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"underhanded" poems
Clayton How I know you Paternal parenting DNA infused Carbon contribution, to my physique Father In everything My skin, eyes toes, Unfortunately; inside my mouth Spitting plaster-walled Copy-paste personality The same Intimately Close-dangerously Different Me a bold-faced fraction of ill abated love Something that didn't work out Photocopy Blond-blasphemy of useless flesh Reminder of her Mom Enough! Teeter tottering Tip-Toe tangling opinion Excuses Words fermented Rotting-rigor I know you. Slit-eyed palefaced ****** of bigot ideas Bearing pronged poker Clicking glinting-clawed finger fondling fake religion Suppressing supplement thought ******** God's love the good life Living a life to be proud of Excuse me! For not being as I am "supposed" to be Eatting rancid lies Your reality relative To kiss-ass preferred siblings Who like the taste of **** What you shovel Hung on lipsucking harlot, hinged hip hung-over Descending oppressidly upon willing wanton will of man Letting cracked-cackled toothed Field Gap-smile Decide your next move I know you I see what you push into hidden corners The bias, nasty film of your character Under whitecollar shirttails Citizen, Patriot Americas American I know you Your oppression Not new As underhanded and seedy as it was And still is I know you As much as I'd like not too.
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Oct 1, 2012
Oct 1, 2012 at 4:18 PM UTC
I know you.
they've been involving themselves in all sorts of corrupt deals and the ICAC is calling them in to give accounts of their underhanded deals many Labor politicians have fronted to tell their tales so have ****** figures who've left not so tidy trails the head of the commission is apprising himself with the corruption stealth the shady deals the money exchanges those fine upstanding legislators caught in the net rife these practices have been... and in time they've been seen to be not so clean dossiers on those who've had their hands in the defrauding game shall have them well cuffed and they'll only have themselves to blame
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Dec 31, 2013
Dec 31, 2013 at 4:59 AM UTC
Corruption (Metaphor Poem)
Acclimate away you accustom to rabble streets, calculate thy cantankerous beef with another diabolic past!! Destine connoisseur, Old things get older while thy love stays newer!!! What a hope to hope for something!!!! Bare faced sophomore, Soporific enducing trips to styles of maxed out galore.... Domineers on every corner, Where youngest of mourners art ourn own children, Gravitational to all pull ins, Guided by ourn own sins we set our own adversities!!!! When wilt we climb out of ourn own hutch? Our brittled bunch doesn't think of two but one!! Jilt all thou will falsifiers, Killers and liars, Were all wrapped tight to the same metropolis line!!! Okaying thyself? Canst we OK what's wrong and not fine? Schzoid scribble ******* in, Undeniable on planet green earth!!! Underhanded, Diploma drop ins, Morphine moratorium so Grey thy sounds are!!!! Yet thy smiles so beautifully wide!!!!! Seek as thou finds, Find all though you mayeth hide!!! The scorch is over to be bear!! Where is the opulent Queen who I seek? Yet hasn't found me yet...
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May 20, 2015
May 20, 2015 at 9:33 AM UTC
the repetition of search...
The clueless rebel surveyed the situation. It was a bitter chilly day. She walked and talked unto herself. As her being she took in hand. An underhanded twisted year. A year that could have been divine. This rebel without a clue. The weather changed. Left in ignorance. As last year dies, She's knowing what she needs to do. However, like the weather she is changeable. Malleable and playful. She tickles tigers. She likes the reaction. From at least a hundred, unsuitable attractions. Pretends to be a vampire, ******* souls from innocence. While seeking unreal ideals. Always out to impress. In fact as the year ends. She is no wiser than she was last year. Memories in the dustcart. Much beyond reprieve. While once again another starts. She continues sadly being deceived. All these bright ideas of resolutions. Conjured up from institutions. The tears will roll at midnight. To kick last year out. She's the fool. The one who seeks notice. And hereby notice is given, All change. Well maybe anyway. The spotty leopard. Needs to find some stripes. And maybe a backbone too! By ladylivvi1 © 2013 ladylivvi1 (All rights reserved)
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Dec 31, 2013
Dec 31, 2013 at 11:19 AM UTC
Rebellion!
