David Rachels of NoirBoiled Notes has taken the spirit of noir and distilled it in his book -
Verse Noir.
A few of my favorites:
Trees
Woman
Numbers II
Here is “Trees”:
I am a city boy.
If money grew on trees
I would still hate trees
Though I would not mind
Raking leaves.
A lot of black humour underlies noir and David Rachels has a keen eye for it. You can snicker and feel a tinge of discomfort when reading these poems. Although the one word poem titles are serious, the sparse poetry made me laugh at the amount of cynicism that can come across in such very few lines.
It is really remarkable what David Rachels has captured in this book of poetry.
Buy it here.