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.
Pinkdreams
Poem Published
19th Aug 2023 8:34pm
19th Aug 2023 8:34pm
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
276 reads
9 Comments
InDreamz
Poem Published
15th Jun 2024 6:23pm
15th Jun 2024 6:23pm
Curse
Your name is my password
not because I can't ever
not because I can't ever
#anger
#breakup
#deception
#heartbroken
#love
492 reads
7 Comments
poeticdelight
Hamid
Hamid
Poem Published
18th Dec 2024 12:59pm
18th Dec 2024 12:59pm
Blindness Of The Eyed Ones
It's so easy to write more words
vanity and levity, that say less
much the same when you talk too much
while your speech is meaningless
even at more lower level when you lie
in this mature age and awareness...............
when the child lies we blame the kid
scald him sometimes, hurt his feelings
don't we realize that they are our seed
Then, we reject the crops that we have sown
shameful when the child read our sickness,
see our vulnerability, watch how weak
we present our poetic selves....
vanity and levity, that say less
much the same when you talk too much
while your speech is meaningless
even at more lower level when you lie
in this mature age and awareness...............
when the child lies we blame the kid
scald him sometimes, hurt his feelings
don't we realize that they are our seed
Then, we reject the crops that we have sown
shameful when the child read our sickness,
see our vulnerability, watch how weak
we present our poetic selves....
#corruption
#deception
#inequality
#LifeStruggles
#vulnerability
66 reads
0 Comments
Lilliputian
Poem Published
24th Oct 2024 9:28pm
24th Oct 2024 9:28pm
From One Womb
Emanated from the very womb
Two fetuses
Entangled in webs of DNA
Yet one was born to be the victim
Suffering with a smile
Sucked dry from blood by the other
Two fetuses
Entangled in webs of DNA
Yet one was born to be the victim
Suffering with a smile
Sucked dry from blood by the other
#deception
#hurt
#sadness
94 reads
MalcolmG
Poem Published
23rd Nov 2024 9:03am
23rd Nov 2024 9:03am
Have You Seen My Wife ? - a true story
Have you seen my wife?
the creaking floors, the hollow walls,
the garden where he planted beer cans
that bloom without joy.
She was the spark in his life once,
or so he thought
a face a caramel tart,
a voice like honey,
a promise dressed in silk.
But promises break,
don’t they?
Their house became a carnival,
not of laughter but of strangers.
Friends from overseas filled the guest rooms,
toasting her beauty,
praising the home he built.
Their cheers drowned the whispers
he refused...
the creaking floors, the hollow walls,
the garden where he planted beer cans
that bloom without joy.
She was the spark in his life once,
or so he thought
a face a caramel tart,
a voice like honey,
a promise dressed in silk.
But promises break,
don’t they?
Their house became a carnival,
not of laughter but of strangers.
Friends from overseas filled the guest rooms,
toasting her beauty,
praising the home he built.
Their cheers drowned the whispers
he refused...
#betrayal
#death
#deception
#lies
#TruthOfLife
63 reads
1 Comment
RyanBlackborough
Poem Published
7th Jan 2025 3:52am
7th Jan 2025 3:52am
Nothing to see here
It's madness.
You're insane.
One track mind.
Easy to train.
Lets play dress up.
On your knees.
Lets play doctor.
You're a disease.
Lambs to slaughter.
Muttons cheap.
All you herd.
Bleating sheep.
Lets play dumb.
Say no more.
Same old game.
Same old score.
Input, output.
Programmatic.
System error.
No one panic.
Robot.
That means slave.
Fit for purpose.
Not to save.
You're insane.
One track mind.
Easy to train.
Lets play dress up.
On your knees.
Lets play doctor.
You're a disease.
Lambs to slaughter.
Muttons cheap.
All you herd.
Bleating sheep.
Lets play dumb.
Say no more.
Same old game.
Same old score.
Input, output.
Programmatic.
System error.
No one panic.
Robot.
That means slave.
Fit for purpose.
Not to save.
#deception
#hypocrisy
#manipulation #politics
#manipulation #politics
97 reads
0 Comments
Lozzamus
Poem Published
25th Jan 2025 9:56pm
25th Jan 2025 9:56pm
Secrets - The Email
Email to Robert Holmes
Sent Friday 14 September
Sender: Lana Holmes
Subject: Greetings from Mom
Message: Robert, how wonderful it was to receive your email and hear all your exciting news. I'm so pleased you're enjoying school and still writing those beautiful animal stories of yours. Your teacher Miss Lyons sounds lovely. I'm so pleased everything's working out between you and Mel. I'm in the South of France with a girlfriend, but we'll try to fix something up. Not a word to your dad.
Take care and see if you can find a quick moment to write to me...
