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.
His piercing stare
strips the pretense
from my soul
Held up to His mirror
my eyes cede control
We walk
And talk
In words
Absurd.
Words flow
With no
Pretense
Of sense
But sound
Profound.
purple violets
picket fence hides the rough stuff
family misery.
yellow daffodil
showing the world perky,
fooling the neighbors
Is knowing what's known
enough, or must you know it
beyond the pretense
to feelings and perception ~
with bright light glow in its shine
Moon on the blue Nile.
Dual happenstance.
No pretense or guile.
Captured by romance.
Upon a timeless Isle.
Within a lover's trance.
Can loving you ~
ever be a mistake?
Come what may,
I won’t ever take a break.
Even if it’s pretense—
life itself feels fake.
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
My song will be out of tuned
Distorted and seaming in ruin
A matter of false fact
Under a pretense that
The truth will be told
And not bought and sold
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
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".
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
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.
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.
this is what it is
blue sky sparkles in dry eyes ~
rain clouds deep within
this is what it is
pretense spreads calm shine on smile ~
fierce storm inside
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.
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.
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
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
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
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.
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
Reincarnation
eternity’s myth
You’re incarnated
only once
Though many transitions
are stamped with time’s pretense
As it was in the beginning
— it will be at the end
(Dreamsleep: March, 2025)
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.
I’m wishing things were different.
I question what I absolutely cannot change.
I catch myself praying for petty wants.
I see the pretense of my ways.
Some old habits die hard.
AP: 3rd place 2025
Once there was an actor called Solomon” the Super star”
Demonstration of falseness and pretense for Oscar
A show of diligence
No show of dog race
Bloody, ultimately no gold is super star better hopeless star!