The fact of the matter is that you Choose to believe There's no reprieve From this constant, continual... Consistent deceit This contraceptive perception Manifesting what you believe 'What happens once will come again' From that there's no relief That which you take heed from Is imprinted on your skin As if you can't reach within For matters intimate Second guessing and stressing While vacantly sedated Placating under false pretenses -Keeping sated -Faded Like you were the product Of this aftermath Attacking the apt capability Of all you lack -Underhanded In the most subtle approach This perpetual cognizant apparition Of these ghosts Furthermore They boast and beg recognition Putting prescriptions to their name Like defacing prepositions Could well esteem their fame I maintain that I refuse To be a product of the masses Drifting whimsically and making victims From my caprices The end result of my fate Never created hate Only this conditioned position From which I now must escape I'd rather sit Listen and contemplate Than justify my shame I'll take the pain Of my twisted thoughts Before letting them run astray No one pray for me Because I've done this once before And sanction I will find Within this mind Before I hit the floor
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May 2, 2018
May 2, 2018 at 11:46 AM UTC
Victim Mentality
wise men hack through tea leaves. pitch their sermons underhanded. then wander off. they walk divided. as one. seeking; they merge into a path, more ocean than open road. a Stillness, of no roman craft, but deeply engineered; there they gather to disperse pamphlets, more steam creased and yea thick than Answers. they flock to a star made of Not Orchids, with brittle bones. they sew bubbles to the souls of their feat of Reason. they peter pander to the crocodiles, ticking in The River. and salt their crumbs of wisdom with their tears.
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Oct 11, 2012
Oct 11, 2012 at 1:08 PM UTC
FROM NOWHERE FOR NOTHIN' [ part 1 ]
Backstabbing, double-talking Collection of crooks and creeps. Oily tinhorn picks the pockets of The common man while he sleeps. Corkscrewing rhetoric The worst you have ever heard Spoken so that in the end there is No meaning to the words. Sidewinding viper’s nest; No warning rattles on their tails Criminals being paid too much That really should be in a jail. Four-flushing deck-stackers Two friends and a stranger. Dressed in thousand dollar suits All unrecognizable danger. Mean-spirited jerkwads Blather daily on my teevee. Cutpurses and footpads. Mostly all the same to me. Dressed up nice and talking Smooth like a baby’s *** Don’t expect me to vote for you. No thank you, I will pass. Gutter crawling, bile spewing Butter won’t melt in your mouth. Carpetbagging, underhanded Favorite sons of the Old South And some forked tongued Yankees Siding up with traitors and smiling. Glad-handing, baby kissing liars Notoriously, falsely beguiling. In case you find me too subtle With my message to you and your crew. There isn’t a whole lot to recommend Anyone with wisdom to like you. The only positive use for you That one can readily foresee Is to serve as a shining example of What a politician should never be. Brent Kincaid 4/21/2015
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Apr 22, 2015
Apr 22, 2015 at 10:34 AM UTC
RESUME'
The secrets and feelings all had a spotlight on them now. Underhanded moves,pretty lies, and twisted words. They all didn't matter anymore The game was over. Blame it on me. Say its my fault. Say I left you all alone with a broken heart. How was I winning a game I didn't know existed? You had a number of suspects already listed And I was wrongly accused That's usually how the losers lose. But playing this game was like Russian Roulette Seeing who would lose to the first bullet. We both shot at the same time Same force, and same gun. That's why none of us really won. Now your'e on the opposite side of things. Glaring, Staring, and Whispering into someones ear. Here I am, doing the same thing. Were at a stalemate, but were both in fear. None of us want to raise our white flags first.
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Dec 20, 2014
Dec 20, 2014 at 12:08 AM UTC
Bad Blood
don't choose parts of me to love
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Nov 29, 2014
Nov 29, 2014 at 9:38 PM UTC
all compliments are underhanded
If: There were no people of color, they'd pick on redheads. If there were no redheads they would pick on people with glasses. If there were no people with glasses they’d pick on fat people. If there were no fat people, they’d pick on welfare recipients. If there were no welfare recipients, they’d pick on non-Christians. If there are no non-Christians around, they'll pick on Catholics. If there are no Catholics around they'll pic on Christians from any denomination except theirs. If there are none of those around, they'll pick on college graduates. Obladee, obladah, yeah! Yadda yeah, the list goes on... (The same thing applies with Non-Christian bigots. Just change a word here and there.) Bigots are bigots No matter what the name The underhanded tactics Are all just the same. They are heartless and evil. That’s the name of their game. They are social criminals and Look for someone else to blame.
