August Activity Post
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holmes_minorWelcome to the August activity post!
For this activity we will be concentrating on micropoetry. We are going to try a new form based on the 221B: the 2 x 21B.
That is, two separate but linked poems of 21 words each—both poems ending with a word beginning with ‘b’.
Mouselet from the Marylebone Monthly Illustrated has written an example 21B for us:
There’s no-one like my inspector
He’s better than all the rest
He’s truly one in a million
He’s simply the best
And here is my partner to it:
This most respectful of mice
Finds distant admiration will suffice
She really does not wish to woo
With her charming billet-doux.
You can use any or no rhyme scheme, and you can link your poems together in any way you choose. All the 21Bs should be left as comments on this post!
An extra activity: perhaps you’d like to have a go at a 221B poem as well—that is, a poem 221 words long, the last word beginning with ‘b’. These poems should be submitted as new posts.
Remember that you needn’t take part in the activity if you don’t wish to. Once you’re a member, you can post what and when you want—as long as you keep to the 500 words or less wordcount and the ACD Holmes ‘verse. AUs, crossovers and fusions are all permitted, as long as the characters remain essentially recognisable as the original ACD versions.
Please see the profile for the full posting guidelines!
For this activity we will be concentrating on micropoetry. We are going to try a new form based on the 221B: the 2 x 21B.
That is, two separate but linked poems of 21 words each—both poems ending with a word beginning with ‘b’.
Mouselet from the Marylebone Monthly Illustrated has written an example 21B for us:
He’s better than all the rest
He’s truly one in a million
He’s simply the best
And here is my partner to it:
Finds distant admiration will suffice
She really does not wish to woo
With her charming billet-doux.
You can use any or no rhyme scheme, and you can link your poems together in any way you choose. All the 21Bs should be left as comments on this post!
An extra activity: perhaps you’d like to have a go at a 221B poem as well—that is, a poem 221 words long, the last word beginning with ‘b’. These poems should be submitted as new posts.
Remember that you needn’t take part in the activity if you don’t wish to. Once you’re a member, you can post what and when you want—as long as you keep to the 500 words or less wordcount and the ACD Holmes ‘verse. AUs, crossovers and fusions are all permitted, as long as the characters remain essentially recognisable as the original ACD versions.
Please see the profile for the full posting guidelines!
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Date: 2016-08-15 07:29 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-08-15 09:49 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-08-15 10:27 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-08-15 10:29 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-08-16 06:23 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-08-15 02:13 pm (UTC)No sound, no stirring, save the buzzing of the bees
about the mid-day’s toil. Like pirates bold, they plunder; dance like drunken clowns,
festooned, costumed, following the blossom-scented breeze.
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Date: 2016-08-15 03:22 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-08-15 05:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-08-15 09:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-08-15 10:21 pm (UTC)Seaside Holiday, a poem by I. Quill
Date: 2016-08-15 05:42 pm (UTC)to marvel at sea-life rare-seen
as the sun drips like a ripe mangosteen
requires no bathing-machine.
Fur and quills take on briny sheen
Without costume or screen
Sinking sullied, surfacing clean.
Leaving behind city grime, frets byzantine.
Re: Seaside Holiday, a poem by I. Quill
Date: 2016-08-15 06:08 pm (UTC)Re: Seaside Holiday, a poem by I. Quill
Date: 2016-08-15 06:24 pm (UTC)Re: Seaside Holiday, a poem by I. Quill
Date: 2016-08-15 09:57 pm (UTC)Re: Seaside Holiday, a poem by I. Quill
Date: 2016-08-15 10:22 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-08-15 06:07 pm (UTC)Pining with a side of pining
Date: 2016-08-15 08:40 pm (UTC)the cry does not go unheard, unheeded;
the ask unanswered.
No matter hour, danger.
Once more
into the breach.
Once more,
words go unvoiced,
glances remain averted.
No matter chance, circumstance,
lips stay pressed in silence,
quelling, quashing heart’s beseech.
