Poems About Deception by Top Critiquers
#deception
Poems about deception by top critiquers. Poems written by members who have given lots of feedback to other poets this month.
Stroking Him Real Good (Stephen King)
#deception
#Fanfiction
#lies
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Spiders
Clans of
venomous spiders
nurtured her
from conception
Their black spiny
spindle of legs
wove her skin
of immortal silk
decades ago
Spinnerets
sparkle like
poisonous ornaments
from the wall of
nightshade that
blooms in
her bedroom
Innocence embodied
in a toxic
withered frame
Lean in a
smidge closer
Her web of
white gold
sparkles like
sugared crystals
You know
She needs one
reason to sting
The lingering
scent of red
in her web ...
venomous spiders
nurtured her
from conception
Their black spiny
spindle of legs
wove her skin
of immortal silk
decades ago
Spinnerets
sparkle like
poisonous ornaments
from the wall of
nightshade that
blooms in
her bedroom
Innocence embodied
in a toxic
withered frame
Lean in a
smidge closer
Her web of
white gold
sparkles like
sugared crystals
You know
She needs one
reason to sting
The lingering
scent of red
in her web ...
#love
#lies
#nature #deception
#nature #deception
548 reads
24 Comments
Boomerang ! Or Self-Destroyer ?
You do not have any friends, that's why you block those who won't talk with you.
spare yourself the trouble, you can't give what you don't have, so no need
to wear thick when its already hot, and say the sky is blue when you do not need to.
You wear red outside your house, and i know that inside you are as gray as the
walls that surround you, you can even dissolve into the walls and become a dumb,
mute stone..as well, you affect your look; your walk, you stalk the naive, introvert
ones, and you stutter like a turkey before the gentlemen, but,...
spare yourself the trouble, you can't give what you don't have, so no need
to wear thick when its already hot, and say the sky is blue when you do not need to.
You wear red outside your house, and i know that inside you are as gray as the
walls that surround you, you can even dissolve into the walls and become a dumb,
mute stone..as well, you affect your look; your walk, you stalk the naive, introvert
ones, and you stutter like a turkey before the gentlemen, but,...
#corruption
#deception
#oppression
#rebellion
#vulnerability
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Deceivers
Hit me with your worse
While I’m still going strong
Hit me with a love that’s a curse
When life just can’t go wrong
I’ll be there before you can text
Although my phone is never on
Telepathy is how I connect
These feelings are just that strong
And I, I will do, I will do
Everything to and for you
I will wrestle with death
Until he has nothing but good health
Drain you of ego and fill you with myself
Although I’m a thousand miles away, you’ll swear I never left
Destiny says it’s you for...
While I’m still going strong
Hit me with a love that’s a curse
When life just can’t go wrong
I’ll be there before you can text
Although my phone is never on
Telepathy is how I connect
These feelings are just that strong
And I, I will do, I will do
Everything to and for you
I will wrestle with death
Until he has nothing but good health
Drain you of ego and fill you with myself
Although I’m a thousand miles away, you’ll swear I never left
Destiny says it’s you for...
#love
#betrayal
#deception
489 reads
28 Comments
Public relations
You need a piano room.
Key players lucky strike.
As smoke and mirrors plume.
Illusions left and Reich.
Tune your minds to ivory bars.
In high C up and floats about.
Freudian slip on bananas.
Throw your torch of freedom out.
Key players lucky strike.
As smoke and mirrors plume.
Illusions left and Reich.
Tune your minds to ivory bars.
In high C up and floats about.
Freudian slip on bananas.
Throw your torch of freedom out.
#corruption
#deception
#ignorance #politics
#ignorance #politics
53 reads
6 Comments
Evangelicals
Knowing nothing significant
they can't think for themselves
amid their Bible verse and rant
with logic left on shelves.
So overcome with fear are they...
they shit themselves a bit
then offer thoughts when they all pray
with half a rural wit.
Point this out and they get bent
within their pale skin,
which never once was heaven sent
since all they do is sin.
And why not cheat since Jesus saves
in tacit sin support
so Jesus freaks can go to raves...
or bribe a Supreme Court.
they can't think for themselves
amid their Bible verse and rant
with logic left on shelves.
So overcome with fear are they...
they shit themselves a bit
then offer thoughts when they all pray
with half a rural wit.
Point this out and they get bent
within their pale skin,
which never once was heaven sent
since all they do is sin.
And why not cheat since Jesus saves
in tacit sin support
so Jesus freaks can go to raves...
or bribe a Supreme Court.
#corruption
#deception
#ignorance #politics
#ignorance #politics
134 reads
15 Comments
The Wolf
She spoke of the big wolves’ presence
looming in the darkness, outside our sky house.
Their eyes, cold, pierce through the night,
mingling with the fog of the forest.
With each step, their paws leave prints
of dread behind. Their fur, a velvet of shadows,
lures prey into their trap, aided by the pack.
Carried by haunting echoes and seducing howls,
before their softly sharpened teeth, glistening
under the moon, latch onto you.
