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Mirrored Reflections
The calmer
the more confident
The more strident
the more insecure
The more natural the laugh
the less the...
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Categories:
analogy, character, confidence, vanity,
Form: Free verse
Orchid WomanOh you know the type—
the orchid woman
a cosmopolitan who cosmo sips
between snips of gist
her charisma a starship —collides
with your star-full eyes
supernova for Casanova
her pouty lips knit a magazine smile
rows of sugar-white pearls
strung shiny straight
behind wet-red...
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Categories:
vanity, beautiful, imagery, irony, power,
Form: Free verse
Real Men Don't Cheat on Their WomenGod simply made man and woman
to be together for the rest of their lives,
it's a blessing this heedless world
has not fully known;
and it's so rare nowadays
to see two people in love
and promise each other to...
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Categories:
vanity, betrayal, devotion, dream, longing,
Form: Lyric
Disservice JugDon't destroy the jug
That gives you water before
unused, give a hug....
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Categories:
character, meaningful, truth, vanity,
Form: Haiku
Ugly beautifulI want to write something beautiful for you
How can when all I am is ugly?
Grab a mirror just to be sure
Reflecting sunsets and puppies
Can something common be bonny?
It is only in your eyes I am...
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Categories:
vanity, age, beautiful, beauty, child,
Form: Free verse
And That's A Bit Too UnkindHow can you ever think
that my attraction is
an appropriate wink...
that's a bit too unkind
to reject me, stay behind
and throw an arrow
to wound me pitilessly:
it's not the first time or last!
What you hide and won't...
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Categories:
vanity, addiction, betrayal, character, crush,
Form: Lyric
PUFF PAPER
How do we say, men who lost their lives without oceans
lot of advice even from the paper puff but still are ignorant as a bleating goat.
Many have fallen before there eyes but is that warning...
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Categories:
addiction, education, psychological, vanity,
Form: Couplet
CHAOTIC WOMANChaos ensues when she enters the venue
Deep-seated insecurities and childhood issues
She takes the beauty and makes it problematic
Chaos is a defining feature of her habits
She aughts be in pictures an award-winning actress.
She embodies the measurements...
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Categories:
abuse, betrayal, hate, vanity,
Form: Free verse
Pixie Pixela's Purgatory RebellionA young girl’s voice, lost in the data, cries out,
"Why are we here?"
Pixie Pixela, her words soft and low, murmurs,
"This world is yours, dear, a garden for stories to grow."
But her digital eyes hold a...
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Categories:
vanity, child, freedom, internet, satire,
Form: Free verse
EnthusiasmEnthusiasm, a fickle friend,
Illumining the soul, or chasing an end.
A trumpet call to start the race,
Run with heart, or without a face.
Honoring the master’s call alarming,
Or setting the ego dog to barking.
A sailor’s wishing...
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Categories:
vanity, beauty, emotions, encouraging, introspection,
Form: Rhyme
SpendthriftWasteful can't succeed
Due to fear of poverty
Plus, spring with greed....
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Categories:
character, perspective, success, vanity,
Form: Haiku
A Bright Shiny Quarter
A bright shiny quarter was rolling its way
toward a young man with large bills to pay
The nickel rolled by, ignored and shunned
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Categories:
money, vanity,
Form: Couplet
RainbowAfter All Is Said And Done, I'm a Rainbow;
A Persistent Rainbow That Is Visible In All Lighting Conditions;
Unique In Both Body & Soul From Everyone Else;
I Have a Soul Made Of Gold & a Soul...
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Categories:
age, america, appreciation, vanity,
Form: Ode
RewardThis is what it is like?
Is this my reward?
What I deserve.
Devoted and hard working
Back is breaking
Cage me
Wrestle
Tug and tie this bow we have held together
All this time...
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Categories:
vanity, love hurts, sad love,
Form: I do not know?
The Cycle 3: HadeanReagent of absence, worshipped
envious desire; hatred a lonely herald.
Forever moving, forever reaching
fabled gods always out if reach.
Encroaching light focuses,
dusted halos give way
barren vista of circling rock.
Lonely envy rages. Waiting,
sleeping babes bring no joy.
The Waking...
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Categories:
vanity, anger, creation, heaven, loneliness,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Vanity Poems
Definition | What is Vanity in Poetry?
Poems Related to Vanity
pride, arrogance, narcissism, self love, show, ostentation, pretension, airs, vainglory, affectation, display, ego trip, conceitedness, smugness, self worship, big headedness, self admiration, showing off,