The Hound of the Baskervilles: The Man on the Tor

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

Title: The Man on the Tor
Rating: Gen
Summary: Poem, POV Watson, slash implied.

The man on the tor
Knows the how and wherefore
Of tomorrow and yore
and truth from lore

The man on the tor
whom rogues abhor
for whom gold is ore
and rest a chore

The man on the tor
who might, of life, ask for
more,
much more.
“Lo! The one I adore!”
Cries the man on the tor.

Comments

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

That sounds like a good description of him - especially the ending.

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

Thank you! It started as a tanka and grew.

[godsdaisiechain.livejournal.com]

Adore, abhor... what an excellent pairing. This is so lovely.

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

Also I used your Watson wedding invitation in a 60 some weeks back.

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

I really like 'rest a chore'. That's just a perfect way of describing Holmes' attitude to inactivity. And I love the final couplet ^__^

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[debriswoman]

Neatly rhymed and expressed:-)

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much!

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

"Nevermore!"
Cries the man on the tor
(oh wait, wrong author)

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

Ha, ha. Right genre, though. At least for this story.