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Mrs. Hudson's Poetry Page: The Resident Patient

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 lyric poetry.

Dictionary.com gives this definition of lyric poetry:

A type of emotional songlike poetry, distinguished from dramatic and narrative poetry.

Word Origin: Greek lurikos 'for the lyre', from verses sung to a lyre.


It was the doctor’s reference to Scylla and Charybdis that turned my thoughts towards this noble Greek artform, and I realised I needed to find the English equivalent. Something with equal gravitas, sense of tradition and artistic worth...

And so I decided to put new lyrics to the music hall song “Joshu-ah!”

I never go to the music hall myself but Mrs. Turner occasionally attends, and she was the one who taught me this song by George Arthurs & Bert Lee. (It is perhaps a little near the knuckle in its humour but that’s Mrs. Turner for you.)


Here is my example poem:

Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes
Please put away your piles of tomes!
You may like to know
I have stubbed my toe.
Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes
Chaos is in your chromosomes.
I’ll put up signs saying: Danger Zone!
Sherlock, Sherlock Holmes!



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, epigram, epulaeryu, fable, ghazal, haiku, limerick, lyric poetry, palindrome poetry, riddle, sedoka, sestina, sonnet, tanka, tercet, terza rima, tongue twister poetry, triolet, tyburn, villanelle


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


Warm regards,

Mrs. Hudson
debriswoman: (Tabby cat)

Re: A limerick

[personal profile] debriswoman 2015-06-28 11:47 am (UTC)(link)
An important lesson:-p
And thus the moggy missed his moment of fame in the annals of history
debriswoman: (cat and mouse)

Re: A limerick

[personal profile] debriswoman 2015-06-28 12:50 pm (UTC)(link)
A lower case profile.
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Re: A limerick

[personal profile] debriswoman 2015-06-28 06:43 pm (UTC)(link)
I try
This entire community is a joy, by the way:-)
debriswoman: (cat and mouse)

Re: A limerick

[personal profile] debriswoman 2015-06-28 07:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, you do indeed:-)

Re: A limerick

[identity profile] thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com 2015-06-28 04:08 pm (UTC)(link)
The reason why Sandy Whiskers kept a low profile was because he wasn't supposed to be lazing in Mr Holmes' rooms, but out catching mice.

Re: A limerick

[identity profile] gardnerhill.livejournal.com 2015-06-28 04:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Cat probably asked for the lower-case from Watson to keep it ambiguous - you never saw such a modest and self-effacing creature.

Re: A limerick

[identity profile] gardnerhill.livejournal.com 2015-06-28 06:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh Lord yeah, it really was a dog's life in Doyle's stories.

Re: A limerick

[identity profile] laurose8.livejournal.com 2015-06-28 05:42 pm (UTC)(link)
A very nice idea. And an excellent name for an ocelot, too.

Limerick: A Teaching Song for Clients

[identity profile] gardnerhill.livejournal.com 2015-06-28 07:55 am (UTC)(link)
Does it sound too good to be true?
Then it’s something that you should eschew.
“I’ll double your fare,
If you bob your hair...”
One governess, caught in a stew.

Is it more than you should expect?
Consider. You could risk your neck.
“Mere hardware research!
Just don’t leave your perch...”
A stockbroker’s rep put in check.

Do they offer at just the right time?
They’ve tracked you, eight times out of nine.
“Our press went kaboom!
Step into this room…”
And one thumb’s forever off-line.

Must you choose right away, as they tell?
Haste leads to precipitous Hell.
“My resident doc–
OH GOD WHAT’S THAT KNOCK!!!!”
His practise left hanging, as well.

If the offer’s so perfect you weep,
Stay clear-headed. Look ere you leap.
It’s no answer to prayers –
The advantage, all theirs.
Disaster is all you will reap.

Re: Limerick: A Teaching Song for Clients

[identity profile] gardnerhill.livejournal.com 2015-06-28 04:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks! Sadly, desperation plus debt corners a lot of the clients.

