Aug. 23rd, 2015

[identity profile] gardnerhill.livejournal.com
Title: The Dancing Men: The Only Way to Win…
Author: gardnerhill           
Word Count: 60
Rating: G
Warning: None.
Summary: …is not to play.

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“A wise decision not to invest, Watson – as your poor friend Thurston must agree.”

I gaped at Holmes for a moment. No chalk on my fingers. What then...?

I smiled sadly. “Of course. You smell his bourbon on my breath – which Thurston only takes when he’s melancholy.”

“And losing so much money to an empty gold-mine would make anyone melancholy.”
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[identity profile] scfrankles.livejournal.com
This week we’re having a look at The Dancing Men. I’ve typed up a few thoughts and questions to get the discussion going—please leave your own ideas in the comments!

Discussion continues... )
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[identity profile] scfrankles.livejournal.com
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 pantoum.

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, pantoum, renga, riddle, sedoka, septet, sestina, sonnet, tanka, tercet, terza rima, tongue twister poetry, triolet, tyburn, villanelle


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


Warm regards,

Mrs. Hudson
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[identity profile] scfrankles.livejournal.com
Canon Story: The Dancing Men
Title: Fogs of Baker Street
Author: [livejournal.com profile] scfrankles
Rating: G
Author's Notes: ...whose clear eyes and florid cheeks told of a life led far from the fogs of Baker Street.


Noxious Experiments


“You’re very quiet, Watson.”

“I’m giving you a hard look, Holmes.”

“But I can’t see it...”

“My point exactly.”



Tobacco


“You know it helps me to think, Watson.”

“It’s giving me a few ideas too.”



Smouldering Curtains


“A black eye, Holmes?”

“Mm. The fog was so thick, I couldn’t see Mrs. Hudson’s hand in front of my face.”
[identity profile] thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com
Canon Story: The Dancing Men
Title: A Romantic Proposal (as featured in the Marylebone Illustrated)
Author:thesmallhobbit
Rating: G

A young gentleman, too shy to ask his sweetheart for her hand in marriage, requested the young lady accompany him on a walk in Regent’s Park.  Once there he took his place in the bandstand and tap danced his proposal in Morse code.  We are delighted to report she happily accepted and a date has been set for the wedding.

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