Thursday, April 7, 2011

Like Magic: Day 7 Poem


Slight of Hand

flip and twist, a beckon
one thing, then another
always a shift, of hand
of eye, keep me guessing
don't let on, reveal nothing
reveal everything, pause
keep me waiting, manipulate
your fingers, cunning, palm
trick me once, trick me again
I fall for it, easily, hopeful
slowly learn, ignore the twinge
recognize I've been fooled


Today's prompt at Not Without Poetry is from Mike Ferguson, and it included this short movie. It was amazing how quickly this poem came. Raw, very raw.


2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Really like this one Robin, nice take on the prompt.

Erobintica said...

thanks jacque