Lascivious Ladies and Genteel Gents,
we've just shown you
we've just shown you
what NOIR-HAIKU looks like ... at
noirtorious crime-guy writer 'round WebTowne,
AJ Hayes, calls "NOIRETRY".
I tell ya, the man's poetry in motion,
no matter what genre he's doin' the mess'around with.
This one though?
It's a sure shot ~
TOMMYGUN MORALITY
A L E S S O N
By ~ AJ Hayes
Thompson gun is talking trash.
Tommy's speakin' high and right.
Pull down left, forget the sights.
Nicky Aces got the blues.
Forty-Fives are real bad news.
Nicky dancin' all Jack Flash
Falls flat forward. Breathes his last.
Thompson says what Nicky knew.
Just one thing that you don't do.
Just one line that you don't cross:
Ain't no stealin' from the boss.
© 2012 NOIRETRY Author ~ AJ HAYES
Cold crimes for Jump-Jivin' January NOIR ~ AT THE BIJOU
IMAGES: "Tommy Gun's Garage" - Chicago Theatre Beat / J. Edgar Hoover - Newservice
Ms Veronica Lake playing at Dee Dee's Ténèbres à la Lumière
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| YEP. That's a tommy gun he's brandishing. |
Here's lookin' at You,
hot-shot!
"There is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never care for anything else thereafter."
"The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places."
"The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them."
I trust the Fedora Fella and the shadows of Noir implicitly to catch us off guard. Sometimes, that's all it takes to tilt the measure of true class.
~ Absolutely*Kate
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| I'm gunning for that Hayes guy. We hear he's trouble. |
"The cure for crime is not the electric chair,
but the high chair." ~ J. Edgar Hoover
AJ HAYES??
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| W A N T E D for Entertaining Reasons |
Yeah, we all kinda know this crime-writer, tough guy with a tender side he ain't gonna like me warblin' like a canary about out loud in public. He's the champion of all the authors we are. When I gotta glimpse of this piece featured in BLACK HEART MAGAZINE'S June, 2011 NOIR ISSUE, I couldn't resist the shared-promo heist. I jammed the roscoe in his button and said, 'Close your yap, bo, or I squirt metal.' Well, that wasn't exactly how it shook down, but AT THE BIJOU Noir-afficiandos, you got to share our Fedora Fella's mighty fine love for lingo and his debonair flair -- or is that flare -- of flingin' it.
During "THE SHADOWS OF OUR NOIR" swanky shows AT THE BIJOU, AJ's under the hot spotlights in BERTINO'S HEAD and a glimpse of our co-authoring novel, SPY-SIDE ECONOMICS. You'll dig him there, as you do this big lug all around WebTowne, playin' at the usual suspected joints: A Twist of Noir, Yellow Mama and Muse, Title Fights, Acorn Review, Flashshot, The Hard Nosed Sleuth, Shotgun Honey, Apollo’s Lyre and Black Heart Magazine’s Noir Issue.
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| PERFECT PIC from PERFECT PITCH OF DAZ |
Recently, upcoming AT THE BIJOU's NoirStar Darren Sant's new knockout joint, NEAR TO THE KNUCKLE, featured our big Palooka's poem SURVIVING. I tell ya, it'd knock your socks off even if you were already barefoot. Click & See ~ you'll see.
Check out Black Heart Magazine when the Noir bug's nippin' atcha and you're dodgin' Chicago lightening. Rat-a-tat, rat-a-tat ~
slip into your ritzy BIJOU
red velvet seats
for a double feature
with a fave of your choosin'
from any of these
bright Brunos, Babes
and Boozehounds.
Here's lookin' atcha Bub.
You too, Toots.
THE SHADOWS OF OUR NOIR
Now playing ~
*AT THE BIJOU*
Now playing ~
*AT THE BIJOU*
Kevin Michaels ... Graham Smith ... Julie Morrigan
Paul Bishop ... Anthony Venutolo ... Eric Beetner
Matt Hilton . . . Jeanette Cheezum ... Nigel Bird
Zelda Martin . . . The GRIMM TALES Gang ...
Ian Ayris . . . Steve Miscandlon ... Helen Howell
Every-other-day or so, cold crimes . . . jump-jiving January's NEW NOIR
Paul Brazill ... Leon Jackson Davenport
BR Stateham ... Fiona Johnson ... Jack Bates
Julian Bramwell Slater ... Christina Vincent
Charlie Wade ... Darren Sant ...
Lily Childs ... Walter Conley
Carrie Clevenger ... Daniel Stine ...
Thomas Pluck and the Lost Children benefit show
New Year's new NOIR, Publisher BLASTED HEATH
editor John Kenyon, publisher of GRIFT magazine
with telling tales of GRIMM TALES' greats
Rex Pickett picks a surprise ...
plus . . . return of our pally, the great Randisi ...
AT THE BIJOU'S Harry B Sanderford ... Matthew Magda ...
intermittent intermissions by masters of the ceremonious ~
Kevin MadDog Michaels and Absolutely*Kate ...
Why ~ Who knows who's getting into the act? . . .
RAYMOND CHANDLER may be channeled!
ABSOLUTELY*KATE, BOGEY & PALLY PRODUCTIONS
Jump-Jivin' January's New Year, New NOIR ~ AT THE BIJOU
16 comments:
Great stuff, AJ. Your lyricism and sense of timing and image permeate every story you write, so it's no surprise, King of the Noir Poets you surely be.
Hope you're keeping well, mate.
All the best from here in Old Blighty,
Your clumsy, forgetful, bright-eyeed pal,
Ian
Great one, AJ. Love the last two lines.
Lcvely stuff, as always. Really enjoyed that - ta! :D
Great poem done is noir style, enjoyed it!
Beautiful, AJ. Rhythmic and powerful.
Excuse me, I need to go home for my hat - that I might doff it.
Those first two lines set the scene, the sound, and then we're off to the races.
Sharp images and great pace. I love it! Really, really well done, AJ.
Outstanding, AJ. You sure a man of many talents. Told a cool story as well.
Thanks guys and gals. It's very, very good when people you respect like your stuff. Thanks for postin' it Amazin' Katie,
I think the fella said it. What me and Aretha is givin' his way ... R-E-S-P-E-C-T for his teeming talents and how he's always A-teaming 'round WebTowne.
Twas an honour Mr Hayes to be on the 'givin' back' side. Keep rockin ... that's what we're all here for.
~ Absolutely*Kate,
gosh darn fan of all you likely suspects here,
AT THE BIJOU . . .
"Where Writers' Raves are Readers' Faves"
Poetry with a punch! No one who who reads Aj's crime rhyme is gonna cross the boss!
Tight lean poetry with a muscular rhythm. Great stuff.
A perfect noirhyme! Your sound values are way up there. Write some more, AJ!
Loved, the voice, AJ! Terrific.
A*K, nice diggs here, dollface!
Richard, Sal, AK, and Kristin, thank you so much my friends.
Damn it. Missed you up there Lady Z. Thank you very much.
All the Ts - Tough, Tender and Talented. Any order you like them in .
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