sherlock60 | Mrs. Hudson's Festive Poetry Page

Welcome to my last ever poetry page at

sherlock60!

It is a special festive page to mark the occasion, and so perhaps you might like to make use of the lighthearted limerick form for your poems. But as always any form is permissible. And it’s liberty hall regarding subject matter. Maybe you would like to write a farewell to Round 5? Or write about your favourite canon story or favourite character? Or write a response to one of the 60-word stories in this round? It is entirely your choice.

I also thought it would be lovely to pick out some of my favourite submissions to the poetry page, and below you will find links to poems for each one of the 60 stories. These are poems that stuck in my head or caught my eye as I looked back. But there were so many wonderful pieces! Please do put your own links in the comments if there are other poems that you remember fondly—your own or other people’s.

STUD A Study in Scarlet Sonnet by

rachelindeed

CARD A diamanté or two by

debriswoman

BERY Another Curtal Sonnet by

debriswoman

SILV Watson shares his thoughts… by

debriswoman

SPEC A concrete poem by

scfrankles

YELL When I get too full of pride and hubris/ Dr. Watson comes to me… by

gardnerhill

GLOR Victor Trevor recalls duck hunting with Holmes...an alternative version...parts 1 to 7 by

debriswoman

MUSG If you seek to find a treasure, only foolishness abounds;/ It is death and not your fortune, it is death. by

gardnerhill

REIG This is just to say by

rachelindeed

VALL acrostic poem by

okapi1895

RESI A Housemaid's Bref Double by

rachelindeed

GREE parody song lyrics (Thomas & his friends) by

okapi1895

COPP doggerall by

okapi1895

SIGN Here's one I wrote earlier...Mary Deduced. by

debriswoman

NOBL A Wedding Epulaeryu...sort of… by

debriswoman

NAVA "What a Lovely Thing a Rose Is" (written earlier) by

gardnerhill

HOUN Call and Response by

thesmallhobbit (With additions from the rest of the comm in the thread.)

STOC Not a Villanelle by

thesmallhobbit

SCAN Mr Holmes and Miss Adler define romance. Written earlier… by

debriswoman

ENGR A limerick found amongst Dr. Watson’s private papers. Posted by

scfrankles.

CROO A poem especially written for me by

debriswoman.

BOSC Not sure if this counts as free verse… by

debriswoman

FIVE Commonplace by

debriswoman

TWIS A ghazal by

scfrankles

IDEN fable by

okapi1895

REDH Abcdedarian: A Little Knowledge is a Dangerous Thing by

mundungus42

BLUE Black (colour poem) by

okapi1895

DYIN Epitaph: Holmes, from Watson by

debriswoman

FINA Rengas written by Inky and the Ferret, and by Inky and Mouselet.

EMPT Limerick by

gardnerhill. The one that completed the set!

NORW A renga - ensemble

DANC A plea to Holmes by

debriswoman

SIXN London A to Z by

okapi1895

SECO A bref double by

scfrankles

GOLD Written earlier...not quite a set of 4 quaterns... Blind by

debriswoman

SOLI Bicycle to Go by

okapi1895

BLAC In praise of Inspector Hopkins by Mouselet

CHAS Watson reflects. Written earlier; contains the odd spoiler and creative pronunciation of Lestrade. By

debriswoman

3STU A Greek Abecedarian Play by

okapi1895

BRUC Lies: secret life of Mycroft Holmes by

debriswoman

ABBE Mouselet's Contribution as told to

thesmallhobbit - leads to a poetic discussion between Mouselet and

debriswoman.

MISS A list poem: written earlier. A few of their favourite things...:-p by

debriswoman

DEVI Regarding G and S obsessions... Written earlier… A Modern Criminologist by

debriswoman

SUSS Nonsense verse: what befell the circus belle? by

debriswoman

REDC Hay(na)ku Romance by

debriswoman

THOR Rispetto Type One In which someone misunderstands the meaning of ‘four feet’ by

thesmallhobbit. Leads into another interesting thread with

debriswoman...

SHOS shadorma (in Spanish) by

okapi1895

RETI Quatern by

thesmallhobbit

PRIO Found in Dr. Watson’s Personal Papers: Possibly a Schüttelreim..? Posted by

scfrankles

WIST A Ballad in parts...written earlier by

debriswoman

LADY Débat by

thesmallhobbit

3GAR I am the very model of a modern Hans Sloane curator. by

okapi1895

ILLU Rima dissolutas: the Violets (with envoi) by

okapi1895

MAZA Enuig by

okapi1895

VEIL Veil...written earlier. Based on a Japanese form called naga uta. By

debriswoman

3GAB descort by

okapi1895

BLAN Written earlier: Lost without my Boswell? by

debriswoman

CREE Xenolith...attempt by

debriswoman

LION Limerick by

gardnerhill

LAST puente: from Artie to us by

okapi1895

Of course, the poetry page has afforded me the opportunity of trying my hand at poetry myself. And though after two rounds I can safely say poetry is not my forte, I do not regret a thing.

So, here is my own final poetic effort at

sherlock60. I chose to rework the lyrics to that marvellous love song ‘Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye’ by Mr. Cole Porter. And—in for a penny, in for a pound—I have decided to perform the resulting song for you.

Excitingly, I have managed to entice Mr. Holmes and Dr. Watson back to assist me with this performance. We have Mr. Holmes on violin, Dr. Watson on percussion, and Rachel on banjolele. And myself of course taking the lead vocals.

So, Mr. Holmes, if you wouldn’t mind... Hit it, dear.

Ahem.

Now it’s time to say goodbye, I sigh a little.
Where’s my gin supply? I need to try a little.
Why have those mods above me dealt such a bitter blow?
Both deciding to leg it, and giving me the heave-ho.

Reading sixty tales, with an air of crime about them.
It never fails—I feel the need to rhyme about them.
There’s no Holmes comm finer:
How strange the change from Sherlock60 to Holmes Minor…
But now it’s time to say goodbye.

And so, thank you to the moderators and to Rachel. Thank you to Mr. Holmes and the doctor.

And thank you to the members of our little community. I hope you will all join me at

holmes_minor in September.

I have been Mrs. Hudson.

Good afternoon,

sherlock60!