Scene of the Crime

too young at 19 to the wrong guy, relationship as prison sentence both 

must serve, middle-aged in a dead end job wondering what went wrong, 

parents infirm, dead or dying, teaching classes to the seriously deranged, 

old boyfriends like “emotional herpes.” It’s all here, the raw and the 

cooked, words from poems like police incident tape marking the scene of 

the crime with words. —Alan Catlin, author of Last Man Standing 

Jennifer Lagier's latest collection Scene of the Crime allows access 

into the lives of people you may be familiar with, and some who resemble 

the face in the mirror a bit too closely. These poems take you on a journey 

of the mind, body, and spirit and offer no apologies in the quest for truth. 

Ms. Lagier gives a clinic on how to write tight, concise "mini-movies" that 

capture the heart and soul of everyday life; even if the light isn't always 

flattering, it is always honest. —Cathy Porter, author of Dust And Angels. 

Jennifer Lagier’s Scene of the Crime is an expose of gritty, 

unforgettable characters, past lovers, a grizzled dude, a freak parade, a 

prison-guard librarian, washed-aside misfits, a barista and old drunken 

hippies, the chemically imbalanced, coffee-shop geezers, and martyrs and 

cripples. These are cerebral and visceral poems filled with cinematic 

images readers will remember long afterwards. —Victor Henry, author 

of What They Wanted