The Empty House: The Empty House

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Title: The Empty House: The Empty House
Author: gardnerhill           
Word Count: 60
Rating: G
Warning: None.
Summary: There’s more than one kind of “sad bereavement.”


I couldn’t fault Mary for divorcing me. It reflects poorly upon a wife to have a husband in perpetual mourning for a friend, rivaled only by the Queen’s for Albert.

Her last words before she left seared but were true:

“I understood being second in your heart while he was alive. But I refuse to remain second-choice to the dead.”
 

Canon Discussion: The Empty House

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

( Discussion continues... )

Mrs. Hudson's Poetry Page: The Empty House

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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 ekphrasis.

( 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, ekphrasis, elegiac couplet, epigram, epulaeryu, fable, found poetry, ghazal, haiku, lanturne, limerick, lyric poetry, palindrome poetry, riddle, sedoka, septet, sestina, sonnet, tanka, tercet, terza rima, tongue twister poetry, triolet, tyburn, villanelle


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


Warm regards,

Mrs. Hudson

The Empty House: Empty Houses

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Canon Story: The Empty House
Title: Empty Houses
Author: scfrankles
Rating: G
Author's Notes: The Honourable Ronald Adair was the second son of the Earl of Maynooth, at that time governor of one of the Australian colonies. Adair's mother had returned from Australia to undergo the operation for cataract, and she, her son Ronald, and her daughter Hilda were living together at 427, Park Lane.


“Thank you again, Mr. Holmes.” The Countess turned away.

Holmes bowed and we left, Holmes raising a quizzical eyebrow at me. He was puzzled by the suppressed anger that had accompanied the gratitude but I understood, of course. Dear God, I even sympathised with Moran a little!

All three of us had lost someone who would not be miraculously returning.

The Empty House: Advertisement

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Canon Story: The Empty House
Title: Advertisement (as featured in the Marylebone Illustrated)
Author:thesmallhobbit
Rating: G

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