After 12 years, the final (625th) #Poem at my #Crime #Poetry site #TheFiveTwo, "Something #Fishy" by #JHJohns: https://poemsoncrime.blogspot.com/2023/09/jh-johns.html

The site lost a news outlet last year when I left #Twitter, but I couldn't stay in good conscience. Everything has a natural lifespan. It's better to end at the right time than force things simply to keep going. I look forward to new opportunities. #TheFiveTwo

I haven't received enough submissions to continue my #Poetry site's #Poem of the Week for a thirteenth year. Closed to poetry, the blog is open to posts promoting poetry. Thanks for your support over the years: https://poemsoncrime.blogspot.com/2023/09/this-is-it.html #TheFiveTwo

Aug. 28-Sep. 3 at my #Crime #Poetry site #TheFiveTwo, "Queen's Hawker" by #RenaJWorley: https://poemsoncrime.blogspot.com/2023/08/rena-j-worley.html

August 21-27 at my #Crime #Poetry site #TheFiveTwo, "The #Crowbar" by #TomBarlow: https://poemsoncrime.blogspot.com/2023/08/tom-barlow.html

I'm currently deciding whether to commit to a 13th year of 52 #Poems at my weekly #Poetry site #TheFiveTwo. It depends on how many submissions I receive by August 31. #Guidelines: https://poemsoncrime.blogspot.com/p/guidelines.html

August 14-20 at my #Crime #Poetry site #TheFiveTwo, "#ThoughtsAndPrayers" by #JenniferLagier: https://poemsoncrime.blogspot.com/2023/08/jennifer-lagier.html

My #Crime #Poetry site #TheFiveTwo needs two #Poems to finish its 12th year. If I receive much more than two poems, I'll continue the site into Year 13. #Writers' #Guidelines: https://poemsoncrime.blogspot.com/p/guidelines.html

August 7-13 at my #Crime #Poetry site #TheFiveTwo, "#LA #Nocturne" by #LibbyCudmore: https://poemsoncrime.blogspot.com/2023/08/libby-cudmore.html #LosAngeles #TV #TheShield

July 31-August 6 at my #Crime #Poetry site #TheFiveTwo, "#Ballad of #Menstruation and Crime" by @SylviaFysica: https://poemsoncrime.blogspot.com/2023/07/sylvia-wenmackers.html

I just recorded a reading of my poem "Ballad of Menstruation and Crime", which will appear on The Five Two next week. It's inspired by a criminology paper from the sixties that I found while doing research for an unfinished story.
The Five Two has been publishing a new poem on current and historical wrongdoing once a week for nearly 12 years. https://poemsoncrime.blogspot.com/ So, send @sogerald your crime-themed poem and help his site continue for a 13th year: https://poemsoncrime.blogspot.com/p/guidelines.html
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July 31-August 6, my #Crime #Poetry site #TheFiveTwo will run "#Ballad of #Menstruation and Crime" by @SylviaFysica. I still need an increase in submissions to keep the site going for its 13th year starting mid-September.

My weekly #Poetry site #TheFiveTwo needs six #Poems to finish its 12th year. I especially need one for next week to keep the site going uninterrupted. If I don't receive a #Poem for next week, the site will skip the week until I do receive six more to publish. After that, the site will close for good. #Guidelines: https://poemsoncrime.blogspot.com/p/guidelines.html

July 24-30 at my #Crime #Poetry site #TheFiveTwo, "A Crime Unspoken" by #JHJohns: https://poemsoncrime.blogspot.com/2023/07/jh-johns.html

I'm once again in need of #Poetry #Submissions for #TheFiveTwo. At the moment, I don't have a #Poem scheduled for July 31-August 6. I'd like to reach mid-September, finishing the site's 12th year uninterrupted, and then maybe close for good. It all depends on getting enough #Poems. First-time #Poets welcome. Any style, including #Prose poems, welcome: https://poemsoncrime.blogspot.com/p/guidelines.html

July 17-23 at my #Crime #Poetry site #TheFiveTwo, "Midsummer #Mischief!" by #SarahDasGupta: https://poemsoncrime.blogspot.com/2023/07/sarah-das-gupta.html

My weekly #Crime-themed #Poetry site #TheFiveTwo needs new #Poems to finish its 12th year and begin its 13th in September. Submit today: https://poemsoncrime.blogspot.com/p/guidelines.html

July 10-16 at my #Crime #Poetry site #TheFiveTwo, "#Bar #Fight" by #AdamStemple: https://poemsoncrime.blogspot.com/2023/07/adam-stemple.html

July 3-9 at my #Crime #Poetry site #TheFiveTwo, "Osip" by #PaulHostovsky: https://poemsoncrime.blogspot.com/2023/07/paul-hostovsky.html

June 26-July 2 at my #Crime #Poetry site #TheFiveTwo, "Seventy-eight dollars" by #PeterMladinic: https://poemsoncrime.blogspot.com/2023/06/peter-mladinic.html