The Red-Headed League: The Hardest Part

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Title: The Red-Headed League: The Hardest Part
Author: gardnerhill                        
Word Count: 60
Rating: G
Warning: None
Summary: Tom Petty was right.

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My military experience prepared me for both ends of my work with Sherlock Holmes.

As a man of action I am instantly ready to give chase, collar a suspect, or strike a blow.

But a soldier’s life is also waiting – endless waiting, on guard and alert.

Once again, in a bank vault, I endure the surest test of my training.
 

The Red-Headed League: Shipwrecked (a poem)

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Canon Story: The Red-Headed League
Rating: Gen
Summary: Blank verse based on the line: 'Omne ignotum pro magnifico' you know and my poor little reputation, such as it is, will suffer shipwreck if I am so candid.

My poor little reputation
sails upon the sea
of client conversation
over coffee, tea.
Along comes an augmentation
of wind, mightily
gales blow. Off course, destination,
dashed upon the rocks,
‘Omne ignotum pro magnifico’
toll the bells, chime the clocks,
as my little reputation
is wrecked verily.
One splinter’s spared devastation,
crowned by Doctor’s ejaculation,
“Brilliant as ever to me!”

Discussion Post: The Red-headed League

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This week, the canon story we’re looking at is The Red-headed League and the chosen topic is Banking.

A few facts:

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Mrs. Hudson's Poetry Page: The Red-headed League

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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 go on 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.

And here, courtesy of my housemaid Rachel, is this week’s suggested poem to read—a suggestion inspired by the themes and subjects in this week's story. Hopefully you will enjoy the poem, and perhaps it may give you some ideas for a poem of your own or allow you to look at Dr. Watson's story in a new way.



Art Thief

by Neal Bowers


Note from Rachel: The delightful hauteur of the thief's voice in this poem reminds me of John Clay. One does get the sense that he feels his marks should be honored to have their belongings taken with such impeccable style.



Thank you so much to Rachel. And here is my suggested form to revisit this week: the jueju. (The link takes you back to a previous poetry page.)

But you do not have to use that form. 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, ballad, beeswing, blackout poetry, blues stanza, bref double, Burns stanza, call and response, chastushka, cinquain, circular poetry, clerihew, colour poems, concrete poetry, Cornish verse, curtal sonnet, diamante, doggerel, double dactyl, ekphrasis, elegiac couplet, elegiac stanza, elfje, englyn, epigram, epitaph, epulaeryu, Etheree, fable, Fib, florette, found poetry, free verse, ghazal, haiku, In Memoriam stanza, Italian sonnet, jueju, kennings poem, lanturne, limerick, lyric poetry, mathnawī, micropoetry, mini-monoverse, musette, palindrome poetry, pantoum, Parallelismus Membrorum, poem cycle, quintilla, renga, riddle, rime couée, Schüttelreim, sedoka, septet, sestina, sonnet, tanka, tercet, terza rima, tongue twister poetry, triangular triplet, triolet, Tyburn, villanelle


Please leave all your poems inspired by The Red-headed League in the comments on this post. I look forward to seeing them!


Warm regards,

Mrs. Hudson

The Red-headed League: Fiery-locks and the Three Chairs

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Canon Story: The Red-headed League
Title: Fiery-locks and the Three Chairs
Author: scfrankles
Rating: G
Author's Notes: “Try the settee,” said Holmes… I… indeed was nodding myself…


“Ah, perfect timing, Watson...”

“Yes! I can see… somebody’s sitting in my chair! Hello, Fiery-locks!”

“Watson!”

“Don’t worry, I’ll find another chair. No, too hard… This one’s too soft… Maybe I should just lie down...”

“Try the settee, old fellow. Mrs. Hudson! Dr. Watson’s been at the brandy again. Perhaps some coffee—? Oh, never mind. Somebody’s sleeping in my bed.”

The Red-Headed League: An Unexpected After Effect

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Canon Story: The Red-Headed League
Title: An Unexpected After Effect (the serialisation of the Private Journal of Dr Watson)
Author:thesmallhobbit
Rating: G

Poor Mr Jones.  It is very unfortunate he has bright red hair.  I could barely refrain from laughing in his presence, which would have been completely unprofessional given that he is my patient.  Luckily he had left the premises before I caught Mary’s eye and we both began to laugh.  Jabez Wilson does indeed have a lot to answer for.