Re: Pining with a side of pining
Date: 2016-08-15 09:31 pm (UTC)Re: Pining with a side of pining
Date: 2016-08-15 10:13 pm (UTC)Re: Pining with a side of pining
Date: 2016-08-15 10:02 pm (UTC)I love the cry does not go unheard, unheeded;/ the ask unanswered. - the pattern being sort of repeated in the final line quelling, quashing heart’s beseech.
Re: Pining with a side of pining
Date: 2016-08-15 10:26 pm (UTC)I pronounce you Mr & Mrs Watson
Date: 2016-08-17 09:50 am (UTC)I look at her with pride
My pearl beyond the farthest seas
My beautiful bride
The circumstances which brought us
Sent others to the tomb
But now I celebrate with him
My brave and handsome bridegroom
RE: I pronounce you Mr & Mrs Watson
Date: 2016-08-17 12:10 pm (UTC)Re: I pronounce you Mr & Mrs Watson
Date: 2016-08-17 12:30 pm (UTC)The Ferret's Lament
Date: 2016-08-17 10:37 am (UTC)I'm furry so I will not freeze
But why must I wear pink bootees?
Doctor Watson and I are on a chase
We're pursuing some very important rumours
I don't know why I'm wearing bloomers
Re: The Ferret's Lament
Date: 2016-08-17 12:53 pm (UTC)Re: The Ferret's Lament
Date: 2016-08-17 12:56 pm (UTC)Re: The Ferret's Lament
Date: 2016-08-17 01:49 pm (UTC)I’m really not surprised
Pink baby bootees don’t fill you with joy
I mean, shouldn’t it be
Blue for a boy?
But regarding the underwear:
Surely you have read
That if one’s wearing an evening gown
Wearing bloomers is just well bred?
Re: The Ferret's Lament
Date: 2016-08-17 07:24 pm (UTC)Re: The Ferret's Lament
Date: 2016-08-17 09:29 pm (UTC)But Dr Watson said it wouldn’t do
To wear bootees which were blue
And it’s hard dressing for the ball
It’s not even my choice of gown
I wanted orange, they gave me brown
RE: Re: The Ferret's Lament
Date: 2016-08-18 01:35 am (UTC)But I have to say, I am a fan of dueling mods, word-sabers at dawn!
Re: Re: The Ferret's Lament
Date: 2016-08-18 07:40 pm (UTC)Re: Re: The Ferret's Lament
Date: 2016-08-19 03:15 am (UTC)Why do all eyes turn to Ferret?
Muff, gown, suit.
Corset, ruff, boot.
‘Friends in need,’ Ferret confesses
‘Are friends indeed with frocks and dresses.
Getting in them’s easy,
But getting out’s a brute!’
Re: Re: The Ferret's Lament
Date: 2016-08-19 01:52 pm (UTC)Re: Re: The Ferret's Lament
Date: 2016-08-19 02:14 pm (UTC)St. Simon breakfast blues
Date: 2016-08-23 12:32 pm (UTC)Eggs’ve been wedged in the ol’ craw to stay
How much breakfast must a man bide?
Kippers’ve been slippered ‘n stashed.
Bangers and mash’ve been mangled and bashed
Oh, tomato!
Oh, where, oh, is my lovely bride?
Re: St. Simon breakfast blues
Date: 2016-08-23 03:54 pm (UTC)RE: Re: St. Simon breakfast blues
Date: 2016-08-23 04:58 pm (UTC)Re: St. Simon breakfast blues
Date: 2016-08-23 10:02 pm (UTC)Oh, crikey - for a moment I thought Rasher the dog was making a reappearance ^^ But my disappointment was assuaged by your marvellous wordplay. I especially like that almost-Spoonerism of Bangers and mash’ve been mangled and bashed, and that heartbreaking cry of Oh, tomato! ^__^
Re: St. Simon breakfast blues
Date: 2016-08-24 01:01 am (UTC)Yeah, I think it should've been plural, but oh, well. No, Victor Trevor's dog is safe (except if the taxidermist got him, of course).
Thank you, thank you.