Murder of the Innkeeper
Do you remember the night the Innkeeper’s body
Was found in the pond behind his B & B, Sherlock?
Of course, how could you forget? We were
Meeting him that afternoon for his opening tea!
I recall how we were questioned like common thugs
Because we were on the property, thus suspect,
But I had suspects of my own, though I
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Categories:
innkeeper, mystery,
Form: Rhyme
The Innkeeper
(A dramatised imagination from the Bethlehem Inn - https://vimeo.com/657939760 )
OY! !
Who is this,
will not let me lie and have my rest?
Must I rouse and don again my robe,
arrange myself,
and comb my beard
to show myself at best.
Just to tell another traveller -
‘continue on your road.
No room, no
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Categories:
innkeeper, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Innkeeper Negotiations
Hello Innkeeper, I would like a room please.
For the night or for the week?
The night please.
He smiles at me with a nice smile.
I return the favor.
With or without stains on the bedding? He asks.
I stare at him hard.
Without please.
Okay, he says cheerfully, but that will cost you double.
How much is that? I ask him.
Three
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Categories:
innkeeper, hilarious, humor, humorous,
Form: Light Verse
Innkeeper
So why did I do it?
It still isn't clear.
The rooms were all taken;
The busiest this year.
And all of them dusty,
And all of them tired.
The trek to their birth-place
By Rome now required.
A census, the issue.
A right royal pain.
And doubtless the purpose
More tribute to gain.
The evening was settling,
The rush nearly o'er.
But still came a knocking
For help at
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Categories:
innkeeper, baby, bible, christmas,
Form: Rhyme
The Innkeeper
The death penalty.
What a laugh
And their pulling on strings
To keep this going
As their money bags swing
Lifelessly
From left to right.
How dare they take an old mans
Walking stick.
How dare they beat their wives,
Breaking the rule of thumb.
What catastrophe could place
This sodden child in their
Arms tonight.
She withers with fright
And is ever watchful of
The innkeeper
Who is paying
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Categories:
innkeeper, adventure, allegory, angst,
Form: Free verse