Marple Poems - Poems about Marple

Catch Up

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The scrabble app says it misses me
It sends a notification to remind me
It's lonesome without me.

Let Poirot use his little gray cells,
Let Miss Marple knit too much,
Let me just catch up.
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Agatha Christie

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England’s Dame Agatha Christie
wrote novels with plots often twisty.
Best-selling fiction writer of all time,
her Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot solved many a crime.
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An Actor's Life

...At three 'o clock this afternoon,
A shaft of light pierced my room.
Curtains flung back as I arise:
An actor's life I do surmise!

Working halls and live theatre,
Singing songs in every meter.
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Goofaloof

...Satirical
Clerihew
Satirihew?

So, Miss Jane Marple
isn't Meghan Markle
One is a fine sleuth
The others, Goofaloof....

Miss Marple Investigates

...Miss 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...

Miss Marple's Nephew's Double Mysteries

...*Image of Stringer Davis and Margaret Rutherford by Fanpop.


Miss Marple's Nephew's Double Mysteries

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Agatha Christie, 
   Agatha Christie slights through half her years,
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A Dinner Party At Miss Marple's

...It was the peak of summer
In St. Mary Mead.
Miss Marple and friend
Had many to feed.

They hired a Butler 
To meet their need.
"We must have wine at the party!"
They both agreed.

But like ...

Booking Help

...What would long John silver say?
About our current strife?
How about Mr Bumble?
Would he just moan to his wife?
What about young Oliver?
He wouldn’t ask for more,
Or What of Hero, Harry?
Just ...

Free Verse Fever

...Attraction free verse

I see you there, across the aisle, in the second carriage on the train.
Perched on the edge of your seat, as if in eager anticipation, crushingly not for me. 
Your eyes, li...

Liar Liar

...Liar,
Liar

You've been exposed

Obviously you didn't expect

Our own Poetrysoup Mrs Marple
would be on your case put in charge heading up the investigation

And i think you'll find you hav...

A Gum Shoe Is What I Want To Be

...In my child’s mind a gumshoe sleuth detective 
that would be me.
Nancy Drew or Ms. Marple, invented by Agatha Christie.
Trixie Belden and Honey too, 
there were so many choices you see.
I spent ...

Heart of Timber Burns

...A sacred heart of timber;
With embers in ashes set apart;
So consumed in words torn apart
And burning into red embers.
Though big boys shed no tears
So in mine own eyes look never,
With words o...

No Names

...If in a contest you don’t place
Wipe those tears from off your face

If you’ve been here on soup a while
You can recognise a certain poet’s style

Read a VERY well penned sonnet
An...

My Library

...My simple library contains no fancy morocco-bound tomes,
Like those found in majestic castles and rich folks' homes.
But the books on its shelves that I truly do treasure.
Over a life-time have pr...

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