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Jul 20, 2017
Jul 20, 2017 at 8:14 PM UTC
BIGOTS ARE NOT FOOLING ME!
They rises and get dressed. Yes, many officers put on their best blues. Not knowing if they every return back safely. The uniform cop serve and protect among some underhanded coworkers. Then ,don't we all do that? Some of them afraid and hesitant to admit it. Many whites scared to govern the black communities. History has shown they hadn't the knowledge to monitored this sector without racial intention. Still the uniform cop serves. Without them the cities be run by thugs and criminals with no good intents. Notice even criminals calls upon them. We, who so perfect? Please stand up?
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Jul 17, 2016
Jul 17, 2016 at 5:16 PM UTC
The Uniform Cop
Take me on this summer afternoon Sizzling heat cooling off the soon related factions of the precipice in my mind The underhanded broken chains that whisper in my sleep that choke me as I unknowingly gaze into the face of eternity Melting together the bonds of society to my broken identity to them this is nothing but a game Corner street societies smokingly gaze at my uncomfortable place as I try to wriggle free from the grip with which they are holding me tonight Is the night Such a beautiful night and they call it Bella Noche Undistrubed and peaceful bliss Wrapped in a bacon strip greased up in oily fat that will be eaten by a docile cat that has no inclination to think about these things that bind him to his master
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Apr 4, 2010
Apr 4, 2010 at 11:59 AM UTC
The Lap Cat
A kid with a dark childhood So **** shy and misunderstood His inability to understand Leaves him underhanded As he tries to draw the line between Foe and friend He's heard so much talk and walked a lot He remembers the rage, one day almost forgot And ever since then, well never again Because it was the day he faced his end What man forged would forge his skin Into a purple and white ugly grin Traces it with a finger, trembling and cold No, he could never forget the days of old Though being not old himself, a youth he is Still the saying is appropriate, so don't dismiss The fact that the one thing that killed him but kept him alive Was a memory, simply directed to reminisce A vengeful beast, a loyal wolf Two sides of the same coin that frequently duel Contradiction to himself, as if someone else, Murderous thoughts his mind did dwell Now picture a teenager, dressed in black Hoodie and jeans, and a black half-mask See his cold dark eyes, now tell me fast, Is he both victim and the one who attacks?
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Jul 20, 2016
Jul 20, 2016 at 10:02 AM UTC
Vengeful Needs
They say college is the best time of your life, But dante's seventh circle, seems serene A paradise for my spring break, free from this agony. I find myself choking on my beliefs, Torn from my heart, and jammed back down my throat; By people who praise diversity of ideas, but only listen to their own words. My education has been one of hate, Hated for my ideas on how to help others, Just because I wasn't of the same mind. I can't escape myself, alone, in a sea of self loathing Drowning in underhanded insults and ostrification, Gasping for air, refusing to turn blue My confidence in being loved has been completely shattered, Afraid of the testosterone that makes me who I am, My very sexuality offensive and toxic. I look in the mirror seeing a freak, Someone undeserving of breath, And in these, the best years of my life.
