Mrs. Hudson's Poetry Page: Silver Blaze
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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 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.
Horse in the Cage
by Stanley Plumly
Note from Rachel: This sad, surreal poem remembers a man, now dead, whose abuse of a horse highlighted his own brokenness and desperation. The final few lines seem to capture something about Mr. Straker’s confused last moments, as he falls into a tragedy of his own making.
Thank you so much to Rachel. And here is my suggested form to revisit this week: the elfje. (The link will take you back to a previous poetry page.)
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, 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 Silver Blaze 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 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.
Horse in the Cage
by Stanley Plumly
Note from Rachel: This sad, surreal poem remembers a man, now dead, whose abuse of a horse highlighted his own brokenness and desperation. The final few lines seem to capture something about Mr. Straker’s confused last moments, as he falls into a tragedy of his own making.
Thank you so much to Rachel. And here is my suggested form to revisit this week: the elfje. (The link will take you back to a previous poetry page.)
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, 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 Silver Blaze in the comments on this post. I look forward to seeing them!
Mrs. Hudson
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Limerick
Date: 2016-05-01 07:25 am (UTC)A dog that had nothing to say,
Plus a bill for a dress
That shouted “excess”
Cleared it up – killer blazing the way.
Sort of an elfje
Date: 2016-05-01 10:50 am (UTC)Calculations
of speed
on a train.
But it’s Watson who
counts.
An Elfje
Date: 2016-05-01 11:05 am (UTC)Bay
Silver Blaze
The fastest horse
I’ve bet on him
Winning
Re: Limerick
Date: 2016-05-01 11:06 am (UTC)Re: An Elfje
Date: 2016-05-01 11:07 am (UTC)Re: Sort of an elfje
Date: 2016-05-01 11:08 am (UTC)RE: Limerick
Date: 2016-05-01 11:15 am (UTC)RE: Re: An Elfje
Date: 2016-05-01 11:17 am (UTC)RE: Sort of an elfje
Date: 2016-05-01 11:17 am (UTC)RE: An Elfje
Date: 2016-05-01 11:18 am (UTC)Re: Limerick
Date: 2016-05-01 11:36 am (UTC)Re: An Elfje
Date: 2016-05-01 11:39 am (UTC)Re: Sort of an elfje
Date: 2016-05-01 11:39 am (UTC)Re: Sort of an elfje
Date: 2016-05-01 11:40 am (UTC)Re: An Elfje
Date: 2016-05-01 11:42 am (UTC)Re: Limerick
Date: 2016-05-01 11:50 am (UTC)Re: An Elfje
Date: 2016-05-01 11:52 am (UTC)Re: Sort of an elfje
Date: 2016-05-01 11:53 am (UTC)Re: An Elfje
Date: 2016-05-01 11:53 am (UTC)elfje x 3
Date: 2016-05-01 11:57 am (UTC)curried stewed
a sinister dish
in sheep’s clothing hidden
wolf!
curry
spicy rich
conceals many sins
girl’s cooking, yesterday’s meat
greed!
danger!
cooked stewed
don’t put a
gift sheep in the
mouth!
Re: Sort of an elfje
Date: 2016-05-01 12:03 pm (UTC)RE: Re: An Elfje
Date: 2016-05-01 12:05 pm (UTC)Tended to think of her as a villain...but she may be completely unaware of circumstance
RE: Re: An Elfje
Date: 2016-05-01 12:06 pm (UTC)Re: elfje x 3
Date: 2016-05-01 12:07 pm (UTC)RE: elfje x 3
Date: 2016-05-01 12:21 pm (UTC)Love the word play involved:-)
Re: elfje x 3
Date: 2016-05-01 12:30 pm (UTC)RE: elfje x 3
Date: 2016-05-01 12:37 pm (UTC)Re: An Elfje
Date: 2016-05-01 02:05 pm (UTC)Re: An Elfje
Date: 2016-05-01 02:05 pm (UTC)Re: An Elfje
Date: 2016-05-01 02:07 pm (UTC)Re: elfje x 3
Date: 2016-05-01 02:09 pm (UTC)Re: elfje x 3
Date: 2016-05-01 02:09 pm (UTC)Re: Limerick
Date: 2016-05-01 06:02 pm (UTC)Re: An Elfje
Date: 2016-05-01 06:04 pm (UTC)Re: elfje x 3
Date: 2016-05-01 06:06 pm (UTC)Re: elfje x 3
Date: 2016-05-01 06:11 pm (UTC)RE: Re: An Elfje
Date: 2016-05-01 06:27 pm (UTC)Re: Limerick
Date: 2016-05-01 06:56 pm (UTC)Re: Limerick
Date: 2016-05-01 06:57 pm (UTC)Re: Limerick
Date: 2016-05-01 07:00 pm (UTC)Re: Limerick
Date: 2016-05-01 07:02 pm (UTC)Re: Limerick
Date: 2016-05-01 07:04 pm (UTC)Re: An Elfje
Date: 2016-05-01 07:11 pm (UTC)Re: Sort of an elfje
Date: 2016-05-01 07:11 pm (UTC)Re: elfje x 3
Date: 2016-05-01 07:16 pm (UTC)Re: Sort of an elfje
Date: 2016-05-01 07:41 pm (UTC)RE: Re: An Elfje
Date: 2016-05-01 08:14 pm (UTC)Really chuffed at your comment:-)