Mrs. Hudson's Poetry Page: The Reigate Squires

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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 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.


Happiness

by Susan Griffin

Note from Rachel: Mr. Holmes’s health is failing in this story, and Dr. Watson convinces him to recuperate in the country. This poem might be Mr. Holmes’s inward reflections as he haltingly attempts to appreciate nature and quiet companionship for once, while battling an extreme acuity of perception that is almost painful. I see the internal commentary, set aside in parentheses, as perhaps Dr. Watson’s side of the conversation as he tries to understand what has led to his friend’s collapse. It is ultimately a confused, wandering, but hopeful poem about a sensitive and driven person trying to let themselves be happy.



Thank you so much to Rachel. And here is my suggested form to revisit this week: the rime couée. (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 The Reigate Squires in the comments on this post. I look forward to seeing them!



Warm regards,

Mrs. Hudson

Comments

RE: an all kinds of awful attempt at rime couee

[debriswoman]

Really well done re word choice:-)

Re: an all kinds of awful attempt at rime couee

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

Aw. Thank you. Coming from you that means a lot. I feel like my brain is scrambled eggs these days so it's a bit wonky, but I wanted to make a showing for the week.

RE: Re: an all kinds of awful attempt at rime couee

[debriswoman]

All the very best with unscrambling brain, this works very well regardless:-)