Murder

[ChristopherSea]

Klis, much obliged for the detailed analysis, critique and the sharing of your philosophy on crafting poetry. I enjoyed your little ditty about Darla and James as well. I understand your point about writing a poem that stands on its own with or without a concluding plot twist. However, I feel this poem stands up without the last strophe already. Nonetheless, I will certainly give it another run through. From your quotes, it does look like you had read/commented on one of the earlier edits. Agreed, I don’t have to drop the final line to stand alone. As part of the final stanza it may be more of a surprise, as you suggest. I was thinking more about pause and emphasis. I will consider the alternative as I am close to putting this poem down for a while. Thanks again./Chris