Short Up His Sleeve Poems

nothing up his sleeve
the healer challenges death...
that we might believe

date>12/03/22...

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Hyena is a scavenger.
He eats what others leave:

So while he’s watching Lion hunt,
He’s laughing up his sleeve …...

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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.
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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?...

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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 ...

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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...

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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...

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        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...

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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 !



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"Halloween Moon" Contest entry, sponsored by Eve Roper
10/14/15...

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 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 ...

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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...

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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....

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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....

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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!...

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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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