Short Sleuthing Poems

Short Sleuthing Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Sleuthing by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Sleuthing by length and keyword.


Elementary Sleuthing

There was a miller named Miller
Who tied his wife to a pillar
He said, "Cheerio"
A clue that would show
He was a cereal killer
Form: Limerick


Sherlock Holmes

Fictional detective Sherlock Holmes
Worthy subject for my poem.
His sleuthing skills may be tested
But the criminals are always arrested.
Form: Clerihew

Sherlock Holmes

If Sherlock was sleuthing today,
the baddies would groan in dismay,
to prison they'd go,
remorseful, they'd know
that (fictional) crime doesn't pay...

for Joseph's Sherlock Holmes limerick contest, written 29th January
© Jack Horne  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Limerick

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