Happy Murder Poems

*Murder most foul. Rod Serling, Stephen King or Ellery Queen?


Picturesque place on the edge of nowhere, small town American life.
Suddenly subject to media glare, reports...

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There was this guy, see, 
a high-flyer type, 
made a bit of a name for himself. 
He moved in like a year before, you know,...

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I’ll speak of me past, of stories once told.
Of men that rode waves out in the cold.
Tales of the strong, the courageous, the bold.
Most of...

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Sounds of a Day in the Past

Cherry Creek was a thriving small town
Children played on swings up and down.

They screamed with delight and why not?
Today...

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iv.
By Thanksgiving, their machinations no longer discreet,
Voices from the walls and vents, betrayed their deceit.
My family revealed as demons in flesh-and-blood guise,
Christmas Day was the...

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The cowboys always won
    The Indians always lost
       I yearned to see a cowboy
  ...

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You saw the news today but you pretend you were never on that channel
You hear others talk about the deaths but the signs of it...

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Afterwards, he laughed, 'It's fun to twist the knife!'
No, he didn't care she'd been his wife.
No more messing with his head!
'Simply snapped,' he said.
'No regret!
Dead?
I...

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When I was young,                     ...

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Sex and Grades

Teachers in my time 
taught math, and science and history. 
We never cared if they were single, 
or married or divorced. 
It never...

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A Good Boy

My son did not kill anyone. 
He did not rob a store. 
He did not beat anyone up. 
Do you hear me? 
Do...

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The NY EBS

There is talk of war. 
There is rumor and propaganda. 
There is concern and worry. 
No one wants to die. 
No one wants...

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I read what you wrote in that notebook
the message you merrily scrawled
Someone such as me who has imbibed reality’s bitter brew 
couldn’t help but be...

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She was just a little girl
Just as precious as a pearl
No one knew what she was inside
She was such a perfect bride
To the most well-known...

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Someone who knows
Said You were an old ancient Tree,
But at the time, it didn’t really matter, 
Or seem important to me.
I knew You only for...

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