Superficialities Poems | Examples


Premium MemberJade Stone's :::Vanity:::

Let he who is without vanity cast the first insult
Vain to me smacks of superficialities which 
in the long run prove fragile and meaningless
You can be proud of your accomplishments 
without worries of being vain 
Lose your hair, lose your teeth, lose your looks, 
lose your vanity

Fashion statements
Youth
Dress-up  make-up 
Forsooth
A little vanity never hurt anybody
Until it becomes the substance of your life
Uncouth 
Raison d'être
It’s not necessarily a negative asset


conceit
conceded
vain
narcissism
self-love
self-admiration
self-regard
self-absorption...

...Is self-love really considered vanity?
Categories: superficialities, vanity,
Form: Dramatic Verse

Premium MemberDarkness Revisited

dark clothing
dark skin
dark place

may    be

but

dark sees
the realities of life
beyond superficialities
deeper meaning
happiness and light
laughter and love

aware
of life

Collection: Life
Written: December 2019
Categories: superficialities, dark, hope, life,
Form: Free verse


Premium MemberNaked As We Came

I walk the broken asphalt streets of a once proud city
Where proud monuments still stand tall and sturdy
Built to honor patriots; dedicated men of yesterday
Men who knew the meaning of honor and integrity 
Men who sought office not for power or riches
But for the love of their country and her people 
And I cringe at the thought, were they alive, 
How infuriated they’d be to see

Broken hopes dried up and tossed aside   
Broken promises crumbling like the broken streets 
Broken citizens peacefully protesting
See them tempted to revolt 
As they plead for their children’s tomorrows 
See the broken system and a bureaucracy pregnant with errant ways 
Hypocrisy no longer hides her face 
She flaunts her wares with ease 
Emboldened by ill-gotten wealth
Blind to the writing on the wall!

If alive today, we’d hear them cry,
‘Tear down these Billboards of blatant lies 
Break the platforms of clever rhetoric
Put an end to infantile bickering
Erase all the superficialities
Wake up to your reality 
In the final analysis
One simple truth remains…
Each of us will exit this stage
As naked as we came!
Categories: superficialities, angst, political, integrity,
Form: Free verse

Locate Me

Sit down, you say.
Relax and breathe.
Tell you what is on my mind?

Concentrate, please.
Close my eyes and think
Of answers to satisfy 
The questioning hour.

Let the words come.
Tell you anything; 
Anything at all?

Why I feel that way?
How I think they feel?
No pressure.

In time I will speak.
Patience - Patience is 
The golden key to open my mind;
Open my mind and
Banish these feelings.

Look at me:
In my eyes you see 
Indecipherable emotions;
Unseen adhesive of silence
Present on my lips.

Sadly, time is up, you say.
Goodbye, see you next time.

Time will always leave to 
Earn more superficialities.
Time does not allow
For genuine concern;
It denies any progress not made.

So I think quietly to myself-
Can time really help you
To help me;
When the time comes,
Will I ever know myself
To truly help you
Help me?

Goodbye, see you next time,
But I said instead.
Categories: superficialities, confusion, life, people, recovery
Form: I do not know?
Get a Premium Membership
Get more exposure for your poetry and more features with a Premium Membership.
Book: Reflection on the Important Things

Member Area

My Admin
Profile and Settings
Edit My Poems
Edit My Quotes
Edit My Short Stories
Edit My Articles
My Comments Inboxes
My Comments Outboxes
Soup Mail
Poetry Contests
Contest Results/Status
Followers
Poems of Poets I Follow
Friend Builder

Soup Social

Poetry Forum
New/Upcoming Features
The Wall
Soup Facebook Page
Who is Online
Link to Us

Member Poems

Poems - Top 100 New
Poems - Top 100 All-Time
Poems - Best
Poems - by Topic
Poems - New (All)
Poems - New (PM)
Poems - New by Poet
Poems - Read
Poems - Unread

Member Poets

Poets - Best New
Poets - New
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems Recent
Poets - Top 100 Community
Poets - Top 100 Contest

Famous Poems

Famous Poems - African American
Famous Poems - Best
Famous Poems - Classical
Famous Poems - English
Famous Poems - Haiku
Famous Poems - Love
Famous Poems - Short
Famous Poems - Top 100

Famous Poets

Famous Poets - Living
Famous Poets - Most Popular
Famous Poets - Top 100
Famous Poets - Best
Famous Poets - Women
Famous Poets - African American
Famous Poets - Beat
Famous Poets - Cinquain
Famous Poets - Classical
Famous Poets - English
Famous Poets - Haiku
Famous Poets - Hindi
Famous Poets - Jewish
Famous Poets - Love
Famous Poets - Metaphysical
Famous Poets - Modern
Famous Poets - Punjabi
Famous Poets - Romantic
Famous Poets - Spanish
Famous Poets - Suicidal
Famous Poets - Urdu
Famous Poets - War

Poetry Resources

Anagrams
Bible
Book Store
Character Counter
Cliché Finder
Poetry Clichés
Common Words
Copyright Information
Grammar
Grammar Checker
Homonym
Homophones
How to Write a Poem
Lyrics
Love Poem Generator
New Poetic Forms
Plagiarism Checker
Poetics
Poetry Art
Publishing
Random Word Generator
Spell Checker
Store
What is Good Poetry?
Word Counter