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Private Eye Poems - Poems about Private Eye

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Premium Member borderland
... deep in the trenches a forest of cardboard trees and stained glass windows twiddling pieces through fingers sizing up like private eye a piece here…and there like a long drawn ou......Read the rest...
Categories: private eye, angst, imagery,
Form: Tanka



An anticlimactic sexual event
...An anticlimactic sexual event... with Barb Black née Beebee to help set the ghost of little Willy Brandt free (a non German, but germane fellow courtesy Craigslist classified personals of m......Read the rest...
Categories: private eye, 12th grade, adventure, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Ego -- Brain, Brain -- Pain, Pain -- Need, Need -- Air, Water, Food, Sex, Cocaine
...or The Illusion of Changing Water into Wine Exists; It's Just Not Real "A frustrated cigar is just a cigar in pain needing some smoking-hot sex." -- a non-Freudian in need of a cigaret......Read the rest...
Categories: private eye, pain,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Private Eye
...From his cocoon overlooking the fray the poet strikes his keyboard triumphantly Truth ablaze......Read the rest...
Categories: private eye, confidence, poets,
Form: Free verse
The Poison Apple
...An apple a day keeps the doctor away Not when you put cotton candy in our grapes You might as well give it to a teacher,see what they have to say if they haven't already sold their soul to the slav......Read the rest...
Categories: private eye, betrayal, bible, blue, candy,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Daylight Freedom Quest
...I slide and heave with brittle bones along this pitch black tunnel , twisting, rolling, writhing in a sea of tar. Vapors hot and sticky taunt my nose, as thoughts of orange-red sunsets, ......Read the rest...
Categories: private eye, age, art, character, courage,
Form: Imagism
Premium Member It Is Written In the Stars
...As a historian I was focused, on the long record of writing, Considered an expert in the field, I found it most exciting. For countless delights have arisen, out of the written word; And we only......Read the rest...
Categories: private eye, fantasy, history, imagery, magic,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member I Sensed a Change
...While I was walking through a meadow, of blooms and sunshine, I stopped to spread my blanket, for a gay picnic at lunchtime. It was very pleasant, and I had brought many good things to eat. Afte......Read the rest...
Categories: private eye, adventure, fantasy, hero, humanity,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Private Eye
...Walking on by eating my chocolate pie. Dudes sitting on the steps trying to catch my eye. I just keep strolling on by. They holler, “Hey ,Ma Hi”. I turn around smile and wave Bye,bye. I have my ......Read the rest...
Categories: private eye, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Soul Impressions
...is tattooed by unresolved grief Jesus, I do trust, but I will not lie The fibers of my soul demand I try ....to defend myself You tell me, you are my protector Yet I fight against you with my "private eye" detector ....to prove I'm alone....still Ugh!!! Being human sux! I'll never get it right Yea, yea, "It doesn't matter Just keep yourself in the fight." I'm still here. Wr......Read the rest...
Categories: private eye, trust,
Form: Free verse
Keep It Simple
...I stand in ******** like a British guard patrolling the keep A private eye from nine to five but lose control when I sleep Behold what I see is crime and sin that roams in the street Your home, yo......Read the rest...
Categories: private eye, blessing, how i feel,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Private Eye and the Femme Fatale
...Through his door she wafts, all eye candy and cigarette smoke. Feigning fear and need with a promise of earthly delights in trade. He, standing strongly alone, listens attentively but always sees mor......Read the rest...
Categories: private eye, betrayal, mystery,
Form: Haibun
Premium Member The Private Eye and the Femme Fatale
...Pulp fiction had nothing on him. He was a man’s man. A protagonist of his own making, self-reliant, and self-assured. Marlow kept his wisecracks to the bare minimum when meeting a new client. Dam......Read the rest...
Categories: private eye, nostalgia,
Form: Haibun
The Private Eye and the Femme Fatale
...I’m Packing and She’s Packing I’m a film noir private eye and I’ve got my eye on this voluptuous dame. I’m investigating the murder of her rich husband and searching for clues. Because deep in m......Read the rest...
Categories: private eye, murder,
Form: Haibun
Cake Or Pie
...Once, someone posed a question And it made me want to cry "If you had to choose," she said "Which one - cake or pie?" I didn't want to answer I mean, why would she even pry? It's the deepest ......Read the rest...
Categories: private eye, food, fun,
Form: Rhyme

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