Notes About The Poem

Detectives Poirot and Clouseau are fictional characters.          
Quicquidlibet is a latin term which means "Whatever One Likes.

 

Incipient intrigue

Mutant metronome’s
stygian riddle
 inscrutable fixation
               spuming 
clustered clairvoyance
honing snoopy 
quest querulous
         quicquidlibet
tamper connived
sinewy stratagem
plimsoll plot 
        “sneaker” of
wily webfooted
nefarious nudge
           at 
tenebrific toll
maple smoke
screen screed
           clandestine                               
cobwebs cohere
mohair marinated
           muddle
subdued thespian
herringbone hoodwink
skewed camouflage
perused  pearl
          inveigling
skulduggery rife
underscored cadence
                 persuasive
percussive rattle
ubiquitous underbelly
              prop to
dodgy  dialogue 
muted ritardando 
silhouette streak
dangling magnet 
       mired in
gauche guesswork  
subterfuge sciophobia 
                   inkpot
amorphous machination
fiction wizards
       emblazon 
indices incipient  
embryo empiricism
                 mouldering
cabinet coterie
spookish svengali
         minatorial    
repercussions 
    incurvate 
sniffer dog
       detective
poirrot’s prognosis
 clouseau contingency
      that
rivetting mystery
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Kendrick Avatar
May 15, 2026 at 4:53 AM
Glad it is supposed to be a mystery, Howard, because it was to me. Sara K.
Kerr Avatar
May 15, 2026 at 5:22 AM
Your vists and comments are always welcome, Sara
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