Shtick Poems | Examples

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Premium Member hunting deer with a stick

they were in the wilderness hunting deer with a stick
I know this sounds like a corny joke, but it is no shtick
the hound led his master through brambles thick
while the deer laughed their antlers off, hard and quick

Premium Member Eruption

TYPE FORMS

BLITZ

tight fits
 good spits

quick bursts 
same first

inking
linking

FREE VERSE

immerse
in verse

 roaming
storming 

MINICHU

perplex
context 

twelve laps
 recaps

reward
unfolds

DEESWHEAT

 sounds neat
   on beat

cranks awe
tanka

cinquain
enchained

triplet
strip set

FOOTLE

versed brand
 by Strand

two-line
may rhyme

trochee
swift spree

witty 
ditty

one foot
output

HAIKU

small views     
 soothe you

nature
treasure
 
YALTO

word rows
in tows

notice
mini list

statement
intent

adjoint
make point

SUZETTE PRIME

sublime
no rhyme 

inject
prime set

real surd
numbered

LIMERICK

pun shtick 
 risk it

in time
punchline 

TOO MANY WORDS

there’s herds
for nerds
 
new forms
brainstorms 

don’t fuss
 adjust

all’s fair
who cares

expand
like Strand

Premium Member Smears

Vagaries, slick word snakes off the tongue.
Hard lines are drawn when we desire fluid.
Smears won’t fix a disrespect this horrid.
It must be washed clean, now be strong.

There is great power in being a disruptor,
that charisma is perceived as so dynamic.
Transitional is what you feel with the shtick,
the source ultimately becomes a generator. 

Calculated a metaphoric mutation spreads,
immediately eliminating anything invasive.
Don’t work against it, for it is aggressive.
The kill shot lurks under silken threads. 

Oscillation sharpens with a slight crackle,
seismic waves split open and then devour.
Minute by minute or maybe it’s hour to hour,
nothing captures quite like shadow-tackle.


Premium Member FAIR IS GETTING COTTON CANDY

The quill writes, the poem stands real and tall,  
some contests are moving targets, bright and slick.  
Each contest entry just makes it wobble, fall~  
please tell me this is all just harmless shtick.

An Ancient RuIn

The guide with his cheesy hat, and colorful umbrella
encourages us to: gather 'round.

His anecdotal spiel is by rote. His shtick is fact-slim
and slick, but it’s also my current gestalt as I am dragged
unwillingly along by his CliffsNotes speech.

What catches my wandering eye
is that one of those ruined effigies
is a fair facsimile of myself.
He (a god/king of some minor something),
looks mildly disgusted, as if
a bothersome fly had landed on his crumbling nose.
My world-weary face reflects perfectly
his sour mien.

At last, I am processed meekly
back onto the tour bus, where predictably,
my fellow passengers are already
peering forward into a new fancifully imagined past


from an equally fanciful present.

Ancient Ruins

The guide with his cheesy hat, and colorful umbrella
encourages us to: gather 'round.
His anecdotal spiel is by rote. His shtick is fact-slim
and slick, but it’s also my current gestalt as I am dragged
unwillingly along by his CliffsNotes speech.

What catches my wandering eye is that this one ruined effigy
is a fair facsimile of myself. He (a god/king
of some minor something), looks mildly disgusted, as if
a bothersome fly had landed on his crumbling nose.
My world-weary face reflects perfectly that sour mien.

At last I am processed meekly back onto the tour bus,
where predictably, my fellow passengers are already
peering forward into a new fancifully imagined past
from an equally fanciful present.


Premium Member Untitled

I can't get no satisfaction
I can't get no satisfaction
'Cause I try and I try and I try and I try
I can't get no, I can't get no

I Can’t Get No Satisfaction/written by Mick Jagger/Keith Richards

there is an old man named Mick
who uses music as his shtick
when he tries to get some action
he seems to get no satisfaction
even though he thinks he’s pretty slick

Premium Member A Puff Piece

Politics
in Hyde Park
was at the end of a shtick

FDR’s mouthpiece
a cigarette holder
suspended over
his spinning wheels

Pearl Harbor
a puff of smoke

It was a new deal
It was big

The peace pipe
signaling
W A R

USA
evened the score

Premium Member Vaccinate the Yawn

News is abhorring
And so boring
Starting from the break of dawn
I think we need
To be indeed
Vaccinated for the yawn

They always try
The same tired lie
Their old shtick goes on and on
I’ll catch my death
With lack of breath
If they don’t vaccinate the yawn

