Long Sleuthing Poems
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The Strange Case of Ft
"The Strange Case of F.T."
They say the dead don’t talk
the stories I have calculated
to deliver a saving grace
confessional shared amongst
my equal peers, or so I deem
you somewhat sometimes seem,
less than me, you...
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Categories:
sleuthing, dark, horror, poets,
Form:
Narrative
Hold the PhoneHold the phone, hold the freakin’ phone. Lisa’s got a boyfriend!
I’ve never seen Lisa with a boyfriend. Lisa draws men like fireworks on a dark night, but I’ve never seen her keep one. I mean,...
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Categories:
sleuthing, boyfriend, fashion, humor, money, student,
Form:
Free verse
2nd Part Canzon Form ExampleA big thanks to Bob Newman for the fine Volecentral resource.
My example
Impatient Pleas (Cazone)
Come lie with me you pretty, pretty thing,
and let us stop our toying with our...
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Categories:
sleuthing, poetry,
Form:
Canzone
A Township Day - a School Time MemoryThis is a true story of seven students
Agone days of those ill-famed fiddles
Musing with drolleries – assiduity on catchy missies
And lamed against educators animalism.
Books usually kept aside but concentration hard on last night
Weekends glossed upon...
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Categories:
sleuthing, funny, schoolschool, school, time, , literature,
Form:
Free verse
The Case of a Stolen DiamondIt was noon when I got the call
Jewelry store robbed at the mall
It was a young man, very tall
Spoke with a drawl Spoke with a drawl
In the store, I'd been permitted
Where a theft...
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Categories:
sleuthing, mystery,
Form:
Rhyme
Who Killed Mr BodyI strolled into the room, real casual you see
I took a look around, one of them was guilty
*Bang* an authoritative door slam sounds in my wake
Dramatic sunglasses removal, in their boots, they will shake
A...
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Categories:
sleuthing, games, humor, murder, mystery,
Form:
Rhyme
A Conversation With Sherlock Holmes“Holmes, what is the secret of your glory,
What keeps us thrilled and rapt right to the end?”
“The hook of a swell detective story -
Quite elementary, my modern friend."
“Your methods by deduction, I must tell,
Earned...
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Categories:
sleuthing, character,
Form:
Rhyme
Aves AppetiserHow dare goddamn Laura divorce him
After thirty years arduous pre dawn sacrifice
Menopause made her dismiss marriage on a whim
Told Rod...
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Categories:
sleuthing, anger, august, beach, character, conflict, humorous, imagination,
Form:
Rhyme
Bat and Gat: Nutty SquirrelsThe cats had a rather slow day
So they went to the yard to play
All over the ground
Were nuts to be found
Before long, they had too much to weigh!
The porch, not the best place to keep
A...
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Categories:
sleuthing, animal, hero, silly,
Form:
Limerick
Colour Studywhat colour do we wanna look at?
red, of course, like the doorway i knew in childhood
like the blood whispering through the pipes of an egret
it doesn’t matter
yawning voice draining unconscious energy from dying room
the boy...
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Categories:
sleuthing, color, depression, dream, fear, lost, youth,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Sans Scribbling Scrolling, Scrounging Scrunching Scrying Scribe Section Sixtythe following quite quirky epistle may not exhibit the ordinary characteristics of poetry, but i decided to share this self made challenge (where every word begins with the letter "S" - no explanation can be...
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Categories:
sleuthing, adventure, creation, funny, humor, poetry, smart, word
Form:
Free verse
The Case of the Missing Cat
At the time of the incident, I lived in an old mansion,
that was undergoing renovations and expansion.
Outside the night was dark and a storm was raging,
but, I was cozy in the library with hundreds...
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Categories:
sleuthing, mystery,
Form:
Rhyme
Necessitywas it necessary doing so much sleuthing?
was i the culprit or the accusing?
i would have gave explanation of what was done,
but instead you left and our story never begun.
was it necessary to make...
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Categories:
sleuthing, betrayal, confusion, heartbreak, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
A Sleuth Self-MadeTwo sisters have enlisted me
to solve for them a mystery.
Sounds and music they can sometimes hear,
and from their manor things then disappear.
What’s happening? Is there a ghost?
Who takes the things they value most?
I stay with...
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Categories:
sleuthing, mystery,
Form:
Rhyme
Hercule's Last CaseHERCULE’S LAST CASE?
My name is Captain Hastings,
Well, ex-Captain to be precise.
And I sometimes give Hercule Poirot
Some help and sage advice.
We’ve been to another house party
And guess what? There’s been a crime.
A man’s been killed in...
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Categories:
sleuthing, murder,
Form:
Rhyme
Mike HammerI was a self-admitted misanthrope
unwilling to lose or drop a case.
I often threw a rope-a-dope
just to win; I never lose face.
I worked the dark streets
for dark, and even darker, clients
while the cops walked their...
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Categories:
sleuthing, anger, dark, death, judgement, motivation, murder, truth,
Form:
Rhyme
Allurei am still at times, in shadows
watching you in the world
stealing glances
when the world has drawn you away
there is a beauty i can clearly see
when the picture is devoid of me
meeting for lunch
i step back...
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Categories:
sleuthing, devotion, fate, i love you, magic, romance,
Form:
Romanticism
Murder of the InnkeeperDo 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...
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Categories:
sleuthing, mystery,
Form:
Rhyme
Philip MarloweHe was alone and lonely.
Sadness swept his eyes
before he jabbed at me
with his cynical sarcasm.
He slowly lit his Camel.
It was a simple act of murder
and he was a scholar of sorts –
a player...
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Categories:
sleuthing, confidence, death, murder, mystery, senses, woman,
Form:
Free verse
The Murder WeaponIt was a mystery
The death of her twin sister
Helen became jittery
On the manner death had kissed her.
These few words sister could only say
“It was the speckled band”
Before her last breath drifted away
The context Helen couldn’t...
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Categories:
sleuthing, murder, mystery,
Form:
Rhyme
The Sleuth of Soup CreekWith 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 glint of a Winchester, a model ninety-four.
It was across the...
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Categories:
sleuthing, community,
Form:
Rhyme
Miss Marple InvestigatesMiss Marple is a famous sleuth
She investigates and gets the truth
Murder intriguing has been committed
Just as well she's quite quick-witted.
Whom does this crime benefit most?
We can rule out our charming host
Victim was found dead in...
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Categories:
sleuthing, murder, mystery,
Form:
Rhyme
Mister Monk Goes To the DentistAdrian Monk
was in a funk,
Till he got
assistants.
But this particular case
held him in a space,
With which he felt
resistance.
That I can't blame
I feel the same--
Phobia of everything
dental--
Can you, too, admit
while you had to sit,
To a dentist ever...
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Categories:
sleuthing, abuse, drug, fear, murder, music, mystery, violence,
Form:
Rhyme
Life’s Repetition of rinse and repeat:Life’s Repetition of rinse and repeat:
Saga, the odyssey
lies
And deceit.
Juliet’s drowning upon daggers blade in
Response to a Romeo’s lethal swallow.
The need be not the chasing down of serpentine sleuthing out the whys they...
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Categories:
sleuthing, confusion,
Form:
Free verse
Sam Spade“Give me the phone Effie.
I have to make a call.”
She handed it over to me
and walked into the hall.
The inspector had no clues.
He asked for my two cents,
asked me to give him my views.
I...
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Categories:
sleuthing, confidence, death, murder, mystery, smart, woman,
Form:
Rhyme