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Categories:
death, moving on, murder,
Form: Prose Poetry
Murders and mysteriesIt's a whodunit
with mystery and suspense
right up to the end...
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Categories:
murder, mystery,
Form: Senryu
Six DogsSix dogs die
And one guy cries
the dogs are not political
Oh! My, My,
Don’t you know?
Deaths are always political
Be it mosquitoes or a martyr
Someone’s always there to take credit
to call them pest or bravehearts
to declare them something
to...
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Categories:
murder, cry, death, dog, insect,
Form: Rhyme
Shepherd's WatchA voice for the voiceless
whose cry still unheard
Alone in the womb
but blessed by the Word
Defending the helpless
as murderers loom
Divinity watching
— a reckoning soon
(The New Room: April, 2024)
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Categories:
abortion, birth, death, murder,
Form: Rhyme
'Peaceful Campus Protests'
Shouts of ‘Only one solution –
an Intifada Revolution’
at protests described as ‘peaceful’
by pundits expert at circumlocution...
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Categories:
hate, jewish, murder, peace,
Form: Couplet
IncarnateBoyhood days of bees, butterflies and songs,
The protective range of my mother’s voice,
A sweet, happy place where a boy belongs.
A conch shell, a snow-white beach, and a choice.
“Leave it”, she said, “this seashell’s...
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Categories:
drug, mother, murder, sea,
Form: Sonnet
America's Decency's GoneWhere has America’s decency gone
Long time passing
All the folks who support Hamas
would thrill to Auschwitz’ gassings
Hamas rapes, burns and slaughters Jews
...
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Categories:
america, memory, motivation, murder,
Form: Rhyme
Trick Up Her SleeveWritten by Gail DeBole
on April 24, 2024
He ransacked the dumpster near the vacant campground
Looking for small trinkets like a well-trained bloodhound.
You know the story. His wife had to go.
After her death, his assets would grow.
He...
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Categories:
betrayal, death, murder,
Form: Couplet
Prior to the AfterlifeThe ceiling sparkled;
I saw the big dipper, then the little one.
The painters needed a bigger tip for their creative execution.
Without a warning to prepare, a requiem played.
The symphony corned all aspects of a...
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Categories:
anger, farewell, murder, pain,
Form: Free verse
Mutual Suicide
Israel says Hamas-Gaza commits genocide
murdering innocents while they paraglide
Meanwhile Gazans weep and cry
for thousands of innocents they claim died
I know a Chicagoan who really...
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Categories:
cry, death, murder, suicide,
Form: Monorhyme
Manipulative MonstersBelieve it or not, their ubiquitous webs
Are everywhere; they are the dictators
Who kidnap, maim, torture and kill teachers,
Poets, ordinary folks and babies in their cribs.
They rob and ransack innocent citizens,
Steal elections and after a lifetime...
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Categories:
murder, animal, anti bullying, betrayal,
Form: Rhyme
Another Work Day(This is something different. Playing around and having some creative fun. One word per line, three lines per stanza. What do you think? Tear it apart and share your thoughts, opinions and criticisms. Thanks)
Another
Work
Day
Alarm
Shower
Coffee
Husband
Wife
Goodbye...
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Categories:
murder, dark, death, heartbreak, husband,
Form: Free verse
maybe they are all madmurder happened back in 1892, so it's not like relatives are still mad, right?
But maybe they are all mad in Falls River, Massachusetts
Maybe they were always mad
Maybe Lizzie Borden was not even the culprit
All we...
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Categories:
murder, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
A Poisoned Arrow
A tongue deformed’s a poisoned arrow ~
that murders indiscriminately, like Pharaoh
...
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Categories:
murder, simile,
Form: Couplet
I Saw God, But Now WhatI saw God yesterday.
It was a sunny day where I play.
Suddenly, I saw a calm, serene face.
He told me not to go near the swing place.
I looked over to see why,
And saw a tall,...
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Categories:
murder, christian, death, jesus, love,
Form: Rhyme
Specific Types of Murder Poems
Definition | What is Murder in Poetry?
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