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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.
Part 1 of "Voyages," by Hart Crane:
Above the fresh ruffles of the surf
Bright striped urchins flay each other with sand.
They have contrived a conquest for shell shucks,
And their fingers crumble fragments of baked weed
Gaily digging and scattering.
And in answer to their treble interjections
The sun beats lightning on the waves,
The waves fold thunder on the sand;
And could they hear me I would tell them:
O brilliant kids, frisk with your dog,
Fondle your shells and sticks, bleached
By time and the elements; but there is a line
You must not cross nor ever trust beyond it
Spry cordage of your bodies to caresses
Too lichen-faithful from too wide a breast.
The bottom of the sea is cruel.
This is an excerpt from the poem. You can read the whole piece here.
Thank you so much to Rachel. And here is also a new poetry form to try: the cherita.
Larry Kimmel gives this definition:
The "Cherita" is a creation of ai li…
Cherita [pronounced CHAIR-rita] is the Malay word for story or tale. A Cherita consists of a single stanza verse, followed by a two-line verse, and then finishing with a three-line verse. It can be written solo or with up to three partners. The Cherita tells a story.
Here is my example:
Mr. Holmes has left.
The removal men have been
And the upper rooms stand empty.
Hang on. Empty?
Dear God.
He’s taken my furniture to Sussex.
But you do not have to use this 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, barzelletta, beeswing, blackout poetry, blitz poem, blues stanza, bref double, Burns stanza, call and response, chastushka, cherita, cinquain, circular poetry, clerihew, clogyrnach, colour poems, compound word verse, concrete poetry, Cornish verse, curtal sonnet, débat, décima, descort, diamante, doggerel, double dactyl, echo verse, ekphrasis, elegiac couplet, elegiac stanza, elfje, englyn, enuig, epigram, epistle, epitaph, epulaeryu, Etheree, fable, Fib, florette, found poetry, free verse, ghazal, haiku, hay(na)ku, In Memoriam stanza, Italian sonnet, jueju, kennings poem, lanturne, lies, limerick, line messaging, list poem, lyric poetry, mathnawī, micropoetry, mini-monoverse, musette, nonsense verse, palindrome poetry, pantoum, Parallelismus Membrorum, poem cycle, quatern, quintilla, renga, rhyming alliterisen, riddle, rimas dissolutas, rime couée, rispetto, Schüttelreim, sedoka, septet, sestina, shadorma, sonnet, stream of consciousness, tanka, tercet, terza rima, tongue twister poetry, triangular triplet, tricube, trine, triolet, Tyburn, villanelle, xenolith
Please leave all your poems inspired by The Lion’s Mane 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.
Part 1 of "Voyages," by Hart Crane:
Above the fresh ruffles of the surf
Bright striped urchins flay each other with sand.
They have contrived a conquest for shell shucks,
And their fingers crumble fragments of baked weed
Gaily digging and scattering.
And in answer to their treble interjections
The sun beats lightning on the waves,
The waves fold thunder on the sand;
And could they hear me I would tell them:
O brilliant kids, frisk with your dog,
Fondle your shells and sticks, bleached
By time and the elements; but there is a line
You must not cross nor ever trust beyond it
Spry cordage of your bodies to caresses
Too lichen-faithful from too wide a breast.
The bottom of the sea is cruel.
This is an excerpt from the poem. You can read the whole piece here.
Thank you so much to Rachel. And here is also a new poetry form to try: the cherita.
Larry Kimmel gives this definition:
The "Cherita" is a creation of ai li…
Cherita [pronounced CHAIR-rita] is the Malay word for story or tale. A Cherita consists of a single stanza verse, followed by a two-line verse, and then finishing with a three-line verse. It can be written solo or with up to three partners. The Cherita tells a story.
Here is my example:
The removal men have been
And the upper rooms stand empty.
Hang on. Empty?
Dear God.
He’s taken my furniture to Sussex.
But you do not have to use this 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, barzelletta, beeswing, blackout poetry, blitz poem, blues stanza, bref double, Burns stanza, call and response, chastushka, cherita, cinquain, circular poetry, clerihew, clogyrnach, colour poems, compound word verse, concrete poetry, Cornish verse, curtal sonnet, débat, décima, descort, diamante, doggerel, double dactyl, echo verse, ekphrasis, elegiac couplet, elegiac stanza, elfje, englyn, enuig, epigram, epistle, epitaph, epulaeryu, Etheree, fable, Fib, florette, found poetry, free verse, ghazal, haiku, hay(na)ku, In Memoriam stanza, Italian sonnet, jueju, kennings poem, lanturne, lies, limerick, line messaging, list poem, lyric poetry, mathnawī, micropoetry, mini-monoverse, musette, nonsense verse, palindrome poetry, pantoum, Parallelismus Membrorum, poem cycle, quatern, quintilla, renga, rhyming alliterisen, riddle, rimas dissolutas, rime couée, rispetto, Schüttelreim, sedoka, septet, sestina, shadorma, sonnet, stream of consciousness, tanka, tercet, terza rima, tongue twister poetry, triangular triplet, tricube, trine, triolet, Tyburn, villanelle, xenolith
Please leave all your poems inspired by The Lion’s Mane in the comments on this post. I look forward to seeing them!
Mrs. Hudson
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Clerihew
Date: 2017-07-23 07:05 am (UTC)Died of GBH on his person
But all human suspects were cleared of the fault
When Holmes blamed the jellyfish for the assault
Mrs. Hudson's poem
Date: 2017-07-23 11:39 am (UTC)Re: Clerihew
Date: 2017-07-23 11:41 am (UTC)Re: A cherita
Date: 2017-07-23 11:42 am (UTC)Cherita
Date: 2017-07-23 11:43 am (UTC)Spied in a shield
Gorgon, beheaded
Turn men to jelly
Turn men to stone
Medusa, sleeping
RE: Clerihew
Date: 2017-07-23 12:41 pm (UTC)Sad end for the jellyfish, too:-(
RE: Re: A cherita
Date: 2017-07-23 12:41 pm (UTC)RE: Cherita
Date: 2017-07-23 12:42 pm (UTC)RE: Mrs. Hudson's poem
Date: 2017-07-23 12:43 pm (UTC)Re: Cherita
Date: 2017-07-23 01:32 pm (UTC)Re: A cherita
Date: 2017-07-23 01:33 pm (UTC)Re: Clerihew
Date: 2017-07-23 02:15 pm (UTC)Re: A cherita
Date: 2017-07-23 02:16 pm (UTC)Cherita
Date: 2017-07-23 02:17 pm (UTC)A cry for brandy
And for opium
Pour brandy down his throat
Apply salad-oil to the wounds
Let him sleep
Re: Mrs. Hudson's poem
Date: 2017-07-23 02:18 pm (UTC)Re: Cherita
Date: 2017-07-23 02:19 pm (UTC)RE: Cherita
Date: 2017-07-23 02:32 pm (UTC)Re: Cherita
Date: 2017-07-23 02:43 pm (UTC)Rachel's poem
Date: 2017-07-23 02:46 pm (UTC)Re: Cherita
Date: 2017-07-23 02:48 pm (UTC)Cherita
Date: 2017-07-23 03:13 pm (UTC)Streaks of silver in a
golden crown
But beware! Tread the lion's mane
and you shall surely hear
its roar
Re: Clerihew
Date: 2017-07-23 04:07 pm (UTC)Re: Clerihew
Date: 2017-07-23 04:09 pm (UTC)Re: Clerihew
Date: 2017-07-23 04:14 pm (UTC)Re: Cherita
Date: 2017-07-23 04:16 pm (UTC)