Murder At The Gallery (Tuesday Poetics dVerse)

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It was at the Turner Exhibition.
Hutchings was a quiet lad, for a copper;
he had a passion which no one suspected — and it got him killed.
I took the call and we all piled ’round.
There he was, wrapped up in bubble wrap,
sequestered in the store room
next to ‘Snow Storm’; not one of my favourites.
Someone had taken a scalpel to him,
a right mess he was, poor lad.
When we got to his flat there were art books all over,
though not a morsel in the fridge. Evidently Hutchings —
I shall call him George — used to feed on art.

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Copyright Francis Barker 2020

Haiku: ‘No Excuse in 2020’

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This year’s no excuse
Decency is eternal
Manners maketh Man

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Dry Seasons in October – A Poem — Suzette B’s Blog (Reblog)

Two dry seasons perch in October’s shade On one sphere birds flap wing thermometers Gliding aloft into dry season’s thermal fevers, Where armored brisk winds, in dust battalions Sandblast leftover leaves from tropical squadrons. While elsewhere, October winds sail leaf armadas Carrying moisture in gusts, home to Amazonia. Nature relaxes in the seasonal embers of […]

Dry Seasons in October – A Poem — Suzette B’s Blog

Haiku: ‘Our New World’

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I saw the New World
It did not come from the sky
We built it ourselves

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Tanka: ‘Dark Times’

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