Best Sleuth Poems

With a fresh cup of coffee, I stepped outside to have a peek.
It was another peaceful morning, in the valley around Soup Creek.
I caught the...

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The child is a poet with innocent eyes
		And a bumpity A-B-C rhyme,
		A dancer whose feet with the rhythm of life
		Move in jubilant one-two-three time.

		The child...

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What’s needed now is pure honesty.
Transparency, please transparency.
What good is there in an illusion?
It will lead to a false conclusion.

Must I inquire of you like...

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Sunlight kissed the horizon; our young age,
leaving dots and dashes upon our crisp page.
Wild flower and Wonders, we both did grow;
watching seasons change from spring...

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Written: October 02, 2023 For Robert James Liguori Contest
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Fervent mishaps...

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A visionary wandered lost one night
inside a tempest thunderous and strong.
He looked for shelter in a canyon.  Light
of moon poured down and bitter sweet...

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Gold Dredging

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Inside four walls I currently reside
Within this house I continue to hide

Hurt lurks beyond these bounds
Crumbs of ash in piles and mounds

A cold fire burns...

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In sheep's clothing they infiltrate, call you mate, lie in wait;
these sly wolves who seek to harm and disarm with charm.
It's a clever deed, founded...

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I am not a detective or a sleuth, 
but what I write about is only the truth.
You are not going to like what I have...

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The consumate sleuth Sherlock Holmes
Hardly lacking the wit chromosomes
With the faintest of clues
To bemuse and confuse
Cracked crimes in the Welsh catacombs



AP: Honorable Mention 2023

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Dark skies fill eyes of despair, 
Full of hurt and anger that grows so strong;
A pain-filled child ready to rip out her hair,
All her life...

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With more than her share of fake news
Melania suffered the blues
From the President's sleuth
She soon learned the truth
And now spends her days with #MeToos

Our President...

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Don't ask me for

Something I can't give.

And don't ask me why

I'm saying this.

You say he's a friend,

I say that's a lie.

Could you just explain?

Just tell...

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CRAZY MIRROR






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