Mrs. Hudson's Poetry Page: Shoscombe Old Place

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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 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, in tribute to the Doctor’s enthusiasm for betting, my featured form is the mathematically inspired Fib.

On Writer’s Digest, Robert Lee Brewer gives this definition:

Fibonacci poetry [aka the Fib] was founded by Gregory K. Pincus… as a 6-line poem that follows the Fibonacci sequence for syllable count per line.

For the 6-line poem that means:

1 syllable for first line
1 syllable for second line
2 syllables for third
3 syllables for fourth
5 syllables for fifth
8 syllables for sixth


In the Fibonacci sequence, the last two numbers in the sequence are added together to make the next number.

So, it starts with 1.

Then:

0 + 1 = 1
1 + 1 = 2
1 + 2 = 3
2 + 3 = 5
3 + 5 = 8
5 + 8 = 13
8 + 13 = 21

And so on. Though the Fib does of course only use the first six numbers.



Here is my example poem:


A
case;
Some clues;
Deductions
From observations.
The sequence of events add up.



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, ballad, beeswing, blackout poetry, 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, epitaph, epulaeryu, Etheree, fable, Fib, found poetry, ghazal, haiku, Italian sonnet, jueju, kennings poem, lanturne, limerick, lyric poetry, mathnawī, micropoetry, mini-monoverse, 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 Shoscombe Old Place in the comments on this post. I look forward to seeing them!


This week’s story concludes Round 4 of reading and writing about the Doctor’s work. I would just like to say here how much I have enjoyed learning about new poetry forms and reading everybody’s efforts. It has been so lovely to have a place where I can experience a little respite from the stresses and strains of dealing with Mr. Holmes this life. My thanks to you all for your enthusiasm.

And I shall be continuing on in Round 5, though the poetry page will be a little different. The exciting news is that I shall have the assistance of a new contributor, who will be suggesting wonderful poems for us all to read—poems that tie in with the themes and subjects of each story, and which will hopefully inspire us to produce our own work and perhaps look at the Doctor’s stories with a fresh eye. We will also be revisiting past poetry forms, and maybe looking at a few new ones too!

So, until next week and a new beginning...


Warm regards,

Mrs. Hudson