24/2022
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Beware of the Pink Praying Mantis

Prissy pink praying mantis pretends no preference
Delightful dapper Dan, a suitor, gives her deference.
They dance a tantalizing tango with her cousin Ted.
Before the dance is finished, Dan has lost his sweet head.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member When I Bend Over

At my age, I make a noise when I bend over It's the law but quite embarrassing, even for Rover He barks when he farts Pretends it's from another yard Us humans shift our eyes, pretend we're not the owner
Form: Limerick

Dead Letter

somewhere, close to the very end
to protect, a lover pretends,
faking what is long gone
cutting my losses and moving on
we take what we can get from love
stamp it and mail it to the wrong address
it ends up in a dead-letter office
© Jo Bien  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member Dragon Watches Herd Girl

Dragon keeps his eye on herder girl who cares for the sheep
He pretends to slumber, but he is in no way asleep.
The sheep are heading up the mountain, it is ungodly steep
He hears the little ones making mewing sounds; one makes a bleep
Form: Monorhyme

Cute Sandy

The soft snowy body,the cute puffy face
The bulky swift creature,is never behind in race
The fully stretched being,often pretends to sleep
But,is always vigilant, having an eye to keep
Yor are dearest to me,no doubt...you are an Ace!!
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Pretending

Simultaneity

Of life and death

A story of not two..

A story because

Words are stories

Implying separation..

The story pretends

To express that which

Cannot be expressed..

Including these words...

Pretending...

Sequence

Christmas memories lost in frail mind. His family are strangers - eyes blank. Boyish thoughts of yore, Grandpa pretends, returns hugs with anxious smile – lonely.
for Dr. Ram's Cinqku Contest, 11/9/2014
Form: Cinqku

Uncomfortable

we forget that were
more comfortable pretending 
we cant see in the dark
sometimes we bring our flashlights
but we always know exactly where to shine them first
so i advert my eyes as
my hostage pretends to be surprised
i should just be myself
© John Ryder  Create an image from this poem.

In Pretence

He looks like a good person
from the physical appearance, 
little do you know he's poison 
wearing a garment of pretence 

He pretends to be a friend 
who will always help in danger 
though his mission always stand 
to devour you up like a monster
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Hellhounds Doggie Chow Part 2

While you’re around he pretends to be with you until the bitter end. He never intended to honor his words, nor carry you through thick and thin, to have your back or be your friend. And when at last the spell is broke, Turn around...Take a second look.....
Form: Rhyme

The Story

He pretends to be what he is not,
a borrowed reality shapes his suit,

cuts his cloth. He imagines himself
reflected in mirroring eyes.

A sad story
one we all have all put together
from clouds and cobwebs.

Let us hope we have liars
for friends.

Premium Member Playing Along

Let’s pretend it is Christmas he said.
By December he will be dead.
I readily agree

It’s nothing to worry about
I play along without a shout
I readily agree

For three long months we play this song
He pretends that nothing is wrong
I readily agree

Red Stains of Love

Covered with the red stains of love,
I flee the scene,
Like a scared dove,
That pretends to be white,
Since it's already covered with red,
Never able to see the light,
Of day,
So I must lay,
Until this day come to an end,
Because at this present moment,
I'm a wanted man.

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