Short Detectives Poems

buzzards circling
police detectives swarm the arm
field ripe with death...

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Sir Edmund Clerihew Bentley
passed away, so he sent me.
He wrote of gumshoe detectives,
and eschewed dumb invectives.
...

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two detectives bad as can be they help me!warner and thompson i love you well for you will never see hell!now let's get them now every way we know how...

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I so love my investigative angle
Peoples lives I so love to untangle
I thank my Auntie for this
Taggart in Scotland was bliss
Watching the Detectives, was my handle...

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a throwback from the forties
he stands under a streetlight
waiting for the ripper

ripper has spotted him
is not about to lurk tonight
both wise, one horrible
a killer...

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circling buzzards
smelling the destroyed carnage
someone’s beloved

detectives arrive
important questions arise
telltale fingers

the prints are taken
medical examiner
a killer is loose...

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horrible feelings
acts of violence
despicable ways
reigning criminals
spreading their terror

huge lack of trust
violations
family’s horror
makes great tv

forensics
murderers
detectives

police
station

crime...

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Sirens and metro buses
Detectives and narcs
Hustlers and thieves.
 
Friends and foes
Currency and narcotics
Bums and dope fiends.
 
Soft or hard
Packaged or dumped
White or green.
 
Love and disdain
Loyalty and trust
Hope and shattered dreams
This is my block....

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ghost busters
driving into libraries
funny guys

ghost blasters
called upon by the mayor
great friends

ghost seekers
scared by green blobby things
screamers

ghost detectives
contacted by the fearful
brave but silly

ghost hunters
living Halloween daily
lucky guys...

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I solve crimes daily
From a brown Lazy-Girl-Recliner
Upstaging seasoned professionals
Solving cases that confuse and confound assigned detectives.

My husband is in awe,
singing my praises,
expressing his admiration for my abilities.
Not realizing how many times I have seen each episode....

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these unconventional cats who are dicks
forties detectives to you out of comic strips
make others nervous anyway me

go by their last names, like Marlo or Spade
interrogate  usual suspects under spotlights
look to save a damsel or two

offices are dirty
in a sordid side of town
I run from these dicks...

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Detectives solving crimes
Flashing their badges
Canvassing neighborhoods
Questioning potential witnesses
Explaining the forensics

Showing us how to taint a crime scene
Explaining blood spatter patterns
I sit in my chair trying to outguess them
Feeling smug, proud of myself,
Professional Lazy-boy detective....

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...At the Shore, zoneyed
hyperspantechnic aerobes
seek treasurefiner-

metal detectives,
hopefilled, as high-tech fishmen
at Igloos of beer

ponder the dearth?, Nay!
of paille tressed, bespectacled
easy-easelers

at hungry palettes
and the sketchmasters who're
ignobly absent!

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Like two detectives in the night
We walk the glass slipper.
I have to remind myself  I’m still learning.
To be alone is the soul’s paralysis.
Though in the solitude there is everything.
To be sad  is ongoing, and important for life.
And to be free is the starving mind,
Growing and starving.
Step and Stares.
New York wares.
Eat me.
Lovely....

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The jury’s duty is impossible.
They have to decide who is lying.
The defendant says he is innocent.
Police say he is guilty.

Defense lawyer says he was falsely accused.
Points out his ex-wife works for the lab and wants him imprisoned.
Police detectives are leaning on the DNA blood evidence.
Who is lying and how many of them? It is a quandary....

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Some children found her battered, bloody corpse
inside the tunnel, face down in  the trash;
they screamed, 'She's hurt' and ran to fetch some help. 
Detectives wondered why he'd left her cash.
They didn't catch the brutal killer (or at least,
they still don't know he's doing time now as 'The Beast').

written 26th January for Kai's Murder in the Tunnel contest...

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Six people confessed to the murders of four.
Police detectives were consternated.
This many confessions had never happened before.
This was totally unanticipated.

Other homeless people lined the police station door.
Police said “Now, these jail cells are overrated.”
In a week the confessions numbered twenty-four.
Free room and board for all those who participated....

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Daring Detectives delight me
Dreaming dastardly dilemmas
Deliberating discerning dialogues
Discovering delectable dramas
Diligently dissecting diaries
Dutifully documenting details
Discreetly digging
Dutifully dialoguing
Dividing distressed details
During division of documents
Dendrites dancing delightfully
As I decipher dynamics of dramas
Depicted by distinguished detectives...

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it burns
my punishment
for
speaking out
my leg thigh
feels the pain
my teeth throb
my eyes feel scratchy

heaven help me
because
Justice never will 

it feels like
a rubber band
around my
head

why?
won't they come and
stop crime

money stocks

sat 9, 2022
for history detectives
history of 2022 may-june © a month ago   coronavirus • throat-burn • chemical-weapons • govermentless • society...

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Frogs like open toad shoes I'm told
Swamps might be where crocs are landing
A ninja likes to wear sneakers
Large shoes show good understanding!

The boss always looks for loafers
Detectives lean toward gumshoes
You'll see pumps in a hardware store
Clogs are what a plumber will choose

But sometimes people go barefoot
And though shoes do look kind of neat
Nothing is quite as comfortable
As when there are none on your feet!...

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Thair are two detectives , kershaw and grey ! Thay chase the badgize and 

Make them pay ! Thay eat lots of fried chicken in bed ! The hot sauce & ketchup 

Turns thair sheets red ! Avery grey looks half Japanese ! Edith kershaw  duz not!

But thay are boeth very hot ! kershaw likes Pepsi . Grey loves her coke !

Grey is very serious ! Kershaw loves jokes ! Grey likes hot dogs !

 Kershaw loves her gyro-subs! Grey likes miller beers ! Kershaw likes her buds!......

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