Short Sleight Poems

The magician pulls 
a beautiful white rabbit 
out of a black hat....

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the sleight of hand trick
that made your heart disappear
leaving emptiness...

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capitalists capitalize
         a sleight of hand
     takes eyes on a prize


***...

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Apparently opened book
     Machiavellian sleight of hand
      political campaign dispute...

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The magic in a smile

Is not sleight of hand, 

It is not even a secret

Try, don't say you can't...

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magic:
sleight-of-hand art
paints amusement, and it's
conceived to undo what's perceived.
mind tricks....

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your heart hidden and shuffled
as the shells are switched
expert sleight of hand
moving you away from me...

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headlands
strong winds and rains as we watch
the waves sleight of hand
capturing then releasing
the breath of the tides...

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circus magician
dazzles with his sleight of hand ~
audience in awe


Date written: 02/15/2021...

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A zephyr blows
a warm kiss
on the back 
of my neck
conjuring desire;
serving Eros—
with sleight of hand:
a gift of flowers—
psyche succumbs....

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Fuel crisis 
One analysis.'
Liquid lock-down'
Looming now?
Sleight of tounge
And there's  the
Slight of honour 
Don't believe 
The lies they 
Proffer.!...

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a grand sweeping hand
obscuring insight,
commanding demand
with energies bright
to seize and appease
while motions most sleight
corrupt to disrupt
when skeptics indict....

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while 
letting the 
great magician
pull a white 
fluffy rabbit
from out of 
a black stove top hat
with
a sleight of hand
only through
the dark arts of 
blue smoke and mirrors...

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Gather your false prophets
and sycophants
 Bury your heads
in the deepest sand

Tell the same lies
 as you sing to the choir
 Slave to the mirror
—and sleight of hand

(Dreamsleep: May, 2023)...

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I lay them on the table
all my cards face up
there's nothing up my sleeve
or sleight of hand card tricks
all my truth and fiction
is laid out for you to see
ante up or call my bluff
you can only win...

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The world God’s illusion
deceiving Himself
Birthing a metaphor
 sleight of His hand
Time as the smokescreen
veiling the folly
Escape our salvation
—transcendent Divine

(Dreamsleep: February, 2024) 
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there was a woodsman that lived in rosewood
approached a nymph sleeping in underwood
a gambler loved by the bards
sat down with a deck of cards
with sleight of hands lost his axe, boots and hood

4/11/2018...

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He Followed Her Tail

and there he was flying her like a kite
onto her blue skies with all his sleight
his face's a rueful glow
he dips her high and low
pulls her chords and watches her flight

connie pachecho

7/27/17...

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Trailing off the desperate landfills of narrow fascination
Into my very own lesser known hallowed affirmation—

I wind mine through the wind in the air of my own air—
Should you happen to blow by; I’ll sail upon your prayer....

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80/20
20/80
2+2 is 4

You’re part way in
you’re part way out
half full till something more

The middle of the center
the jesters
hidden lore

Dimension plays
one last charade
—to even up the score

(Dreamsleep: October, 2022)...

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“That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;” 



Carried about by every wind of doctrine….....

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I drew the cards
a game of chance
I should have known
the deck was stacked

your poker face strong
as you called my bluff
was it sleight of hand
or luck of the draw

either way, it 
was always your call
and I leave the table
with nothing at all...

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A new limerick aficionado has emerged on the site 
If you haven't noticed it's SO, you've got it, that's right
Surprised I'll bet
Way out as it gets
To expect anything less would be very a big sleight

(Inspired by a Judith S. comment to me)...

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I walked on the beach one day 
found a dozen shells astray 
placed on the shore by a Faye, 
each had a sleight magic fray 

when I cupped it to my ear  
a rush of wind drew it near 
as I heard the words so dear  
I understood, I was a seer. ...

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Number One Magician

one rabbit at a time
out of the hat

holy juggler
catching one ball

sleight of Adam’s hand
surprising us lookers on

jaw dropping us to
to demonstrate his power

quick in coming
so unexpectedly

no applause

©Kathryn McLoughlin Collins
May 22, 2012...

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