The Solitary Cyclist: The Solitary Scientist

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Title: The Solitary Cyclist: The Solitary Scientist
Author: gardnerhill                         
Word Count: 60
Rating: G
Warning: None
Summary: Sweet, that is.

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“Mr. Holmes, I read Dr. Watson's account. I had no idea you’d confronted that odious Mr. Woodley in the tavern.”

“Mrs. Morton, please think nothing of it. One backhand, a scratch –”

“I don’t wish to commiserate. I wish to hire you.”

Holmes blinked at the young newlywed.

Her eyes were still haunted. “Mr. Holmes. Please teach me to box.”

The Solitary Cyclist: If ol' Artie Won't Think of the Children...

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Title:...then I suppose I have to.
Canon Story: The Solitary Cyclists
Rating: G
Summary: Everybody get a happy ending. And a piano. And a bicycle.

“Hello, Doctor Watson!”
“Oh, hello, Miss Smith!  Wait, it’s Mrs. Morton now, isn’t it? Congratulations!”
“Yes, it is, thank you. Do remember Esme, Mister Carruthers’ daughter?”
“Oh, yes, hello, my dear!”
“Hello, Doctor Watson.”
“Esme’s living with us now. We are in London doing a bit of shopping.”
“We’re going to get a piano and a bicycle just for me!”

Discussion Post: The Solitary Cyclist

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This week, the canon story we’re looking at is The Solitary Cyclist and the chosen topic is Bicycles.

( Discussion continues... )

Mrs. Hudson's Poetry Page: The Solitary Cyclist

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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.

Rachel is currently somewhere on the Continent, accompanying Mr. Mycroft Holmes on important and top secret government business. However, going beyond the call of duty, she has managed to telegraph her contribution to me.

And so, courtesy of my housemaid Rachel, here 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.



Light chaff and falling leaves or a pair of feathers

By Gail Wronsky


Telegraph from Rachel: THEME OF POEM HIDDEN DANGERS STOP THREATS CAN LURK BEHIND SEEMING FRIENDS I AM LOOKING AT YOU MR CARRUTHERS STOP MISS SMITH HAS LEARNT CAUTION SO SHOULD WE ALL STOP BEST WISHES FROM ME AND MY TRAINED CORMORANT FULL STOP



Thank you so much to Rachel. And because I was not expecting a poem from my plucky employee, I did also sort out a new poetry form to try: the blitz poem.


( Definition and Example )

But you do not have to use this 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, blitz poem, 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, epistle, epitaph, epulaeryu, Etheree, fable, Fib, florette, found poetry, free verse, ghazal, haiku, In Memoriam stanza, Italian sonnet, jueju, kennings poem, lanturne, limerick, line messaging, 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 Solitary Cyclist in the comments on this post. I look forward to seeing them!



Warm regards,

Mrs. Hudson

The Solitary Cyclist: The Cycle of Life

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Canon Story: The Solitary Cyclist
Title: The Cycle of Life
Author: scfrankles
Rating: G


“Mr. Holmes..?” The cyclist came to a graceful halt by the Sussex villa’s gate.

“Mrs. Morton!” cried Holmes. “A solo bicycling holiday, is it?”

“Well—”

Cyril Morton and a youth shot by on a tandem. Several girls on bicycles followed, and finally came an infant furiously pedalling her tricycle.

Violet Morton grinned. “I’m… not really a solitary cyclist any more.”

The Solitary Cyclist: Smugness

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Canon Story: The Solitary Cyclist
Title: Smugness (the serialisation of the Private Journal of Dr Watson)
Author:thesmallhobbit
Rating: G

It is of immense satisfaction to record that, whereas Holmes may have upbraided me for failing to make enquiries at the local public house, I at least managed to return to our rooms without injury, especially given his equally unprofitable day.  He was fortunate Woodley was on his own, or he might have been the one returning in a cart.