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Feb 22, 2016
Feb 22, 2016 at 2:37 PM UTC
Education for Conservatives at Grinnell College
There and here and back again They say this too shall pass But April showers bring May rain Subtler fainter shades of pain I know that you prefer a lie Prefer to think its peachy keen But I see through rose-specs that Illuminate a shade of green- An ugly insurrection That mirrors your reflection And I feel the need to flee Like a far-gone beaten wife But escape is never final till You **** what keeps you up at night And what I'm up against Demands a massacre And what I need the most is sleep But no matter how appealing And no matter how befitting Requiting you won't make ends meet Your face has disappeared Into the blackened void Just another two-timer Who's tongue I can't avoid You've no idea the damage you've done And it's clear to the whole world who's won But divided are the ones who judge Split right down the middle- With support from a grudge I could care less about what I've lost And who you've gained And frankly I prefer The dark and the rain I've always been a different level Of insane But I rather burn in hell Then breathe in this underhanded, Wretched spell Made up of all my flaws And warning bells And hisses from your cold death knell That rings of all the ones who fell And all the souls you chose to sell And all those tainted wish-you-wells You thought that I could never tell- But doers rarely dream And breakers rarely bend You're exactly as you seem To he, she and them But I see through a glass, lightly Every single night
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Nov 25, 2011
Nov 25, 2011 at 7:13 PM UTC
Haystack Charm
They enter our lives with sinister plots that we do not see. For we choose to be real, and expect others to show the same virtues, We forget that in our strength of sincerity and, Stature of what society should've been made to be, We fall prey to that, far worse than wolves in sheep's clothing. They be of human form, but we have hearts, They be the acidic species, Just there to use, Just there for their gain, A putrid lot, Just there to watch their works erode the effect., The effect shown through a simple yet ernest smile appreciating friends, Wake up! see through their semblance, They pass off as friendship. This title they claim be not theirs, Oh no they are to be of that,we choose to dispose of. They are of the past. We will always see more like them, Who enter our journeys, For we are free loving, Giving, Caring, Selflessly making acquaintances who should carry the title of My friendship with, Ardent fastosus. A title worthy of not much to those who know me not. But as I value My  Friends see their sincerity, They too see me for the friend I am proud to be. A title I regard with much dignity for they bless me with their hearts open and call me Friend! So begone you foul lot of underhanded scoundrels you have no place here amongst friends. We know the worthy,as we see ourselves in them. You get in, yes for we do not look out for the likes of you, I know not how to be that vile insipid parasite. Rather,we seek people we can look up to. People we can learn to better from. Who speak not with intent to harm, Or just where they are to gain. Finding joy in others hurt, No we seek a superior being who is unlike you. Someone really pure. Oh just no false pretenses, Oh and, so this all was not actually about those unworthy no rather, The contrary! To them an ode! A tribute to my Friend's.
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Oct 22, 2017
Oct 22, 2017 at 11:51 PM UTC
Not for the Acidic ones, of times past.
They enter our lives with sinister plots that we do not see. For we choose to be real, and expect others to show the same virtues, We forget that in our strength of sincerity and, Stature of what society should've been made to be, We fall prey to that, far worse than wolves in sheep's clothing. They be of human form, but we have hearts, They be the acidic species, Just there to use, Just there for their gain, A putrid lot, Just there to watch their works erode the effect., The effect shown through a simple yet ernest smile appreciating friends, Wake up! see through their semblance, They pass off as friendship. This title they claim be not theirs, Oh no they are to be of that,we choose to dispose of. They are of the past. We will always see more like them, Who enter our journeys, For we are free loving, Giving, Caring, Selflessly making acquaintances who should carry the title of My friendship with, Ardent fastosus. A title worthy of not much to those who know me not. But as I value My  Friends see their sincerity, They too see me for the friend I am proud to be. A title I regard with much dignity for they bless me with their hearts open and call me Friend! So begone you foul lot of underhanded scoundrels you have no place here amongst friends. We know the worthy,as we see ourselves in them. You get in, yes for we do not look out for the likes of you, I know not how to be that vile insipid parasite. Rather,we seek people we can look up to. People we can learn to better from. Who speak not with intent to harm, Or just where they are to gain. Finding joy in others hurt, No we seek a superior being who is unlike you. Someone really pure. Oh just no false pretenses, Oh and, so this all was not actually about those unworthy no rather, The contrary! To them an ode! A tribute to my Friend's.
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Carbon slides furiously over pad Mad as a Hatter only angrier Scribbling circles and stabbing the paper It's so obvious, ******* it! It's right there in front of you! Look! Can't you see? You gesticulate wildly Silently cursing and trying to send the answer psychicly Pictionary that ******* game By any other name would not be any less infuriating And yet we play it every day When I say "I think..." And she says "I feel..." And we wheel around in circles To get our point past our own noses Guessing what the other's prose is Until we think we know and then... That's irrational! This doesn't feel right... So where do you go When your words makes sense But your concepts are lost in translation When your language fails to convey meaning? There's an old saying I heard somewhere If a lion could speak English we would not understand it Without being underhanded you have to hand it to them Those old timey folks knew a thing or two About me and you and the breakdowns in syntax That afflict us on these occasions Maybe the only answer is to sit with it Will you think on it While I come to terms with how it feels?
