 DJ Tyrer is the person behind Atlantean Publishing, was placed second in the 2015 Data Dump Award for Genre Poetry, and has been widely published in anthologies and magazines in the UK, USA and elsewhere, including issues ofCyaegha, Carillon, Frostfire Worlds, Handshake, Illumen, The Pen, Scifaikuest, Sirens Call, Tigershark and Anthology 29, and online on Staxtes English Wednesdays, Poetry Bulawayo, Poetry Pacific, and The Muse, as well as releasing several chapbooks, including the critically acclaimed Our Story. DJ Tyrer's website is at http://djtyrer.blogspot.co.uk/ The Atlantean Publishing website is at http://atlanteanpublishing.blogspot.co.uk/ Crime Scene Crime scene: Blood splattered and bone fragmented Crime Scene Investigators act blasé As the victim sleeps the sleep of the dead They listen to what she has to say No words spoken by victim or killer Yet a dialogue of clues proceeds Revealing who it was who killed her Each crime scene a record of his deeds The hunt closes in, the killer is sought A fortune in the manhunt invested It’s inevitable he will be caught Surrounded, apprehended, arrested There are no loved ones to weep him goodbye Convicted, he is destined to die Espionage Smoke and mirrors False identities Working in silence There must be an easier way To keep an eye on your spouse Estuary, Sunlight The formerly-grey waters glitter As wave-crests catch the sunlight Bringing the estuary waters alive With an intense beauty Like a blazing mirror Reflecting the glories of Heaven Thorns Sharp outgrowths from plant Gouging and slicing your skin Crimson blood berries Yellowed Thoughts The world itself is so unkind Such is the truth that one can find Then there is the truth that lurks behind A truth of a very different kind A truth that is so seldom signed Unless yellowed thoughts should fill your mind
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