Short Tricks Poems

Short Tricks Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Tricks by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Tricks by length and keyword.


Politics and Lunatics Horn Haiku

Politics and Lunatics Horn Haiku

Seems like all the tricks 
That people call politics 
Are for lunatics.

Jim Horn
© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Haiku


Hunted--Halloween Senryu

Playing Hallow tricks 

claws from nowhere pierced me---

thirst for flesh unquenched


Halloween Senryu
18 Oct 17
© Rhoma Em  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Senryu

Premium Member 'air Dumbo'

Ollie the Ostrich forever floored
   No lift from his sticks

Dumbo the Elephant's Disney reward
   ~ Floppy ear tricks

Shenanigans

Shenanigans

A friend’s best laughter!
Shenanigans and tricks
End monotony.

©  Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen
    1/ 5/ 2008
Form: Haiku

Breaking Bricks

Ladies fingers some soft 
They are a lot at home fronts
This lady breaking bricks 
A huge thousand one time 
What tricks?


Premium Member Thought of the Day

if our mood be easily altered
by a small shift in the matrix
are we not as yet stagnating 
hypnotised by ego’s cheap tricks
Form: Quatrain

Premium Member Nature’s Tricks

Butterless flies flutter by
and dragons without fire fly.
	Over and under, 
	curious wonder.
Nature’s tricks do mystify.
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Clerihew Leonardo

Tuscany's Leonardo da Vinci 
a true renaissance man was he
full of inventive tricks&wiles
he persuaded Mona (almost)to smile
Form: Clerihew

Conflicts More Conflicts

Conflicts More Conflicts

Conflicts more conflicts;
Trump wrote the book on conflicts,
And all of their tricks.

Jim Horn
© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Richard Milhouse Nixon

Richard Milhouse Nixon his enemies he played tricks on he sealed his own fate when he authorized Watergate
Form: Clerihew

Gone With the Wind Too

Fiddle D. Dee and Fiddle Sticks
Were gardening among the pricks
One planted seeds 
As one pulled weeds
And many other dirty tricks
Form: Limerick

Tootsie Pop

Love is like a tootsie pop
It may taste good at first
But really it just tricks you
It sucks, and why?
The world may never know...
© Jen H.  Create an image from this poem.

On the Edge

Dirty hands and dirty hearts,
Dirty tricks and poison darts, 
All stripped down and used for parts. 
On the edge is where life starts.
© Luke Irwin  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Taking a Tumble

Miss Emily-Pinkerton Hix
was out on her bike doing tricks
she fell off in top gear
exposing her rear
I know because I have the pics
© John Fenn  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Clerihew Lorenzo

Lorenzo a monk from Sienna in Monaco
painted predella panels 'to go '
Highly gifted& poetic
mauscripts another of his 'party' tricks
Form: Clerihew

Premium Member Jay Had a Waggish Way

He had an endearing, waggish way
Mischievous was my cousin Jay
Played tricks on me and my friend Kay
She is still smitten to this day
Form: Rhyme

Cowgirl

Rhoda Maverick loved Tom Mix
And cowboys keen on roping tricks
So hard-up men
Found her their hen
And all her chicks were little prix
Form: Limerick

One, Two

One, two
I texted you.

Three, four
I wanted more.

Five, six 
saw your tricks.

Seven, eight 
It was too late.

Nine, ten
Now it's broken.
Form:

Premium Member Modern Magic

Naïve minds can barely perceive
The tricks that reside up a sleeve
Surgery plastic
Achieves the fantastic
Deception men want to believe
Form: Limerick

Premium Member POLY-TICKS

I writ a poem bout poly-ticks 
Exposing all its dirty tricks
It caused a stir
Ruffled some fur
Cuz there ain’t nothin’ they can’t fix
Form: Limerick

Last Halloween Poem # 31...No Tricks Just Treats!

Halloween has come
Time to don your scary best
Hide behind a mask
(Some say I wear mine year-round!)
I've no tricks-just give me treats!
© Deb Wilson  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Mischief in the works

Devious eyes and devilish smile.
Youth testing how far they can go.
Planning new tricks and shenanigans.



AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Form: Other

Term Inate

Republicans have a grand cause:
Exonerate all of Trump's flaws
But voters said, "Nix!"
To Trump's dirty tricks
By rejecting his Doctor Oz!
Form: Limerick

Devil Can Fool You

BE AWARE
as you stare
all his tricks
he is slick
don't fall in
take from a friend
he make lfe ble blue
things he do
DEVIL CAN FOOL YOU

Premium Member Clerihew Nevinson

Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson
a difficult person when all said&done
Left a legacy of artistic tricks
founder-in-chief of ' art vortics'
Form: Clerihew

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