Sent Friday 14 September
Sender: Lana Holmes
Subject: Greetings from Mom
Message: Robert, how wonderful it was to receive your email and hear all your exciting news. I'm so pleased you're enjoying school and still writing those beautiful animal stories of yours. Your teacher Miss Lyons sounds lovely. I'm so pleased everything's working out between you and Mel. I'm in the South of France with a girlfriend, but we'll try to fix something up. Not a word to your dad.
Take care and see if you can find a quick moment to write to me...
#deception
#mystery
#separation
48 reads
3 Comments
runningturtle87
Poem Published
8th Jun 2022 11:27am
8th Jun 2022 11:27am
To Be Wanted
To Be Wanted
No one wants
to be
the consolation prize,
not to be
the one
in her eyes,
not to have
that central
core space,
the reason
the moonlight
wakes up on her face.
The boxes
she keeps
in her underwear drawer
are filled
with the letters
of dreams of still more.
And every sad look
of having
just settled
reminds
of fourth place,
not even medaled.
No one wants
to be
the consolation prize,
not to be
the one
in her eyes,
not to have
that central
core space,
the reason
the moonlight
wakes up on her face.
The boxes
she keeps
in her underwear drawer
are filled
with the letters
of dreams of still more.
And every sad look
of having
just settled
reminds
of fourth place,
not even medaled.
#rejection
#betrayal
#disappointment
#apathy
#deception
662 reads
6 Comments
Indie
Miss Indie
Miss Indie
Poem Published
28th Oct 2024 8:59pm
28th Oct 2024 8:59pm
ghost in the bones
This betrayal is rolling around again
take my peace and fuck me up
I'm just a ghost anyway
There's nothing here to see
there was never anyone here to see
when everything falls
someone will scry my bones in the dust
and find the story of no one
This betrayal is rolling around again
take my peace and fuck me up
I'm just a ghost anyway
take my peace and fuck me up
I'm just a ghost anyway
There's nothing here to see
there was never anyone here to see
when everything falls
someone will scry my bones in the dust
and find the story of no one
This betrayal is rolling around again
take my peace and fuck me up
I'm just a ghost anyway
#betrayal
#deception
#depression #SelfWorth
#depression #SelfWorth
133 reads
2 Comments
averageJoe69
Ron Summers
Ron Summers
Poem Published
17th Apr 2021 9:43am
17th Apr 2021 9:43am
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
370 reads
0 Comments
Baldwin
Poem Published
5th Jun 2021 1:44pm
5th Jun 2021 1:44pm
Parts and Wholes
I saw some long hair hanging down
(a loveliness!)
upon a shoulder brown
and then deduced from part to whole
(and oh so rightly I had thought, and as some
Dogenits, pointing to a dewdrop, teach
that I could soundly do)
within a seconds’ span
the one to whom the hair belonged
was a most radiant “she”.
But then “she” turned to me
and I knew then the fool I was
for thinking (oi! an over reach!) that it was true
that wholes were somethings that were always kenned,
and surely, too,
or even could be known, from their...
(a loveliness!)
upon a shoulder brown
and then deduced from part to whole
(and oh so rightly I had thought, and as some
Dogenits, pointing to a dewdrop, teach
that I could soundly do)
within a seconds’ span
the one to whom the hair belonged
was a most radiant “she”.
But then “she” turned to me
and I knew then the fool I was
for thinking (oi! an over reach!) that it was true
that wholes were somethings that were always kenned,
and surely, too,
or even could be known, from their...
#deception
235 reads
0 Comments
Trillium
Poem Published
15th Jun 2023 2:34am
15th Jun 2023 2:34am
Fox “News”
Pry back the digital veil
obscuring reality.
Gaslighting.
Pernicious, false rhetoric.
Designed to enrage.
Imaginary conspiracies.
Charlatans,
posing as investigative reporters.
Innuendo replacing facts.
Purveyors of outrage,
spinning
layers of deception,
misinformation,
disinformation and
outright lies,
like straw,
into ratings gold
Insulated from accountability (until recently)
Unmoved, uncaring of the
consequences.
Acknowledging their lies
are
gold.
What...
obscuring reality.
Gaslighting.
Pernicious, false rhetoric.
Designed to enrage.
Imaginary conspiracies.
Charlatans,
posing as investigative reporters.
Innuendo replacing facts.
Purveyors of outrage,
spinning
layers of deception,
misinformation,
disinformation and
outright lies,
like straw,
into ratings gold
Insulated from accountability (until recently)
Unmoved, uncaring of the
consequences.
Acknowledging their lies
are
gold.
What...
#lies
#betrayal
#hypocrisy #deception
#hypocrisy #deception
205 reads
5 Comments
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