Short Up His Sleeve Poems

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Premium Member Not fooling anyone

Couldn't hide his coy smile
He definitely had something up his sleeve
Mischief was on his mind



Wordku: 5-7-5 words

AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Form: Other


Adam With Tricks Up His Sleeve

Husband Adam would brag to wife Eve: "I have many a trick up my sleeve." But alas! He was nude so — a sleeve-challenged dude. That's why Eve was so hard to deceive.
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Was Adam Or Eve First Up His Sleeve

There was God all alone in the world
   Nature and wildlife merely doing His bidding
Who to create first, Adam or Eve?
   You want to be TOLD how to make Adam?
                           ~ Are you kidding?

Premium Member My Silent Pal

Try my best to remain Silent like my pal overseas Don't know what's happening, something's up his sleeve Peculiar in nature A psychological tater Or is he just like us guys, full of poop and debris
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Absent Without Leave

It seems a certain party is absent without leave Maybe this man's got something up his sleeve Where did he go He's missing the show When he finally shows up, a big sigh we'll all heave © Jack Ellison 2015
Form: Limerick


Premium Member Donald Trump

What's with this imposter Donald Trump?

   For president I'd much prefer Forrest Gump!

      His ramblin' views I find difficult to perceive.

         Methinks he hides precarious tricks up his sleeve!

Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSgt, USAF, Retired
Form: Clerihew

Premium Member Keanu Reeves

        He's just a decent actor, yet Keanu Reeves... 
   endures and he always has an ace up his sleeve 

    Gotta tip your hat to this sly cat with nine lives
    Hit action-packed films; how his career survives 


Date written: 08/25/2019
Form: Clerihew

Premium Member Halloween Moon

Bewitched, I am, by the man in the moon On this night, of All Hallows' Eve He hides a smirk behind twisted trees as if he has tricks up his sleeve !
______________________________________________ "Halloween Moon" Contest entry, sponsored by Eve Roper 10/14/15
Form: Quatrain

Loki

Loki In days of Old Norse Tales of the trickster were heard Stories of his deeds The sly one, the shape changer Had wicked tricks up his sleeve Loki had two sides Bringing treasures to the Gods Then he brings chaos The blood brother to Odin The legend that is Loki AgMoore© 07/20/11 Amanda Moore Bag if tricks contest
Form: Tanka

Stolen Moments

STOLEN MOMENTS

I curse the tale of that famous Don Juan
He was not so young as we now believe
I’m not so sure he was the only one
With such carnal desires kept up his sleeve
But ageing might mean it’s no longer fun
Yet such temptation offers no reprieve
Perhaps Lord Byron was really inspired
Such thoughts kept him going even when tired






3 Sep 2022

Premium Member Grandma Cottonwood

Grandmother Cottonwood’s leaves glistened.
Shaking their silver sides against the breeze.
Glossy and pointedly sculpted, a few listened.
As her main twig rolled up his sleeve.

I had not seen a talking tree since Babes in Toyland.
Expected some marching and a mariachi band.
The woods were unnaturally quiet and stark still.
North wind providing a coldish autumn chill.
Form: Rhyme

Left

Just like a magician with nothing
	up his sleeve,
I’m just naked for all to see
	baring my soul to those who’ll listen.
I talk of things ailing the sick soul,
	for nothing seems to remedy his malady.
Love is said to conquer all, but love is
	plenty, yet hard to find.

I miss Love’s soft touch, but I felt
	too oft’ the painful sting of deceit.
Maybe I’ll never know true love, but what
	love I did have has left.

Premium Member Colorful Blooms

 Spring arrived with the promise of blooms
 But winter didn't seem eager to leave
 He had something up his sleeve
 So he sent snow and a bit of gloom

 Spring was not impressed
 So she raised the temps a bit
 The snow melted, and he had a fit
 He hurried off, so stressed

Spring then spread her blooms everywhere
 Each bloom had a different hue
 Some were red, some were blue
 With many other colors spreading cheer
© Joseph May  Create an image from this poem.

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 pure mix,
of miracles that he creates,
and from thin air, substance, emanates.

The clever politician plays a similar game,
like the magician he will claim,
that from thin air he can produce,
the things with which he can seduce,
whole populations for him to vote,
at your next election, please take note!
Form: Rhyme

The Illusionist

A top hat and a cane
A trickster’s smile dancing upon his lips.
Blank magic up his sleeve
Doves in a handkerchief.
The stag light comes to life
And curious eyes fall silent.
Smoke and lights appease the mind
Oo’s and Aa’s fill the room
Never noticing the slight slip of a hand
An extra card hidden in his collar.
A deep bow and a curtain close
He walks away with the same smile.
For it was time to trick the next flock of conscience
With their own foolishness.
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