There once was a gumshoe named Sam ...
Gerald So sends word of the upcoming second issue of "The Lineup: Poems on Crime." I posted a notice of the first issue last year, and I can tell you that some of the poems packed a hard-boiled crime punch. Fans of narrative concision and crime songs might also want to check out "The Lineup" and open their minds to poetry about crime.
Gerald says he hopes to send the second issue to print early next month. Check the Lineup blog for more information, including where to buy the books.
© Peter Rozovsky 2009
Gerald says he hopes to send the second issue to print early next month. Check the Lineup blog for more information, including where to buy the books.
© Peter Rozovsky 2009
posted by Peter Rozovsky at 11:59 PM
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May I add Robert Browning's "Porphyria's Lover" to the mix? It read a little like a serial killer thriller.
There once was a fella called Peter
who posted on writing in meter
about gumshoes and crimes
with punch for all times
but all I can do is teeter.
Thanks, Loren. The poem might also fit into the several posts I've made about proto-crime classics and crime elements in "serious" literature.
Here is Browning's full text.
In a blog about crime fiction
In the town of Philadelphia
Appears questionable diction
Highly questionable diction
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