Mystery and Crime Poetry posted May 1, 2024


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Lost Verses

by Lordinajamjar

 
Inquisitive sea birds swarmed the sand

All pecking at the overturned boat

Once angry waves retreated 

Leaving the tormented craft in peace
 
Two oars lay on Petit Bot beach

Stained with the toil of bloodied hands

The battered boat had been rowed many miles

Yet the oarsman was nowhere in sight
 
Curious holidaymakers gathered

Taking selfies while seated on the boat 

A local lad noticed the hat on the tide

Then the body rolling in the sea foam 
 
They waded quickly into the sea

Dragging a man's rock battered body 

Onto the people swelled shore 

In his hand they found a pencil 
 
In his pocket they found paper

Scrawled upon it was a girl's name

Followed by a few poetic verses

Not one could recite the poem they said 
 
When the constable arrived 

The soggy paper disintegrated 

Then a sudden blast of cold air

Carried the faded verse back into a calm sea
 

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Write a poem about love gone wrong or lost love. It can be sad, raw, or just plain angry (Just keep it clean). Express the emotions of the darker side of love. Any style or length. Be creative.
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