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A Crimenga is a linked poem of 3 stanzas. The first and second stanzas have 6 one-liners. At least two links have to include the theme of crime/suspense/mystery/espionage [not necessarily dark, serious ones]. A Crimenga can either be written solo or with up to two partners. The Crimenga was created by Fay Aoyagi on the 29 May 1997.
Copyright © Fay Aoyagi 1997
EXAMPLES : WRITER'S BLOCK by Fay Aoyagi
A solo Crimenga by Fay Aoyagi
collapse of USSR writer's block from happy hour to happy hour double agent motion detector caught a cat in her purse unclaimed parking ticket ransom note delivered to a wrong address court interpreter doesn't speak his dialect
judge plays golf only at his club rising star mixed race million-dollar exclusive tabloid story president no exception sexual harassment revolution without blood his best scenario two nations with an artificial border
sound of midnight chipping the wall she beeps her son curfew broken again
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A Crimenga between Fay Aoyagi and Alex Benedict
barrister's wig stolen from his chamber piercing the darkness a cat watches the electric torch whisper in the back seat communists first sign of a storm Bertie makes his own decision a magnifying glass on his night table slowly bubbles in the aquarium rise
sworn statement he touched nothing but strawberries carved on a post the monkey's head her precious sold to a circus with a hissss the tire deflated angel or devil? footsteps approaching a file in the birthday cake
butler at your service silver spoon smuggling beside the fence roses blossom
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A Crimenga between Fay Aoyagi and ai li
smoking gun in the box seat madame butterfly stage door johnny wreath in hand coroner swallows pills manic depression mortuary attendant listening to 'The Grateful Dead' another tragedy X family the spent box of matches at confession
bits and pieces letter bomb a household divided missing tiara old tycoon's youngest in love with an artist trapeze act someone removes the safety net moonless night howl of a lioness fat lady drinking poison
rigid in the king-sized bed motel room No.7 a whiff of Joy by Patou on the policewoman
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