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Sleuthing Poems - Poems about Sleuthing

Life’s Repetition of rinse and repeat:
...Life’s Repetition of rinse and repeat: Saga, the odyssey lies And deceit. Juliet’s drowning upon daggers blade in Response to a Romeo’s lethal swallow. The need be not the chasing down of se......

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Categories: sleuthing, confusion,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Treasure Hunting
...In realms of cyberspace, I fly searching out treasures in disguise skirting advertised merchandise the ordinary, the overemphasized to anatomize the marginalized values overlooked otherwise on ......

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Categories: sleuthing, america, happiness, internet,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Hold the Phone
...Hold the phone, hold the freakin’ phone. Lisa’s got a boyfriend! I’ve never seen Lisa with a boyfriend. Lisa draws men like fireworks on a dark night, but I’ve never seen her keep one. I mean, it’s ......

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Categories: sleuthing, boyfriend, fashion, humor, money,
Form: Free verse
Necessity
...was it necessary doing so much sleuthing? was i the culprit or the accusing? i would have gave explanation of what was done, but instead you left and our story never begun. was it n......

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Categories: sleuthing, betrayal, confusion, heartbreak, writing,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Sam Spade
...“Give me the phone Effie. I have to make a call.” She handed it over to me and walked into the hall. The inspector had no clues. He asked for my two cents, asked me to give him my views. I ......

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Categories: sleuthing, confidence, death, murder, mystery,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Mike Hammer
...I was a self-admitted misanthrope unwilling to lose or drop a case. I often threw a rope-a-dope just to win; I never lose face. I worked the dark streets for dark, and even darker, clients ......

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Categories: sleuthing, anger, dark, death, judgement,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Philip Marlowe
...He was alone and lonely. Sadness swept his eyes before he jabbed at me with his cynical sarcasm. He slowly lit his Camel. It was a simple act of murder and he was a scholar of sorts – a p......

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Categories: sleuthing, confidence, death, murder, mystery,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Case of the Missing Cat
... At the time of the incident, I lived in an old mansion, that was undergoing renovations and expansion. Outside the night was dark and a storm was raging, but, I was cozy in the libr......

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Categories: sleuthing, mystery,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Murder Weapon
...It was a mystery The death of her twin sister Helen became jittery On the manner death had kissed her. These few words sister could only say “It was the speckled band” Before her last......

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Categories: sleuthing, murder, mystery,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Sleuth of Soup Creek
...With a fresh cup of coffee, I stepped outside to have a peek. It was another peaceful morning, in the valley around Soup Creek. I caught the glint of a Winchester, a model ninety-four. It was acro......

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Categories: sleuthing, community,
Form: Rhyme
The Case of a Stolen Diamond
...It was noon when I got the call Jewelry store robbed at the mall It was a young man, very tall Spoke with a drawl Spoke with a drawl In the store, I'd been permitted Where a theft had been c......

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Categories: sleuthing, mystery,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member 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......

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Categories: sleuthing, murder, mystery,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A Sleuth Self-Made
...Two sisters have enlisted me to solve for them a mystery. Sounds and music they can sometimes hear, and from their manor things then disappear. What’s happening? Is there a ghost? Who takes ......

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Categories: sleuthing, mystery,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Murder of the Innkeeper
...Do you remember the night the Innkeeper’s body Was found in the pond behind his B & B, Sherlock? Of course, how could you forget? We were Meeting him that afternoon for his opening tea......

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Categories: sleuthing, mystery,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Mister Monk Goes To the Dentist
...Adrian Monk was in a funk, Till he got assistants. But this particular case held him in a space, With which he felt resistance. That I can't blame I feel the same-- Phobia of ever......

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Categories: sleuthing, abuse, drug, fear, murder,
Form: Rhyme

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