Canon Discussion: The Reigate Squires

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This week we’re having a look at The Reigate Squires. I’ve typed up a few thoughts to get the discussion going—please leave your own ideas in the comments!

( Discussion continues... )

Mrs. Hudson's Poetry Page: The Reigate Squires

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Welcome once again to my poetry page!

I hope each week you will read Dr. Watson’s delightful narrative and then be inspired to write a poem related to it in some way. All forms of poetry are permitted, and further down the page there is a selection you might like to consider using over the coming weeks.

This week my featured form is the alexandrine couplet.

( Definition and Example )

As always, this is simply something to consider for the future. Any form of poetry is welcome this week—and every week! Here are a few suggestions for you:

221B verselet, abecedarian poetry, acrostic poetry, alexandrine, blackout poetry, call and response, cinquain, circular poetry, clerihew, colour poems, concrete poetry, diamante, doggerel, double dactyl, epigram, epulaeryu, fable, haiku, limerick, palindrome poetry, riddle, sedoka, sestina, sonnet, tanka, tercet, terza rima, tongue twister poetry, triolet, tyburn, villanelle


Please leave all your poems inspired by The Reigate Squires in the comments on this post. I look forward to seeing them!


Warm regards,

Mrs. Hudson

The Reigate Squires: Narrow Escape

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Canon Story: The Reigate Squires
Title: Narrow Escape
Author: scfrankles
Rating: G
Author's Notes: Mrs. Hudson, the landlady of Sherlock Holmes, was a long-suffering woman. ...her remarkable lodger... [was] ...the very worst tenant in London. (DYIN)


Back at Baker Street, Holmes recreated the scene.

“...and suddenly his hands were around my throat, strangling me! I thought my last moment had definitely come..!”

Holmes stared off into the distance and Watson took the opportunity to lean over to their landlady.

“Mrs. Hudson..?”

“Yes, sir?”

Watson moved closer. “Perhaps,” he whispered, “best not to smile quite so broadly?”

The Reigate Squires: A Doctor Writes

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Canon Story: The Reigate Squires
Title: A Doctor Writes (as featured in the Marylebone Illustrated)
Author:thesmallhobbit
Rating: G

This year I have been treating a number of patients for lassitude following an illness.  Where possible I recommend a change of scenery for a few days, with plenty of fresh air.  A trip to the countryside is ideal; for those unable to travel a walk in the park should be beneficial.  It is however important not to overexert oneself.

"The Reigate Squires: Wolf" (Rating: G)

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Title: The Reigate Squires: Wolf
Author: gardnerhill                      
Word Count: 60
Rating: G
Warning: None.
Summary: It is a pattern with him.

“My dear Watson, please forgive me for alarming you unnecessarily.”

Stony silence.

“It seemed the best way to draw out the Cunninghams.”

Watson glared. “Holmes, have you never heard of the boy who cried wolf?”

“The case-“

“I don’t care! One of these days you’ll die on a case and I’ll spent the next three years assuming that you’re shamming.”