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Dec 17, 2012
Dec 17, 2012 at 2:01 AM UTC
It's a lion, ******
It seems hard But not concequential To understand but still neglect the inner meaning I've been meaning to look at you and understand a man Mixed signals and arguments Sacrasm and bombardments Is all it gets And I'm sure we have our differences But I'm tired of it Their is a void in myself Where the desolate roam And more seem to go Underhanded it may seem but it seems to me That this won't be fixed I feel like it's the only way we communicate My opinions spark the outrages Now this feeling I'm gauging Seems Amiss There is rouble afoot And the footstep I can't follow Won't follow Seems out of place I guess even a parent is a person And it's not the worst version Of revaluations Can't we relate the more in realize it's a debate I'm trying But im done trying Let it repeat
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Sep 12, 2015
Sep 12, 2015 at 5:30 AM UTC
How hard
I deviate from the mistakes i make and take a deep breath, no secrets kept, but she bends and breaks, as i regress from the changes I make, windswept, lost in the storm, progression sessions, last chance to reform, She’s torn between two minds, 
mine and hers colliding with the world at the same time. 
She's my world so i best change my climate. Trying, 
back to my prime mate. Lying, 
back to a primate. masquerade like she can’t see through my invisible cape. mask on my face, she mastered her escape, overnight stay, left to my escapades. Empty without her to serenade at the end of the day. 

The end of days, 
she understands me, but i’ve been underhanded, and underneath it all, she can’t stand me. 

She’s my plan A,
 and plan B, my baby, 
my plan C. Candid, she understands my language. 

Easily to procrastinate, but we’ve passed that place, and soon we can procreate and make a mini me… But I haven’t mastered Nate, in a drastic place, hanging like a basket case, leaving a bitter taste, 
in the whole vicinity. Clinically, cynically outspoken, 
like a potion was given to me, a smokescreen, to hide my identity. No hope, searching for an antidote, or remedy, to usurp the soul hidden deep inside me.
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Apr 18, 2015
Apr 18, 2015 at 6:26 AM UTC
Let down and hanging around
Silly girl You thought this time it would be different that an apology would roll off her tongue like drops of honey smoothing over the bitter grooves of underhanded insults you thought that she could recollect your virginal heart when smiles appeared as easily as the love interest in a rom com days of honeydew laughter and cotton candy clouds thought she could sit next to you gently watch the wind roll by in tendrils of nostalgia rather than throw herself into the dark mess of woods that are your thoughts on a sunny day instead of desperately planting trees to block the sun as you stood quietly chopping them down in hopes of one day catching a rare glimpse of the light oh honey don’t you see that pride is a stepstool? Low enough that you can still see part of her but high enough that she has completely lost sight don’t you see that her head is in a cupboard of dishes that were organized by her the dim echo of your calls bounce off the porcelain and land in her mouth she spits them out you leave the room ignorant little girl problematic little girl you tell yourself that she will get better that you will get better that one day waking up in the morning won’t feel like a broken elevator stranded between floors you could press the right buttons but it wouldn’t matter anyway you’re already in the wrong place you wonder if when strangers say that you remind them of her if they knew how her voice could turn from bandages to blades all in the matter of seconds how her presence could make you shrink turn you into a different girl one with sandpaper voice and jackhammer rage you wonder how others are supposed to love you how you are supposed to love you when everyday feels like peeling up floorboards feels like wrapping myself in cellophane feels like never truly knowing what life could be there will be a day when she calls you abusive oh you naive little girl don’t let the woman whose lips blossom with your insecurities allow you to tell you that the sky isn’t blue for it takes a sinking ship to make cries of distress so buoyant that they hit the surface as missiles.
