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Best Open And Shut Case Poems

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Open and Shut Case Contest
a mouth doesn’t open if it is closed and neither does the mind


Contest: One Liner
Sponsored by: Silent One
Date Created: 12/21/2019...

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© Bobby May  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: open and shut case, life,
Form: Monoku



Fast Food Kitchen
When at home its often fast food I crave,
might even be leftovers that I saved,
always in a race,
open and shut case,
thank God for my nuke...

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Categories: open and shut case, food, technology, time,
Form: Limerick
Epidermal Evidence

It’s skin deep evident,
being black is an inherent crime

It doesn’t matter whether we
peacefully
stand our ground,
or be siren subservient — 
Hands in the air, 
knees bent

We...

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Categories: open and shut case, grief, perspective, truth, violence,
Form: Elegy
Premium Member I Feel
Truth has the power 
to unlock under the carpet of lies 
hidden agendas covered up secrets
 
Open and shut case proof behind scenes 
we are...

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Categories: open and shut case, body, corruption, faith, hope,
Form: Terza Rima
Lock Me Up...
If it's a crime to love you,
lock me up, key and all!
Tell it all over the news,
let it ring from city hall!

It's an open and...

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Categories: open and shut case, life, love, people, me,
Form: Free verse



Plenty of Room I Presume
Plenty of Room I Presume

For every breath which I will take
Some say a difference it does make
God sends Son again to save us all
Not wanting...

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© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: open and shut case, anger, angst, anxiety, heartbroken,
Form: Couplet
Foot Caught
Foot Caught

Down path to door did race;
Was an open and shut case;
Foot in door had been caught
And whole farm he had bought;
Did do it with...

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© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: open and shut case, allegory, analogy, humorous,
Form: Limerick
Go Ahead and Create a Title Yourself
10th grade 11th grade 12th grade 01st grade 02nd grade 03rd grade 
04th grade 05th grade 06th grade 07th grade 08th grade 09th grade 
Does...

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© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: open and shut case, 1st grade , allegory, analogy,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member Eight Days Until
“It did not look like suicide to me,” Lee, the novice detective said.
“It was suicide,” her partner stated firmly. “Open and shut case.  Solved.”
The...

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Categories: open and shut case, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Narrative
Are We Alone
The night sky is set ablaze by such brilliant stars,
    It seems to beckon to me from afar.
Like a time traveler that...

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Categories: open and shut case, imagination, life, mystery, god,
Form: Narrative
Foie Gras
i caught
what we
we're talking
about finding out

perhaps 
i was pate 
spread on cracker
pieces that fell into my

beard but
i heard what
i thought was an
open and shut case...

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Categories: open and shut case, muse,
Form: I do not know?

Book: Reflection on the Important Things