I was pretty chuffed at that thumb line myself - harkens back to the engineering theme.
debriswoman: (cat and mouse)

Re: Limerick: A Teaching Song for Clients

[personal profile] debriswoman 2015-06-28 11:48 am (UTC)(link)
Very well put:-)

Re: Limerick: A Teaching Song for Clients

[identity profile] gardnerhill.livejournal.com 2015-06-28 04:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks. Sadly, we'll always need that warning for people who get suckered by get-rich-quick schemes.

Re: Limerick: A Teaching Song for Clients

[identity profile] thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com 2015-06-28 04:09 pm (UTC)(link)
I fear they will never learn though!

Re: Limerick: A Teaching Song for Clients

[identity profile] gardnerhill.livejournal.com 2015-06-28 04:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Two words: Internet fraud.

Re: Limerick: A Teaching Song for Clients

[identity profile] laurose8.livejournal.com 2015-06-28 05:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Well written, that gardenerhill. Thanks for sharing.

Re: Limerick: A Teaching Song for Clients

[identity profile] gardnerhill.livejournal.com 2015-06-28 06:10 pm (UTC)(link)
You're welcome. Sadly, it needs to be resaid over and over, and not just in the parlour of 221b.
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debriswoman: (cat and mouse)

Re: Lyrical invitation to Watson

[personal profile] debriswoman 2015-06-28 11:49 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you:-)

Re: Lyrical invitation to Watson

[identity profile] thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com 2015-06-28 04:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Very sweet, although somehow I can't imagine Holmes singing it ;)

It does sound just like a music hall song, perhaps sung by Miss Marie Lloyd.
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Re: Lyrical invitation to Watson

[personal profile] debriswoman 2015-06-28 05:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you
And I agree:-p

Re: Lyrical invitation to Watson

[identity profile] gardnerhill.livejournal.com 2015-06-28 04:30 pm (UTC)(link)
This is lovely. I can see the Paget illo.
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Re: Lyrical invitation to Watson

[personal profile] debriswoman 2015-06-28 05:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you:-)

Re: Lyrical invitation to Watson

[identity profile] laurose8.livejournal.com 2015-06-28 05:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Just right in every line. I do like kaleidoscope city.
debriswoman: (cat and mouse)

Re: Lyrical invitation to Watson

[personal profile] debriswoman 2015-06-28 06:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you:-)
The term kaleidoscope appears in the tale...and fitted the rhythm
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The poetry of Mrs H

[personal profile] debriswoman 2015-06-28 11:44 am (UTC)(link)
Eloquent, as always, ma'am:-)
How is the toe, by the way?
debriswoman: (cat and mouse)

Re: The poetry of Mrs H

[personal profile] debriswoman 2015-06-28 12:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Shall you sue?
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Re: The poetry of Mrs H

[personal profile] debriswoman 2015-06-28 06:44 pm (UTC)(link)
That's my girl:-)

Modern Verse

[identity profile] thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com 2015-06-28 04:05 pm (UTC)(link)
The ever-changing kaleidoscope of life as it ebbs and flows through Fleet St and the Strand

Gentlemen out walking
Maids all talking
Pickpockets are stalking
Landladies busy mopping
Ladies going shopping
Small boys are hopping
The rain comes back
Now everyone is sopping

Re: Modern Verse

[identity profile] gardnerhill.livejournal.com 2015-06-28 04:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Aaaand back to Baker Street! Muffler, hat, forgot the damn umbrella.

Re: Modern Verse

[identity profile] thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com 2015-06-28 07:28 pm (UTC)(link)
One should always Be Prepared!
debriswoman: (cat and mouse)

Re: Modern Verse

[personal profile] debriswoman 2015-06-28 06:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Lovely images:-)

Re: Modern Verse

[identity profile] thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com 2015-06-28 07:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you.

Re: Modern Verse

[identity profile] thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com 2015-06-28 07:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you, Mrs H. I believe one should experiment a little at times. As does dear Mr Holmes.