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"Pearl Bryan" (National Poetry Month poem-a-day) Day 7

Pearl Bryan Criminal: Episode 24 Written By Bruce A. Pandolfo 4/7/17 I've a story, gather 'round lend me your hearts and ears Unwed Pearl, but twenty two showed a maternal sphere No Pa known though two assumed: both Will Wood and Scott Jackson Faux Pas felonies to ruin their lives so she took action She would not will her cousin, Will Wood to be involved with Her other lover Jackson whom she pleaded to solve it Scott, a dental student and his roommate Walling helped In Cincinnati they met Pearl and earned a spot in Hell The procedure a failure, drenched a farm field in red A young boy found Pearl's body No one e'er found her head People ogled the brutal scene and pilfered souvenirs Such as crimson greenery made by two who disappeared Weeping eyes knew their daughter by tags and her webbed toes The found killers found guilty yet still women proposed They the last men the state h...

The Portrait (National Poetry Month Poem-A-Day) Day 2

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The Portrait (A Lawsons Murder Ballad) (Criminal Podcast episode 25) written by Bruce A. Pandolfo 4/2/17 An injured Charlie Lawson's Tobacco tender bought Children's toys and pricey clothes, for his family to be shot... The rustic regal-garbed group, expressions grave although Marie gleamed with teen beauty, and perhaps a mother's glow? A pretty penny portrait, portrayed for holidays, Foreshadowed short-changed futures for the family he betrayed One read “No one to blame but...” abrupt there-ends the note The other scrawled “Troubles Can Cause...” shown with those snuffed and smote... A fortnight from the photo, when Christmas Day arrived Fanny baked a Yuletide cake, that no one lived to try Arthur asked his Pa for shells to go and hunt some hare Charles spared and sent him off as though he'd none to spare Art returned to find his ma, and slain siblings arranged, Gored, respectfu...