Mrs. Hudson's Poetry Page: Silver Blaze

[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 doggerel.

Shadow Poetry gives the following definition:

Crudely written poetry which lacks artistry in form or meaning. Trivial, poorly written verse that is sometimes intentionally, or unintentionally humorous.

The name made me think of “the curious incident of the dog in the night-time.” And also Mr. Holmes had set fire to the curtains again, so I was not feeling up to anything complicated.


Here is my example:


Mr. Holmes and the doctor had been to the course
And won a bundle on a horse.
And now they were galloping around the place
Trying to recreate the race.
I bridled as they horsed about.
Why should I be saddled with this class of lout?
While I had to acknowledge boys will be boys,
I begged them at least to spare me the noise.
And so as I left I heard the door slam
Followed by a Watsonian “D___!”
I turned and the portal toppled to the floor.
Mr. Holmes shrugged. “It was never truly a stable door.”



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, cinquain, circular poetry, clerihew, concrete poetry, diamante, doggerel, epigram, epulaeryu, fable, haiku, limerick, palindrome poetry, riddle, sedoka, sestina, sonnet, tanka, terza rima, tongue twister poetry, triolet, tyburn, villanelle


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


Warm regards,

Mrs. Hudson

Comments

Extended clerihew…?

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

Colonel Ross
Was the boss
Of John Straker
Who met his Maker
By Silver Blaze
One of the bays
King’s Pyland’s crown
Concealed by Brown

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

A corpse in the gorse
And where's the horse?
A horse who's not there cannot race the course -
That is, of course, because the horse
Is the famous Silver Blaze!

They look for a horse and seek the source
(For Watson to wager and Holmes to course).
The horsemen fierce and sneer with force,
"Don't have Silver Blaze!"


Groom goes deep into debt and swears
He'll nobble Silver Blaze -
But one short kick and he's away
With tendons unnicked and unscathed!

One suspect - the horse with no remorse
(And no one can question a horse, of course)
The use of force Holmes did endorse
For the famous Silver Blaze!

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

Very amusing ^_^ *giggles* I love the bouncy rhythm and the rhyme scheme. And particular favourite lines are the opening couplet and (And no one can question a horse, of course) ^^

Re: Watson shares his thoughts...

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

Caption: Mrs. P. proudly shows off her new rhyming dictionary. (:P)

That's absolutely wonderful ^_^ I particularly like:

And keeps him from worse things (cocaine)
He's counting poles now, I'll refrain
From commenting, how much a pain
His cleverness can be.

And that last line is lovely.

Re: From the horse's mouth

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

Rhyming "tuppence" and "comeuppance"? And "maim it", "blame it" and "lame it"? You're just showing off now :P

I love it ^_^

Re: Previously written....a double ballade

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

Just been looking up the rules for the ballade. Once again I can only admire how you've kept to the rhyming scheme while making it all seem so natural.

I really like the way you've varied the refrain. And that opening line is so perfect - it completely sums up how Watson feels about Holmes ^^

Re: Extended clerihew…?

[laurose8.livejournal.com]

Brravo! For some reason, the last line has particular flair.

[laurose8.livejournal.com]

A very nice gallop!

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Hee hee. You may be too young to remember the 60s sitcom MR. ED - the bouncy, horsey theme song to which this can be sung!

Re: Watson shares his thoughts...

[laurose8.livejournal.com]

Enjoyable and very well crafted. I love the last line.

Re: Previously written....a double ballade

[laurose8.livejournal.com]

All very good, and the last verse is a fine, flourishing end.

Re: From the horse's mouth

[laurose8.livejournal.com]

*applause*! With a wow for game is maim it and blame it as lame it.

Re: Watson shares his thoughts...

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Brilliant! Can imagine your thought process ("Pain, grain, mane - no, too obvious...") - I went through a bit of that coming up with rhymes for "horse."

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

The tune is the rollicking, gallopy theme to the 60s sitcom MR. ED.

[debriswoman]

Excellent exploitation of things which rhyme with horse:-)

The poetry of Mrs H

[debriswoman]

That last line...:-p

Re: Extended clerihew…?

[debriswoman]

Excellent summary:-)

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

YES! I thought the rhythm seemed familiar ^_^ I watched repeats of Mr. Ed in the '80s. (Well, possibly that was the first time it was shown in the UK. I'm in my mid-40s, btw ^^)

Re: Extended clerihew…?

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

Thank you ^^ Perhaps because I've swapped the pattern round for the final couplet - the name is in the second line..?

Re: Extended clerihew…?

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much ^_^

Re: The poetry of Mrs H

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

I am very proud of that last line...

Re: From the horse's mouth

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Brava!

221B

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Perplexed owner
Disguised favourite
Obscured
Blaze

Re: 221B

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

Very elegant, and a great "b" word ^^ (Thanks for stopping by ^^ Hope you're having a wonderful time ^_^)

Re: 221B

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

It's absolutely amazing.

Re: Watson shares his thoughts...

[debriswoman]

Oh yes, added to the collection:-p

Was sorry to not be able to use Aquitaine or chow mein in particular.

Thank you:-)

Re: Watson shares his thoughts...

[debriswoman]

Thank you very much:-)

Re: Watson shares his thoughts...

[debriswoman]

Yup...the creative process can be a burden:-p

Duquesne was the most obscure one on my list...

Thank you:-)

Re: Previously written....a double ballade

[debriswoman]

Thank you
Weirdly, the poem is supposed to be under the patronage of royalty, who are supposed to be addressed in the final refrain...hence the equine prince

I really should get out more.

Re: Previously written....a double ballade

[debriswoman]

Thank you very much:-)

Re: From the horse's mouth

[debriswoman]

Sorry about that:-p
Still had the rhyming dictionary open...

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Aha. The tune itself is very familiar to a certain generation of Americans, even if the show itself wasn't watched by them - it was as catchy and hard to forget as the theme from "Gilligan's Island."

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Of course, of course!

Re: From the horse's mouth

[debriswoman]

Thank you so much:-)
*bows*

Re: 221B

[debriswoman]

Hello:-)
Very neat wording:-)

Re: From the horse's mouth

[debriswoman]

Thank you kindly:-)

[debriswoman]

Careful with the shouting...you may become a little hoarse

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

*discreetly goes to YouTube to listen to theme tune to "Gilligan's Island"*

That's a heck of a lot of exposition it has to be said ^^ I've never seen "Gilligan's Island" - not sure if it's ever been shown on British TV. It's one of those programmes I knew of because it kept getting mentioned on other US shows ^_^

Re: Previously written....a double ballade

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

Oh, no - stay in and write :P (I love finding out more about poetry from you ^^)

Re: Previously written....a double ballade

[debriswoman]

Well...it is raining at the moment...

Re: Extended clerihew…?

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Clever way of clerihewing so many characters.

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Lovely horsey verses.

Re: Watson shares his thoughts...

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Extremely clever - I especially like the last line - so true!

Re: 221B

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Thank you. Posting on my phone, so I had to choose a short form.

Re: Extended clerihew…?

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

Thank you ^_^

Re: Watson shares his thoughts...

[debriswoman]

Thank you:-)

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

I had help from the MR. ED theme song.