Whatever the reason may be that underlie, he's a liar. A self-deceiver.

Monica Dickson
Tell Her It Means Love

Wonder if the neighbours will call the police again, if this time they'll put you in care

Ivan de Monbrison
Untitled (with Translation)

"Your family are crows on this branch."

Natalie Kormos
The Voice Behind the Curtain

I'm here, can you not see me yet?

Eitan Perlin

Goodbye

Do you know what I'll miss least? Your hyena laugh.

Sara Watkins
This Isn't About My Snake Plant

I have forgotten to water this plant more times that I have remembered.

Christine Diane Allen
Your Other Perfect Lover

What is it that makes you tremble?

Christine Diane Allen
About That School of Dreams

You were right; I'm not ready to look upon the face of God

Bruce Robinson
 Momo Dispenses with a Thought Experiment

What else would you have, what else could you possibly care to know about me?

Madari Pendas
Type of Man

When I was forgotten, at K-Mart this time, she baked me a three-layer cake

Marilyn Cavicchia
Mountains

I never had a candy house

Stephen Kingsnorth
Compounded

Some lie low till danger's passed, some lie on weekend breaks

Stephen Kingsnorth
Away With the Birds

My sister lies with fluency, with tales, adventures flowing free

Nanette Avery
Itchy

the day Lynette's father, a.k.a. El Diablo, opened the mail to pay the phone bill, he grounded her for life.

Sarah Butkovic
Forever Family

Come on, honey. Please? You know I love you, don't you?

Your friend, Dick            of Chattahoochee

David Earl     Williams
All Alone in the Moonlight

I said, I'm only 16, I'm not 17 yet, you'll have to leave, Picasso.

Jill Crammond
Guidance on Avoiding Conflict with Wolves

Her dead husband always avoided people. Camouflage was his weapon of choice.

J.R. Solonche
To a Student Who Lied About Trees in a Poem Called Autumn

Listen, please do not lie about the trees

Susan Cossette
Lady Liar

In high school, she stole Izod socks out of gym lockers

J.R. Solonche
How Beautifully the Lilacs Lie

We are the be all and end all

Robert Beveridge
Have You Ever Considered That a Rhesus Monkey Might Be Smarter Than Your Child

I've trived for years to remember the name of that song we sang in second-grade music class

Robert Beveridge
Crab Boil

all four of us tossed in a bottle cap every time Jimmy played side 2 of American Pie

Maggie Nerz Iribarne
Halloween 1977

In the dream, I don't leave him, I don't turn away

Ann Marie Sekeres
Liar Liar

Alan Bern
Bandiera Rossa

Alan Bern
Tucker Carlson

Edward Michael Supranowicz
The High and Mighty

Edward Michael Supranowicz
Faces on the Edge of Darkness

Edward Lee
The Sorrow in a Smile

A Treasured Teapot

Kathryn Sadakierski
love still is

no one, though, can stop the moon from rising again

Eugene O'Hare
Eating a Peach After Midnight

in Eden they played it safe with an apple. Play nothing safe with a peach