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sherlock60Welcome 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 the beeswing.
I must admit I was not able to find a form that was suitable for this week’s story and so the beeswing is a tercet of my own invention.
Its definition:
A beeswing has three lines with a rhyme scheme of aaa. Any meter is permitted.
When writing the poem, you take the last word from the first line and the last word from the second line, and incorporate them both into the third line. The words can be exactly the same as they are in lines 1 & 2 or you can make them part of new words. Wordplay is heartily encouraged!
Here is my example poem, using ‘light’ and ‘night’ (and ‘fright’ for the end rhyming word in line 3):
Mr. Holmes, please be careful with candlelight
When you’re playing at ghosts on All Hallow’s night.
Your nightshirt alight gave us all quite a fright.
You do not have to keep closely to the original meaning as I have done. For example: ‘night’ could have become ‘knight’; ‘light’ could have become ‘plight’, ‘blight’ or ‘delight’!
But 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, blues stanza, call and response, chastushka, cinquain, circular poetry, clerihew, colour poems, concrete poetry, curtal sonnet, diamante, doggerel, double dactyl, ekphrasis, elegiac couplet, englyn, epigram, epulaeryu, fable, found poetry, ghazal, haiku, kennings poem, lanturne, limerick, lyric poetry, palindrome poetry, pantoum, poem cycle, renga, riddle, rime couée, Schüttelreim, sedoka, septet, sestina, sonnet, tanka, tercet, terza rima, tongue twister poetry, 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
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 the beeswing.
I must admit I was not able to find a form that was suitable for this week’s story and so the beeswing is a tercet of my own invention.
Its definition:
A beeswing has three lines with a rhyme scheme of aaa. Any meter is permitted.
When writing the poem, you take the last word from the first line and the last word from the second line, and incorporate them both into the third line. The words can be exactly the same as they are in lines 1 & 2 or you can make them part of new words. Wordplay is heartily encouraged!
Here is my example poem, using ‘light’ and ‘night’ (and ‘fright’ for the end rhyming word in line 3):
When you’re playing at ghosts on All Hallow’s night.
Your nightshirt alight gave us all quite a fright.
You do not have to keep closely to the original meaning as I have done. For example: ‘night’ could have become ‘knight’; ‘light’ could have become ‘plight’, ‘blight’ or ‘delight’!
But 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, blues stanza, call and response, chastushka, cinquain, circular poetry, clerihew, colour poems, concrete poetry, curtal sonnet, diamante, doggerel, double dactyl, ekphrasis, elegiac couplet, englyn, epigram, epulaeryu, fable, found poetry, ghazal, haiku, kennings poem, lanturne, limerick, lyric poetry, palindrome poetry, pantoum, poem cycle, renga, riddle, rime couée, Schüttelreim, sedoka, septet, sestina, sonnet, tanka, tercet, terza rima, tongue twister poetry, 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!
Mrs. Hudson
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A clerihew
Date: 2015-10-25 08:25 am (UTC)A lot of bottle when it comes to a fight.
Bad move to throw a decanter
At the woman who favours your supplanter.
Re: A clerihew
Date: 2015-10-25 08:46 am (UTC)Re: A clerihew
Date: 2015-10-25 03:49 pm (UTC)Re: A clerihew
Date: 2015-10-25 09:48 am (UTC)Although one should never throw drink containers around, even if at times one is very tempted to use an empty gin bottle.
Re: A clerihew
Date: 2015-10-25 03:53 pm (UTC)And no - you should never throw an empty gin bottle, no matter how much you are tempted. A better solution to stress is to take the bottle back and get it refilled.
Re: A clerihew
Date: 2015-10-25 11:41 am (UTC)Re: A clerihew
Date: 2015-10-25 03:53 pm (UTC)RE: A clerihew
Date: 2015-10-25 12:26 pm (UTC)Re: A clerihew
Date: 2015-10-25 03:54 pm (UTC)RE: Re: A clerihew
Date: 2015-10-25 04:41 pm (UTC)Limerick
Date: 2015-10-25 08:45 am (UTC)Drunk brutality, no place to hide.
Vox populi rules,
And once more, Holmes proves
To be firm on the murderer’s side.
Re: Limerick
Date: 2015-10-25 09:50 am (UTC)Re: Limerick
Date: 2015-10-25 04:48 pm (UTC)RE: Limerick
Date: 2015-10-25 12:26 pm (UTC)Not convinced a happy ending is in sight.
Re: Limerick
Date: 2015-10-25 04:51 pm (UTC)RE: Re: Limerick
Date: 2015-10-25 05:34 pm (UTC)Interesting tidbit of Texan law.
Re: Limerick
Date: 2015-10-25 03:56 pm (UTC)Re: Limerick
Date: 2015-10-25 04:56 pm (UTC)Isabili, heres ago
Fortibus es en aro
Noces Mari Thebe trux
Votis in em pax o dux.
Re: Limerick
Date: 2015-10-25 04:38 pm (UTC)Re: Limerick
Date: 2015-10-25 05:03 pm (UTC)Re: Inspired by the beeswing: Lord and Lady Brackenstall
Date: 2015-10-25 09:51 am (UTC)RE: Re: Inspired by the beeswing: Lord and Lady Brackenstall
Date: 2015-10-25 12:24 pm (UTC)Re: Inspired by the beeswing: Lord and Lady Brackenstall
Date: 2015-10-25 03:59 pm (UTC)And I like the way you've interpreted the personalities of the unhappy couple: Lady Brackenstall isn't simply an innocent and Sir Eustace isn't simply an unfeeling thug.
RE: Re: Inspired by the beeswing: Lord and Lady Brackenstall
Date: 2015-10-25 04:45 pm (UTC)Yes...not clear cut.
Re: Inspired by the beeswing: Lord and Lady Brackenstall
Date: 2015-10-25 04:39 pm (UTC)RE: Re: Inspired by the beeswing: Lord and Lady Brackenstall
Date: 2015-10-25 04:45 pm (UTC)Re: Inspired by the beeswing: Lord and Lady Brackenstall
Date: 2015-10-25 04:44 pm (UTC)RE: Re: Inspired by the beeswing: Lord and Lady Brackenstall
Date: 2015-10-25 05:35 pm (UTC)Mouselet's poem
Date: 2015-10-25 09:46 am (UTC)As a police inspector he’s above the rest
His gentle hand, his honest eye
His sweet, sweet smile, which makes me sigh
And when he bends to find a crumb
I look upon his shapely ..
Fortunately we have grabbed the paper from Mouselet whilst she is still musing. Our apologies Mrs H.
RE: Mouselet's poem
Date: 2015-10-25 12:27 pm (UTC)Re: Mouselet's poem
Date: 2015-10-25 02:03 pm (UTC)Re: Mouselet's poem
Date: 2015-10-25 04:05 pm (UTC)I must admit I am not quite sure why you feel the need to apologise - the poem seemed charming. I rather regret the paper being taken from the author.
I mean, all she was doing was contemplating the end.
Re: Mouselet's poem
Date: 2015-10-25 05:03 pm (UTC)Your poem, Mrs H
Date: 2015-10-25 09:52 am (UTC)RE: Your poem, Mrs H
Date: 2015-10-25 12:28 pm (UTC)Re: Your poem, Mrs H
Date: 2015-10-25 04:08 pm (UTC)RE: Re: Your poem, Mrs H
Date: 2015-10-25 04:42 pm (UTC)