The Abbey Grange: Till Death Us Do Part

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Title: The Abbey Grange: Till Death Us Do Part
Author: gardnerhill                       
Word Count: 60
Rating: G
Warning: Implied postulation.
Summary: The division seems rather unfair.

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"Sir Eustace lived in the legal bonds of matrimony. And he made their lives miserable.” I clenched my bare left fist.

Holmes’ equally un-beringed left hand covered mine. “While some pairs would give anything for the right proudly to display their unified state.”

I grinned to lighten our mood. “True. I only feel like hitting you with a poker occasionally.”

The Abbey Grange: Confrontation

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Canon Story: The Abbey Grange
Rating: Gen
Author’s Note: A teaser for my fic for the LJ fffc comm 1^st Froday Madness Special which is celebrating rare pairs and/or minor characters. My fic (The Five Times Hopkins Impressed Holmes and the One Time He Didn't) will be posted on March 23. Come for the Holmes/Hopkins goodness. Also, the bent coin is an idea from Small Hobbit.

“Was that him?!”

“Who, Inspector?”

“Oh, I’m a fool now, am I? Was the sailor I passed outside this address the murderer of Sir Eustace Bracknell? Better, don’t tell me. I’ll bring him to justice myself, but let me warn you, Mister Holmes, you are neither a court of law nor a god!”

A bent coin landed on the rug.

Discussion Post: The Abbey Grange

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This week, the canon story we’re looking at is The Abbey Grange and the chosen topic is Sea Voyages.

( Discussion continues... )

Mrs. Hudson's Poetry Page: The Abbey Grange

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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.



Vita Nova

By Louise Glück


Note from Rachel: To me, this poem evokes some of Lady Brackenstall's feelings and memories of her first meeting with Captain Crocker, on that early voyage as she sailed toward what seemed a bright future -- the springtime of her life. Now after dark years the Captain returns to her, with a more violent and desperate result, but he once again offers her a sense of hope for a fresh start.



Thank you so much to Rachel. And I thought we could also have a go at a new poetry form: the echo verse.

YoungWriters gives this definition:

An Echo Verse is when the last word or syllable in a line is repeated or echoed underneath to form a rhyming line, normally ending as the last line being the title to the poem.


Here is my example—a work of complete fiction:


“They’ve returned home muddy, madame.”
(Damn.)
No. No more swearing—I will abstain
(Stain!)
Removing this will take all my skill.
(Kill.)
Let us begin.
(Gin.)



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, blitz poem, blues stanza, bref double, Burns stanza, call and response, chastushka, cinquain, circular poetry, clerihew, colour poems, compound word verse, concrete poetry, Cornish verse, curtal sonnet, diamante, doggerel, double dactyl, echo verse, 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, lies, limerick, line messaging, lyric poetry, mathnawī, micropoetry, mini-monoverse, musette, palindrome poetry, pantoum, Parallelismus Membrorum, poem cycle, quintilla, renga, rhyming alliterisen, 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 Abbey Grange in the comments on this post. I look forward to seeing them!


Warm regards,

Mrs. Hudson

The Abbey Grange: Well, That Was Un-Warranted

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Canon Story: The Abbey Grange
Title: Well, That Was Un-Warranted
Author: scfrankles
Rating: G
Author's Notes: ”I think our next scene of operations must be the shipping office of the Adelaide-Southampton line…” Holmes's card sent in to the manager ensured instant attention… Er, bit of a nod to the BBC here.


“The power of your reputation!” said Watson. “The manager fell over himself to give you information! And all you had to do was send in your card.”

Holmes grinned. “Actually, it was Hopkins’ card.”

“Gracious.” Watson frowned. “When did you… purloin... it?”

Holmes blushed, and Watson’s eyebrows rose considerably.

“Never mind. As they say, what happens in the broom cupboard...”

The Abbey Grange: An Unusual Entry

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Canon Story: An Unusual Entre
Title: Making An Entry (the serialisation of the Private Journal of Dr Watson)
Author:thesmallhobbit
Rating: G

I have been very impressed with Inspector Hopkins.  He is a fine man, with soft hair and beautiful grey eyes.  It is always a pleasure to see him when he calls round to consult with Holmes.  His hands are strong and his fingers long and slender.  His lips as he drinks his tea are rosy.  He is a perfect specimen.