Short Trickster Poems
Short Trickster Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Trickster by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Trickster by length and keyword.
red mountain spirits
sacred beings sent to help
Apache people
the well-known trickster
coyote important too
in native folklore
We recently lost my Grandpa
It took a toll on my Grandma
she took to the bottle
an unstable waddle
tripped on him hiding – such chutzpah!
Ballad monger sang effervescent song
trickster rhymester thinks he is rarely wrong
tasteless verse
sometimes worse
a poetaster all the week long
When a leprechaun tightly I caught,
I was hoping for gold in a pot.
But that trickster escaped.
At my hands I just gaped.
His wee britches were all that I got.
THE TRICKSTER
Oh, mighty time,
What a trickster you are,
Presenting, each year,
Your old wrinkled face,
As new!
© Demetrios Trifiatis
05 JANUARY 2014
Loki son of giant's
and bender of rules
Trickster of gods
Ignorer of fools
He's the sight of the spring time
The sower of oats
Deity of mayhem
Of fire and smoke
wild messenger
signals true passion
mystery presenter
trickster intelligent
casts light into dark
black questioner
_______________________
Cautiously, creeping, close to the ground
Aloof, mysteriously independent. Assertive about what food he’ll consume,
Trickster, sneaking around, following his own agenda.
Nevermore the river styx shall ye reach
The trickster has played his tricks leaving your bones to bleach
Take ye heed in life be fair or in death the raven will steal your fare.
Jaunty little fellow,
Joker for kings and queens.
Jolly bells on hat, shoes,
Jingle with his movements:
Jumping, dancing, bowing.
Jabs fun at all he can,
Jovial trickster man.
the ghost is a prankster
a trickster
confusing and bamboozling
he throws things
cupboards open and shut
obvious poltergeist
do they have a preteen daughter?
you bet they do
that’s a given
Trying too hard
to appear he’s not trying
Saying too much
without saying a thing
Shapeshifting lover
the fire his mistress
Locked in an image
—whose essence is damned
(The New Room: June, 2023)
Life's left with impression
Through this, its last view;
A trickster magician's
Show of light, askew?
Just then, upright in bed
Startled, wept for bliss.
"That bird, divinely sweet
No illusion is!"
Prancing purple polliwogs playing prissily
Querying querulous quail quite quietly
Reviving romantic roosters respectfully
Sassy swooning swans sighted saucily
Tempting tenuous trickster trout tastefully
Surely there is a sly trickster in the sky tonight
He’s pulled a magic cape slowly across the moon
As there could never be scientific explanation
For the golden beauty seen and gone too soon….
I maybe a trickster and a joker
I maybe a day dreamer and a mystery
I maybe a beach bum and a bookworm
but I am still as sweet as Sky Juice
and as gentle as a raft
floating and drifting
inside of a shallow lagoon
Cartoon Character Clerihew
12.8.25
Popeye, the Sailor Man
a confidence trickster who always said, “I can !”
he could do any strenuous task when at sea
on land, he follicked with Queen Bea !
Its long way but shorter,
easy way to reach faster,
do it today avoid later,
Never delay make it faster,
Hearsay never counter,
Always is a trickster,
Stay away never tester,
You hey take foster,
One day gonna be greater,
PICK OF THE LITTER
The other pups sold for eight hundred,
a thousand. She was bought, returned.
Too bright, too hard. A diamond.
We got her for a prayer,
and now we’re paying.
Oh those trickster-
sparkling eyes.
She’s price-
less.
sneaky and crafty
zany and wacky
playing some practical jokes
leaving you covered in egg yolks
having a wicked sense of humor
Being a stylish crooner
Not being uptight
Making your life bright
Is there room for comedy
well, probably
Don't trick me.
That's not nice.
Next time you do, I'll be sure to destroy you!
When I come back I won't be happy.
I'll beat you to a pulp and leave you to die.
I won't lose.
I'll destroy you.
Just wait next year.
When I come back to haunt you.
Somewhere through Eden’s leas
skulks our forgotten foe.
Seraph of God, now a
slithering trickster who
swayed Eve to taste vile fruit.
Salvation fell away;
sin dwells in mankind’s heart.
4/21/2021. Written for Kim Merryman's Pleiades S contest.
Gemini
air sign
intelligent and clever
a trickster if she does not like you
a lap puppy if she does
following you home, loving you until the day you die
even if you throw her off your lap and kick her
Gemini
She has loyal tendencies that can wound herself
Trickster Extraordinaire
Eulen und Meerkatzen
Till Eulenspiegel
Medieval Clown
Fooled them all.
Mirrored people’s vanity
Physiognomonic
Judge of humanity
Wasn’t hard at all.
Gary Bateman, Copyright © All Rights Reserved,
June 8, 2016 (Double Dactyl)
Autumn flies down on wings.
With a gamut of paints, turns green leaves into gold.
In joy, sings.
A true master-
With deft strokes, he changes the old.
Trickster.
On trees,
What hues unfold.
Wiz
Autumn flies down on wings.
With deft strokes, he changes the old.
Wiz