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Jan 18, 2016
Jan 18, 2016 at 3:36 PM UTC
Porcelain
Silly girl You thought this time it would be different that an apology would roll off her tongue like drops of honey smoothing over the bitter grooves of underhanded insults you thought that she could recollect your virginal heart when smiles appeared as easily as the love interest in a rom com days of honeydew laughter and cotton candy clouds thought she could sit next to you gently watch the wind roll by in tendrils of nostalgia rather than throw herself into the dark mess of woods that are your thoughts on a sunny day instead of desperately planting trees to block the sun as you stood quietly chopping them down in hopes of one day catching a rare glimpse of the light oh honey don’t you see that pride is a stepstool? Low enough that you can still see part of her but high enough that she has completely lost sight don’t you see that her head is in a cupboard of dishes that were organized by her the dim echo of your calls bounce off the porcelain and land in her mouth she spits them out you leave the room ignorant little girl problematic little girl you tell yourself that she will get better that you will get better that one day waking up in the morning won’t feel like a broken elevator stranded between floors you could press the right buttons but it wouldn’t matter anyway you’re already in the wrong place you wonder if when strangers say that you remind them of her if they knew how her voice could turn from bandages to blades all in the matter of seconds how her presence could make you shrink turn you into a different girl one with sandpaper voice and jackhammer rage you wonder how others are supposed to love you how you are supposed to love you when everyday feels like peeling up floorboards feels like wrapping myself in cellophane feels like never truly knowing what life could be there will be a day when she calls you abusive oh you naive little girl don’t let the woman whose lips blossom with your insecurities allow you to tell you that the sky isn’t blue for it takes a sinking ship to make cries of distress so buoyant that they hit the surface as missiles.
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Sometimes, it looks like lenience. Small passes for big faux pas. Many believe that it's absolution Locking themselves in boxes periodically To cry out, bleeding painful catharsis. Some sneak it in with charity Use compassion as a puppet in their mercy show Throw underhanded in the name of grace. Some offer it when they're bruised and broken Spit out blood, then turn the other cheek. Others give it away with full bellies and warm hands Either out of purity Or some nefarious need, pushed down deep. And I wonder and wander all the while For I am the fool Who begs to receive But can not give.
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Oct 18, 2018
Oct 18, 2018 at 1:27 AM UTC
oh, coveted gift
the title of king was hotly contested by a trio of men who wanted to be invested in pursuing the ultimate goal of regent only one employed a vying discontent wicked tactics were ever his underhanded style of play which saw the other two bulldozed well out of the way they'd not gain the throne's highest apex that position reserved for his sole Rex he now wears the crown of questionable ascent a king who obtained it through an unsporting bent
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Jun 12, 2018
Jun 12, 2018 at 8:40 PM UTC
King
When someone opens themselves up And reveals the depths of their souls Not even time, the heartbreak's greatest friend, Will let you forget these parts of a person That are shown by their actions, and not their words. So she may have the same name, Same colored hair, eyes, and skin tone, Have my legs and my figure, And even be my friend. But only you know how to make this underhanded flattery And blatant attempt of jealousy-inducing, A way to hurt me beyond my comprehension.
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Apr 21, 2013
Apr 21, 2013 at 9:10 PM UTC
Version 2
They shone in the obscurity of every sunset. Eyes absorbed every teardrop that welled in there vacant tombstone eyes. But they were more than obscuration, within the stages of radiant demise. They collected the bounty of those that versed from the sacred paths of hues. There were those that had feel between optic blades and the indistinct gleams that were contentious wounds that were underhanded shades. The tinges, neither pure of light. And those that feel in the eclipse of darkness. But it was a secret conclave of those who were fractured between both. But within the collective of shade and illumination. Where those that versed the combination as a sacrilege to the foundations of eternities motion. Everyone but a few colluded to constant versions, qualified hues had to change, or the universe would grow stagnant. And so began the feud between the shades of perpetual opacity. As the evanescence shimmers where all where falling like dead stars cleaving within the benighted landscape. We all glared like life was burying its self. But they walked between us, shimmers of what was wanted. And the reputations of our reflections. Everything must evolve, even the reflections that fall between the cracks of life's obscurities.
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Mar 29, 2018
Mar 29, 2018 at 5:31 PM UTC
When Obscrities Reverbarate