Tricks Poems - Poems about Tricks

the cuckoo is a lazy trickster she lays her eggs in bush warbler’s nest remember Mayzie LaBird in Dr. Seuss’s book Horton Hears the Who? Bush warbler is tricked by cuckoo bird. She thinks the eggs are hers. Takes care of them until they hatch And then raises cuckoo’s baby as her own....

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When just a lad, I thought I was magic, Doing a trick can sometimes be tragic. The bird sang the wrong song, The rabbit was long gone, When they booed, I got very dramatic. ...

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

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"Okay, tell me, who's gonna be next?" said the writer of the too-long text. "No, please, not me," said the lean noun. "Cut that fat verb there, two lines down." And they all watched with their faces vexed. The women in my Viking village don't like domestic work or tillage. They get much more excited when they all get invited on raids to go...

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I hate it when a girl rolls her eyes, because that means she's on to my lies. And then it's harder to get her to let me under her sweater, and then on to the ultimate prize. I never once said that you were fat. I'd never be as nasty as that. I think you’re a real cutey. I just adore your booty. But...

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My wife's housekeeping skills are lackluster. For getting things done, I just can't trust her. And her oven runs too hot, and the sole besom she's got flies only between Salem and Custer. I caught that crass, old man on the moon sneak a peak at my naked wife, June. In anger, I discussed the matter with my good friend, the mad hatter, who...

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I opened the basket daily, Mother hen...

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You'd better take care whom you choose as a mark. For this old dog’s bite is much worse than his bark. If you’re going to poke him best have a long stick, ‘Cause this here old dog, well, he’s got some new tricks. It is better for you to let sleeping dogs lie. There’s still lots of fight left, but...

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Picture Prompt Poetry Contest Margarita Lillico It's Halloween night for these three oddballs Spooks the masks, costumes, candies, norms, and dolls Three little boys on the prowl That looks displaced, strange, and foul Their sights were on scaring with their eyeballs...

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HALLOWEEN Halloween started as a Celtic celebration But things have changed over the generations People get dressed in costumes and walk the streets Knocking on doors and asking everyone they meet Just one question and that is “Trick or Treat?” So, we give them lollies to avoid getting tricked If nobody knocks upon my door Then it is me that I bought the...

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FUNHOUSE MIRROR (pov) I am a mirror in which many take place, what you see is not what you get I can assure you it's all fun in games. In the same light that slims you down a different angle at that and now you're ...

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Here I stand. Covered in mud. Slouching about. Momma told me not to come, But the boys made it sound like fun. We tied a rope to the tree. Swung out over the stream. I was the first...

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bawdy at the polls the quiet blasphemy~ tricks have pockets full *** For John ;),...

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Magic tricks for love A life's heartwarming moment For lover's and kids....

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Look Closely Black silk top hat Upon greasy hair sat White gloved, quick hands Graceful gestures, gestures grand Speaks nonsense but mostly, "Watch me now, look closely!" Sly smile, glint in eye "You sucker", they imply Swift movements over here Draw my eyes, my gaze steer Magic moving fast and ghostly He continues to croon, "look closely" The ears hear but not the eyes "Look closely", magic...

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