Batched Crime, Artichoked Cocktails, Bar Poem
Crime fiction. Artichokes. Thanksgiving poem about a bar....
Ivy League, Secret Society, Chill Cocktails
College presidents, Congress, cocktails. And a thriller....
One Thriller. Two Poems. Three Drinks.
One thriller, two poems, three drinks....
The Gibson: Thanks, Given
If one writes poetry in bound verse, the poet must follow the rules or the form loses its character. “Blank verse” is written in un-rhymed...
Liberty and Edward Thomas
“Liberty” is one of the foundational concepts of the American enterprise, individual liberty in particular. To the white-collar practitioner (and client), the concept of liberty...
“Compensation” | Paul Laurence Dunbar
Compensation is a matter dear to lawyers’ hearts, white-collar and otherwise. Here’s a poem (via www.poets.org) by Paul Laurence Dunbar: Compensation Because I had loved...
“Appellate Jurisdiction” | Marianne Moore (1887-1972)
For pondering our appeals of all sorts. Appellate Jurisdiction by Marianne Moore Fragments of sin are a part of me. New brooms shall sweep...
A Poem Fit For White-Collar Crime: In the City of Night
A poem, In the City of Night, by John Gould Fletcher, that’s fit for white-collar crime: In the City of Night by John Gould Fletcher...
Crime and T.S. Eliot
Today (September 26th) is the birthday of American-born (but eventually British-subject) poet T.S. Eliot (1888-1965). He wrote little about crime except Murder in the Cathedral...