May Activity Post

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

For the activity this month we are continuing with the flower theme.

As you know, there are many poems that begin ‘Roses are red, violets are blue…’ We are going to rework that idea a little. We’re keeping the rhyming scheme but for this activity you can pick whatever flowers and colours you want for your poems!

Some examples:


Gardenias are white
Camellias are pink
It's a lovely bouquet
But you still drive me to drink

(Penned by a Mrs. S. Hudson)


Hydrangeas are blue-green
Speedwells are blue-grey
Mr. Holmes is undercover
As Queen of the May



Please leave all your poems in the comments!



As always, you needn’t take part in this 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!

Comments

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

Toast is black
Tea is weak
Of the fate of the tea tray
We do not speak

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Deadly nightshade flowers are purple
The berries are black
My curtains are on fire
Mr Holmes is back

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

Revolver's gun-metal
'Stache is brown
Come for the gumshoe
You'll be kissin' the ground!

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Roses are red
Roses are white
And like York and Lancaster
Mr Holmes has been in a fight

Doyle's lament

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

Roses are red
Violets are many
Tis' a shame Holmes (dead then alive)
S'worth such a penny!

A plea from Mrs H

[debriswoman]

Language is blue,
Faces are red,
The broom cupboard's meant
To store brooms in instead.

Moor caution

[debriswoman]

The moorland was purple,
Fog paints it dark grey;
And a hell hound, dear Watson,
Is heading this way...

Inky's contribution

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

Quills are sharp
Quills are spiny
What use's a sword
When your vocabulary's tiny!

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Daisies are white
And buttercups are yellow
Ferret has a flower crown
What a silly fellow

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

Dogs may bark
Dogs may bite
Dogs may leave curious clues
in the silent night.