She warns of their ruthless grace,
lurking beyond the safety of her embrace,
embodying the...
looming in the darkness, outside our sky house.
Their eyes, cold, pierce through the night,
mingling with the fog of the forest.
With each step, their paws leave prints
of dread behind. Their fur, a velvet of shadows,
lures prey into their trap, aided by the pack.
Carried by haunting echoes and seducing howls,
before their softly sharpened teeth, glistening
under the moon, latch onto you.
She warns of their ruthless grace,
lurking beyond the safety of her embrace,
embodying the...
#confusion
#deception
#fear #manipulation
#fear #manipulation
54 reads
Curse
Your name is my password
not because I can't ever
not because I can't ever
#anger
#breakup
#deception
#heartbroken
#love
363 reads
5 Comments
The Telltale of Tall Tales
I peeped you
Weaponizing verbiage
Sapiosexual occultist banking on the doubts
Of the lesser esteemed
I peeped your diction, hand gestures
And you manner of projection
Thus. labeled you an enigmatic fraud off rip
On guard as you assaulted the God-body
Raised by wolves of asphalt
Wizened by widows of blackness
I peeped you ,bruh
Through a slither of a window {# your eyes}
As truth withered on a vine
Divined in shadows
I peeped you , Mr. Minister
On that one innocuous Sun-day ...
Weaponizing verbiage
Sapiosexual occultist banking on the doubts
Of the lesser esteemed
I peeped your diction, hand gestures
And you manner of projection
Thus. labeled you an enigmatic fraud off rip
On guard as you assaulted the God-body
Raised by wolves of asphalt
Wizened by widows of blackness
I peeped you ,bruh
Through a slither of a window {# your eyes}
As truth withered on a vine
Divined in shadows
I peeped you , Mr. Minister
On that one innocuous Sun-day ...
#religion
#deception
570 reads
9 Comments
Participant
Participant, depicted.
Indifferent, intrinsic.
Affiliates, contingent.
Predicament, existent.
Definitive, dominion.
Envisioning, volition.
Exhibited, opinion.
Derivative, encrypted.
Inquisitive, admission.
Attributed, description.
Meticulous, specific.
Conspicuous, position.
Elicited, division.
Permissiveness, suspicion.
Deliberate, decision.
Bewildering, distinction.
Divisiveness, derision.
Discriminant, vindictive.
Fictitiousness, explicit.
Insidious, insistent.
...
Indifferent, intrinsic.
Affiliates, contingent.
Predicament, existent.
Definitive, dominion.
Envisioning, volition.
Exhibited, opinion.
Derivative, encrypted.
Inquisitive, admission.
Attributed, description.
Meticulous, specific.
Conspicuous, position.
Elicited, division.
Permissiveness, suspicion.
Deliberate, decision.
Bewildering, distinction.
Divisiveness, derision.
Discriminant, vindictive.
Fictitiousness, explicit.
Insidious, insistent.
...
#lies
#betrayal
#rhyming
#manipulation
#deception
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All the Pools Are Sparkling
At Mistwood Gardens
or Birchstream Meadows
Or The Club at Hunter Ridge (which sits between a gas station and a KFC)
all the apartments are luxury
all the pools are sparkling
and the fabulous amenities
like an on site laundry room
provide the lifestyle you deserve!
Come home to Random Name Farms
located just a short gunshot away from gang territory
where the pools - when they are not closed -
are packed with peeing kids
and the drunk adults
blast amelodic profanity- laced music
until close to midnight
At...
or Birchstream Meadows
Or The Club at Hunter Ridge (which sits between a gas station and a KFC)
all the apartments are luxury
all the pools are sparkling
and the fabulous amenities
like an on site laundry room
provide the lifestyle you deserve!
Come home to Random Name Farms
located just a short gunshot away from gang territory
where the pools - when they are not closed -
are packed with peeing kids
and the drunk adults
blast amelodic profanity- laced music
until close to midnight
At...
#home
#city
#TruthOfLife #deception
#TruthOfLife #deception
246 reads
9 Comments
Sharks
Sharks
They can smell your vulnerable from very far away, they encircle you so lovingly, they know exactly what to say
Offering care and comfort, you're welcomed in with open arms, blinding you with charisma, turning on their charms
Waiting for you to drop your guard, then they move in for the kill, taking what they want from you, until they've had their fill
Feeding off your loneliness, searching for your broken heart, making sure you never heal, whilst they play their part
The part of the caring friend, the one who'd never make...
They can smell your vulnerable from very far away, they encircle you so lovingly, they know exactly what to say
Offering care and comfort, you're welcomed in with open arms, blinding you with charisma, turning on their charms
Waiting for you to drop your guard, then they move in for the kill, taking what they want from you, until they've had their fill
Feeding off your loneliness, searching for your broken heart, making sure you never heal, whilst they play their part
The part of the caring friend, the one who'd never make...
#love
#lust
#deception
334 reads
0 Comments
DU Poetry : Poems About Deception by Top Critiquers