Pulp Poem of the Week

loving someone
always
requires you to not
love others

Koushun Takami
Battle Royale
1999
(translated by Yuji Oniki)

Pulp Poem of the Week

how has love turned

     to hate?  Worse
how has love
     turned to indifference?

     Steve Finbow
     Nothing Matters
     2012

Pulp Poem of the Week

He doesn’t talk

much at all.

He just makes

you want to

step to one side.

     Richard Stark

     Butcher’s Moon

     1974

Pulp Poem of the Week

they had the Greek
dead enough
to suit them
  
     James M. Cain
     The Postman Always Rings Twice
     1934

Pulp Poem of the Week

there was a surprised look
on his face
and David hit
the surprised look

Ed McBain
“Downpour”
1956