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holmes_minorThe vaccination rate is increasing, and so perhaps our little household can risk getting a little closer for this month’s activity. Yes, to quote Mr. Gilbert, “let us gaily tread the measure!” Cut a rug! Trip the light fantastic!
In other words, dance!
(No! Not yet, Mrs. Frankles! Interesting moves though, dear...)
Now, before I crank up the gramophone, let me run through a few possible dances that you might like to try.
There is:
the waltz
the mazurka
the polka
and finally
the galop.
And as added artistic inspiration here is a quotation from Dr. Watson’s story, “The Hound of the Baskervilles”:
“Holmes!” I cried—“Holmes!” “Come out,” said he, “and please be careful with the revolver.” I stooped under the rude lintel, and there he sat upon a stone outside, his gray eyes dancing with amusement as they fell upon my astonished features.
Here as usual is the list of poetry forms:
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, puente, 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
And so, let me set the needle upon the record, and let us begin the first dance!
In other words, dance!
(No! Not yet, Mrs. Frankles! Interesting moves though, dear...)
Now, before I crank up the gramophone, let me run through a few possible dances that you might like to try.
There is:
the waltz
the mazurka
the polka
and finally
the galop.
And as added artistic inspiration here is a quotation from Dr. Watson’s story, “The Hound of the Baskervilles”:
“Holmes!” I cried—“Holmes!” “Come out,” said he, “and please be careful with the revolver.” I stooped under the rude lintel, and there he sat upon a stone outside, his gray eyes dancing with amusement as they fell upon my astonished features.
Here as usual is the list of poetry forms:
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, puente, 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
And so, let me set the needle upon the record, and let us begin the first dance!
The Polka
Date: 2021-06-23 08:30 pm (UTC)This dance class is rather a flop.
Turn to the right, or was it the left?
Too many instructions leave me quite bereft.
One, two three, hop! One, two, three, hop!
I'm tired of my partner, perhaps we should swap.
Turn to the left, or was it the right?
Is there nobody willing to heed to my plight.
One, two three, hop! One, two, three, hop!
I've had enough, I think I shall stop.
We've danced the mazurka, the galop, the polka and the waltz
I'm having a sit down, pass along the smelling salts!
Re: The Polka
Date: 2021-06-23 09:24 pm (UTC)Re: The Polka
Date: 2021-06-23 09:31 pm (UTC)Re: The Polka
Date: 2021-06-24 10:55 am (UTC)Re: The Polka
Date: 2021-06-24 11:12 am (UTC)Waltzing wit Cerberus
Date: 2021-07-02 04:36 pm (UTC)https://stonepicnicking-okapi.dreamwidth.org/198673.html
triolet
Date: 2021-07-09 10:13 pm (UTC)There’s a wry smile on clever lips.
A puzzler’s causing confusement.
His grey eyes dance with amusement.
He’s rooting out clues with accusement.
The true solution in his grips.
His grey eyes dance with amusement.
There’s a wry smile on clever lips.
Re: triolet
Date: 2021-07-09 10:38 pm (UTC)Re: triolet
Date: 2021-07-09 10:52 pm (UTC)Re: triolet
Date: 2021-08-02 09:33 pm (UTC)Re: triolet
Date: 2021-08-02 11:34 pm (UTC)