No Crime in Rhymin’ — Dec 2019

hindsight is 20/19

Gyula Benczúr: King Matthias Receives the Papal Legates

Milestones reached this month:

• We are finishing our inaugural year with 361 poems published, including 32 new pieces in December by 16 authors.
• My Octopus, and Laura’s Miss Robson curated into Poetry, Mark’s I’m a Brand curated into Humor.
• A new record: this 8-minute poem, and it is — pun intended — epic.
• Another poetic flash mob around the theme of transplants: Eye, Stomach and Brain.
• Welcome to our new contributing writers: Lon Shapiro (#65), Marilyn Flower (#66), Alison Zhang (#67), Joanne P (#68)!

Here is everything we published this month:

Bridget

The Belle of the Ball

Juliette

Three Balloons, No Giraffes

James

Elementary

Immortelle

Laura

Big Sweaty Martha

Has Anyone Seen Miss Robson?

The Manne of Potterye

Do You Take This Woman…?

Yule Be Sorry

Billy’s Boxer Shorts— a Cautionary Tale

Harper

I Just Had A Stomach Transplant

The Mountie and the Outlaw

Jane

The Blob

The Elf on the Shelf Was Embarrassed

Calluna

The People Zoo

Marilyn

Whatever you do, don’t pick my poem…

Sex in Space*

Fending off Fruitcake without Offending

Alison

Font Fails

Joanne P

End Of Our Tethers

Mark

I’m A Brand!

Bebe

The Day After

Sylvia

I Just Had An Eye Transplant

Lon

I Wanna Be Curated

A.B.

Wait — Twist Fate

Sleep Tight

and your Editor-in-Chief

Joe

Fly on the Wall Redux

☑☐ The Checklist Song

Elle, the Selfless Octopus

Shameless Slapstick

Human Nature, etc.

His and Hers Mannequin Rhymes

Happy birthday, Afy.

previous month-end wrap-ups

No Crime in Rhymin’ — Nov 2019

No Crime in Rhymin’ — Oct 2019

No Crime in Rhymin’ — Sept 2019

No Crime in Rhymin’ — Aug 2019

No Crime in Rhymin’ — July 2019

No Crime in Rhymin’ — June 2019