They put on acts
With rusty facts
Their dog dug up from the lawn
And then they’ll drone
Over that bone
Hurry and vaccinate the yawn

Obey we should
For public good     
And if not they’ll use their brawn
That same lousy 
Makes me drowsy
Excuse me while I yawn

Here’s protection
From infection
Sorry but we’ve seen that con
So please instead
Cure sleepyhead
And vaccinate the yawn

We’ve had enough
Of their old stuff
We’re pooped out being their pawn	
Since they’re creepy
We’ll stay sleepy
Until they vaccinate the yawn

Premium Member Whats the Shtick With Coffee

What’s the shtick with coffee?
Why can my love, grow so cold, so fast?
Before microwaves, we’d keep to a tiny cup at a time
with no creamer. A little bit of the grind to warm us up-
a love so strong, kept on the fire. Cool beans*

2/14/203

*Sounds good

Premium Member A Delicious Enticing Glint

Ah, now for some juice~ a poetry fix!
What will my pen mix, dabble to affix?
Definitely not some Romantic, tear-jerking
Shtick! But maybe, a frozen delight, a 
summer's day treat to ogle and lick –

What will this trick mind conjure and say?
Will the heart be enthusiastic or lazily
play – will my soul be squeamish, aghast,
shout nay!? Sip the venom of latte, such
frothy, beguiling display...my usual time to 
write alarm set for the night~ yet, now it 
is day, the 24/7 of poesy, night's chance slept 
away. I got it! So off and running! Be 
back with you shortly; it will be dazzling, 
yes stunning! Brilliantly cunning!
The jog of my pen, full throttle, a blazing 
sprint! Be back in a flash, after a fluff...and 
tint...a deliciously enticing glint!

Mystery Tour

The guide with his cheesy hat, and colorful umbrella
encourages us to: gather 'round.

His anecdotal spiel is by rote,
his shtick fact-slim and slick,
but it’s also my current gestalt
as I am dragged unwillingly
along by his ‘cliff-notes’ speech.

One ruined effigy catches my eye
Its a fair facsimile of myself.
He (a god/king of some minor something),
looks mildly disgusted,
as if a bothersome fly had landed on his crumbling nose.
My bored skeptical face
reflects perfectly that sour mien of his.

At last I am processed meekly back onto the tour bus,
where predictably,
my fellow passengers are already peering forward
into a new fancifully imagined future and past
an unrecorded ersatz history
and ad libitum supposition,
which is hard to take.
for I and that crumbling king
are not anyone’s theory.

Premium Member Robert Gorelicks Doggy Limericks I

Packaged and sent to Robert Gorelick’s
Made him a Doggy Book Of Limericks
That had me roaring-unique
Some were cute and very chic
A twisty phrase he pulls-off, are his tricks

A postcard; his picture, a return address
Newly printed and hot off the press  
It brought us closer, poet pals
Good deeds, I thanked God at St. Mel’s
He said it was nice, he was very impressed

His looks shout out Mister California
Ladies and gentlemen let me warnya
Dusty rugged devil so fine
He has aged like a fine French wine
Copy, print, and bind, a great idea

Robert takes his book wherever he goes
Bragging and boasting to all friends and foes
I’m submitting his chap book
I'll find an agent to hook
Dreams come true, fairy tales and rainbows

For the majority of the vast
I have been saving the best for last
His genius; sparkling and clever
He’s back, as witty as ever
Takes requests and voilà writes it fast

Maybe doggy limericks are his shtick
Short stories sensitive and romantic
But wait, a beautiful quatrain
Will please you every now and then
So let’s hear it for Robert Gorelick!

Premium Member Rock Em-Sock Em

Let me preface my poem with saying that this is a narrative of what I saw from a video. I don’t agree with violence nor profanity. I do however understand a man wanting to stick up for his wife. There is enough crazy to go all through this situation. 


 Chris Rock told a tasteless joke about Jada Pinkett Smith.
Will was not amused.

It was no shtick, that slap

it was adamant

unabashed

didn’t care if anyone was looking

preferred it

“#$@& you” he yells,

after the heartbreak

if a husband stares into his wife’s eyes

and he drowns in the cold shark abyss

for her heart has been suddenly hurt

watch out…

surely the shuffle of feet

you’re quite lucky

it wasn’t a full grown punch

drop mike

3/28/2022

Premium Member Let's Go Joe

Joe be nimble
Joe be quick
Joe is a plagiarizer
Who stole his shtick 

Joe be simple
Joe be sick
Joe can’t remember
Which reporter to pick

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