Text Prompt:
Write a mystery poem. The crime could be real or imagined. The poem could be clue based or narrative. The details are up to you.
Image Prompt:
By Martin Torrez
24 Poems ~ 24 Hours
Text Prompt:
Write a mystery poem. The crime could be real or imagined. The poem could be clue based or narrative. The details are up to you.
Image Prompt:
By Martin Torrez
The Mystery of Who’s to Blame
Things did not go as planned.
Do we blame the personal assistant
Who arranged the business dinner at 1804 C Street?
Or the Uber driver
Who assumed it was C Street NW not NE?
Or the executive who didn’t specify
If he wanted Indian food or French cuisine?
Or the lawyer who insisted
He knew where and when and what they should eat?
Or the delivery man who double-parked his van that blocked C Street
And backed up traffic for half an hour?
Or the nanny
Who couldn’t pick up the children from school?
Or the principal
Who issued a detention to one of the children for name-calling?
Or the weatherman
Who forecast 5” of snow and it happened?
Or the minister
Who had encouraged families to slow down?
Blame is a game that nobody-wins.
Cindy Herndon
This is great but remember to also post on your page (select new post and enter text and then post that). I see you did that with the first poem, all of them shold be like that.
Thank you. I will go back and post there.