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Best Nothing Up My Sleeve Poems

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The Dream of the Butterfly
He dreamed he could fly on gossamer wings,
and understands now why the sparrow sings.
It all seemed so real he never thought twice,
that a joy like...

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© Meru Groen  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: nothing up my sleeve, dream,
Form: Rhyme



Love the Hard Way
Friendship's about giving
no need for reciprocation
total support
not caring who's at fault

Nothing up my sleeve
or so it may seem
lost all my hope,
gonna hang on to your...

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© Tim Smith  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: nothing up my sleeve, betrayal, death of a
Form: Lyric
Real Magic
Unlike a magician
          real magic I weave
It's not a trick	
     nothing up...

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Categories: nothing up my sleeve, magic,
Form: Rhyme
Lucifer
The oldest Warrior Angel
                Of them all
   ...

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Categories: nothing up my sleeve, confusion, death, satire, travel,
Form: Pastoral
'window Dressing (Or) Mannequin Lessons
She had Velvet eyes, Satin lips
Silk skin … Seamless hips

Threaded her way into his heart
and Stitched his mind up Tight
But the Needle Point, was coming
Pricking…...

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Categories: nothing up my sleeve, allegory, fantasy, girlfriend-boyfriend, imagination,
Form: Narrative



Abracadabra
Abracadabra
Was the last word that I said
In hopes that you my dear
Would disappear
from the thoughts inside my head

I so wish it were magic
I so wish...

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Categories: nothing up my sleeve, longing, magic,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Fashion No-No
Against God and Adam, Eve had a peeve 
Before their sin, she'd nothing up her sleeve
   They both took a hit
  ...

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Categories: nothing up my sleeve, clothes, fashion, forgiveness,
Form: Limerick
You
It takes a wise man 
a strong man
To stand like you
It takes a man with great stature 

To even say I love you
Voice trembling 
words...

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Categories: nothing up my sleeve, encouraging,
Form: Bio
It's Magic
Abracadabra
With nothing up my sleeve

Watch me carefully 
As I try to be
Something that I'm really not
Someone other than me

Abracadabra
With nothing up my sleeve  

Hocus...

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Categories: nothing up my sleeve, life, magic,
Form: Rhyme
Magic of the Poem
If you look close enough
There's nothing up my sleeve
As I pull out this poem
For all of you to read

Appearing here in front of you
Your eyes...

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Categories: nothing up my sleeve, magic, poems, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Real Man
We woman want a real man
5'8 with muscular hands
sleeping & playin in black sand
where only me & you on the island
Playin in the water that's...

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Categories: nothing up my sleeve, love, me, love, me,
Form: I do not know?
I Say I Dont Feel Like Talking But I Think Im Just Dying Inside
A poem erratic, irregular and tricky as my emotion

Why don't i have the words
The pain is just absurd
Blowing slowly through life
Im almost at the curb
Ready...

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Categories: nothing up my sleeve, crush, cry, dark, death,
Form: Free verse
The Tricksters
The clever magician will have us believe,
that he keeps nothing up his sleeve,
that none of what he does is tricks,
that all of it is a...

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Categories: nothing up my sleeve, parody, political, satire,
Form: Rhyme
Nothing In Particular
The sun awakes him
Without worry or shame
Wish I could say I smell the roses
That my life is just the same

But he carries on
Enriched by nothing...

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© Jo Hayton  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: nothing up my sleeve, break up,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member How To Pick Up a Nature Girl
There’s nothing up my sleeve
Nor inside my old hat
But here inside this bag
Is more than something that…

Is not quite typical	
For a first date, but oh...

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Categories: nothing up my sleeve, nature, romance,
Form: Rhyme

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