Short Pretense Poems
Short Pretense Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Pretense by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Pretense by length and keyword.
Hypocrisy
Pretense of virtual character ~ Rancid Soup...
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Categories:
pretense, abuse,
Form:
Monoku
Forest
The forest dark and ever dense
Swallowed the light
Without pretense...
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Categories:
pretense, tree,
Form:
Haiku
Theater of Life
in this theatrical world
where the pretense is real
the truth has secondary role...
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Categories:
pretense, allegory, allusion, analogy, life, metaphor, truth, wisdom,
Form:
Senryu
Open Pretense
Life is graciously fair to all by birth
To live up to chances, know your true worth...
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Categories:
pretense, 1st grade, adventure, art, class, destiny, devotion,
Form:
Iambic Pentameter
Deception
Day. . . in hectic job:
laughs, jokes, joy, pretense . . . night?
- pains of solitude!...
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Categories:
pretense, life
Form:
Haiku
Admiration
Into her eyes I enter, free of unctuous pretense, my daughter, so I can feel it all as she....
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Categories:
pretense, childhood, daughter, love,
Form:
Free verse
Swag
golden goose pretense
of an au courant coffer —
rags rich on his breath
1/5/2021...
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Categories:
pretense, metaphor,
Form:
Senryu
Rules of God For All
Judgment panel code
For pretense road human makes
God made for the all
-October 17, 2018 Chattogram...
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Categories:
pretense, introspection,
Form:
Senryu
God's Stare
His piercing stare
strips the pretense
from my soul
Held up to His mirror
my eyes cede control...
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Categories:
pretense, god, identity, mirror,
Form:
Rhyme
5th Five Fabulous Fun Footles Not For Contest
We walk
And talk
In words
Absurd.
Words flow
With no
Pretense
Of sense
But sound
Profound.
...
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Categories:
pretense, humorous,
Form:
Footle
Flowers Pretense
purple violets
picket fence hides the rough stuff
family misery.
yellow daffodil
showing the world perky,
fooling the neighbors...
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Categories:
pretense, flower,
Form:
Haiku
Woman
Since time, a woman
Aesthetic and soft spoken
maybe just pretense.
If they know the lady's heart
would they love a crazy wild?
~cvb~ 03/09/22...
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Categories:
pretense, beautiful, girl, woman,
Form:
Tanka
Hyper Vigilant Child Sees All
Fake smile
Presenting pulsing cheek
Hovering pretense
Easily seen by hyper vigilant child
Anger shining through clearly
On the flip side of a hidden world...
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Categories:
pretense, love hurts, pain, parents, perspective, teacher,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
It Makes Sense
Right or pretense
It makes sense
To see and suspense
what Socrates says:
"in number, there are views
as the number of human heads
their words are immense"....
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Categories:
pretense, philosophy, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
Sweetheart Pretense
Sweet-heart
Can fool you
To really think
What they will be like
One year is not enough
Trial run okay?
Sounds like self-doubts
No pressure
Please choose
You...
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Categories:
pretense, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 8th
Form:
Ninette
Tim Is So Dense
Tim is so dense he never understands
Little wife Rosemary's hint of pretense
He cuddles her tender boobs
with sneak attacks on pubis
Oblivious to her sense of defense....
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Categories:
pretense, fun, humor,
Form:
Limerick
Friends
The enduring love of faithful friends
is my shield against the false pretense
of those who laugh and smile with me
but through their actions, subtlely
have in their hearts abandoned me....
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Categories:
pretense, friendship,
Form:
Free verse
pretend to see him
I pretend not to see him
His big goofy dog face sticking out of a leaf pile
how can I keep this pretense up?
Look at that grin!
He always looks joyful like this.
Everyone needs a dog....
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Categories:
pretense, dog,
Form:
Free verse
Hey Sir Cunningham
Loyal to the core and beyond no pretense
For years Tom and I have been loyal friends
Nothing's greater than that
My jolly old chap
My extra special friend right to the end...
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Categories:
pretense, friend,
Form:
Limerick
Paradox of Life
PARADOX OF LIFE
Some people live in pretense to show bliss when they are sad for truth hurts.
4/25/21 Paradox of Life Poetry
JCB Brul
Checked: How Many Syllables...
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Categories:
pretense, life,
Form:
Monoku
Betrayal
Here lies the grave of innocence
Where despair tainted charity
Where hope broke in crumbled pretense
Betrayed by darkened clarity.
7/27/20
Entered in 'Your Best Quatrain' contest...
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Categories:
pretense, angst, grief, loss,
Form:
Quatrain
My Wife
Easy smile, soft warm voice,flaxen hair.
Simple things pleased her.
No pretense, greed, envy or slander.
A soulmate, lover, partner, friend, confidant.
Sweet loving mother.
Taken too soon....
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Categories:
pretense, beauty, heartbroken, love,
Form:
Free verse
Pondering
simplistic the words of illusion
as I dance a novel of pretense
must I take your hand in promise
shall we dine amongst the kings of yesterday
this love so rare to be defined
this lonely thought of I...
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Categories:
pretense, hope, imagination, life, love, passion, romance
Form:
Free verse
Wondering Dervish
Forced me into the birdcage, nervous while plundering
The lash around my neck, result of blundering
Awakened my wrath, vigorous equally thundering
Misplaced under the tent, pretense of a dervish wondering....
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Categories:
pretense, woman,
Form:
Rhyme
Frozen In Pretense
truth is abandoned - falsehood clings to hollow minds like snow covered trees
deceit is burdensome, making weary minds numb, frozen in pretense
12-29-19
Ku Duet Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Silent One...
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Categories:
pretense, truth,
Form:
Haiku