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Getting away with murder
Death in library!
Shard of glass slipped into book;
concealed on a shelf.
Quiet country lane.
Stabbed a jogger with dipstick;
placed it back in oil.
On a winter walk.
All enjoying snow until...
sharp pain in my neck!
They will catch him now.
Gathering my final breath,
"ICICLE!" I cried.
Shard of glass slipped into book;
concealed on a shelf.
Quiet country lane.
Stabbed a jogger with dipstick;
placed it back in oil.
On a winter walk.
All enjoying snow until...
sharp pain in my neck!
They will catch him now.
Gathering my final breath,
"ICICLE!" I cried.
Published 13th Jul 2022
Author's Note
Written for Robert's Murder Mystery Haiku competition. This was some challenge, I can tell you! Scared myself half to death dreaming it up, too!
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14th Jul 2022 4:04am
Dear E,
It’s the perfect weapon, the icicle. No fingerprints when it melts!
Great job, very scary, and quite thrilling. I wish you all the best in the comp. H🌷
It’s the perfect weapon, the icicle. No fingerprints when it melts!
Great job, very scary, and quite thrilling. I wish you all the best in the comp. H🌷
14th Jul 2022 10:01pm
14th Jul 2022 10:04pm
Thank you! I spent an hour and a half researching methods and reading about types of murder mysteries last night (I hope the local police force won't have any reason to come knocking on my door to search my browser history!!) and I ended up scaring myself silly!
15th Jul 2022 00:59am
Considering the ingenious methods, you thought of, you may have been the detective! : )
15th Jul 2022 3:42pm
This is a brilliant response to the challenge that Robert posed, creating both a formal poem and a pulpy piece of crime drama.
15th Jul 2022 5:02pm
Thank you!! It also has the highest time spent to output ratio ever! Took me absolutely ages!
17th Jul 2022 3:08am
Brava, Elle!
I devour mysteries...mostly British. I've been working way through Hammish Macbeth stories of late. The dip stick is brilliant. The icicle is purported to be the best murder weapon, according to Alfred Hitchcock.
I devour mysteries...mostly British. I've been working way through Hammish Macbeth stories of late. The dip stick is brilliant. The icicle is purported to be the best murder weapon, according to Alfred Hitchcock.
17th Jul 2022 7:39am
Thank you! Not sure if an icicle would be strong enough really, but it's suitably sinister. This was an incredibly hard brief!
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20th Jul 2022 00:19am
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