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30 Days of The 5-2: The Crime Poetry Blog Tour

By Gerald So

March 25, 2012

Today I’m here to hawk the 30 Days of The 5-2 crime poetry blog tour, which runs April 1 through 30, National Poetry Month in the United States. Unlike traditional blog tours, where a single guest posts to several blogs, I invite each host to pick their favorite poem from The 5-2: Crime Poetry Weekly…

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Poetic Justice: April is the Cruellest Month

By Gerald So

February 26, 2012

Readers of Criminal Element may know my name from The Thrilling Detective Web Site, where I edited the original fiction section from 2001 to 2009. Today, however, I’m speaking as a poet. Perhaps you’ve found poetic allusions in the fiction of Raymond Chandler, Ross Macdonald, or Robert B. Parker. More recently, Ken Bruen’s or Reed…