Sherlock Poems - Poems about Sherlock

As a boy Charles fished on the Thames riverside He had a songbird, a dog, but life took a slide His father got him a dead-end job in a Scottish town It became a vortex bringing him down. He got married young, soon nine kids to feed His job barely paid; how could he get freed? He illustrated books, still not...

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The charming Lady Adler Irene; Was strangely nowhere to be seen; As revealed by this clear blanked out scene; Where those who knew her said she'd been, Where oft she did appear. That splendid genius Sherlock Holmes; For whom no mystery stayed unsolved; Took up the case within a beat; As it transpired this curious feat, Involved his very...

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I went to my mailbox and was in shock, There was a mysterious letter in there. It was from a person named Sherlock, My nerves on edge, I fiddled my hair. Its arrival was from across the pond. I thought to myself “Why little ole me?” My inner voice was quick to respond “ Send it back.” Was her honest plea.” Although...

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distant wolves sniff at the winds, sense what you do not. your death hums in the air! pings run through your heart to raise a berm of hair! Baskerville hounds now shift from lope to lunge. their thirst for blood has come! rapacious tongues make clear your death is in their mouths!...

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Of all the absurdities in this our current tumultuous mixed up times So many of which it would take a lifetime to mention but a few Given that right here on this very planet we are resident on today There are at any given point a billion plus living human beings in over 100 plus countries who speak a variety of differing dialects We...

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“Nice to meet you, Mr. Holmes, I am enormously elated, how it all started, may I ask, though somewhat belated.” “I was working silently solving intricate murder cases, until Conan Doyle picked me up from many sleuth faces, narrated my exploits in words of my friend, Dr. Watson, and since then the limelight upon me was always on”. “You had been...

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“Holmes, what is the secret of your glory, What keeps us thrilled and rapt right to the end?” “The hook of a swell detective story - Quite elementary, my modern friend." “Your methods by deduction, I must tell, Earned you renown for the most brilliant mind.” “Crime is common, logic rare, so I dwell On hidden clues, the suspects leave...

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Its lemon entry Watson...

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[Inspired by ‘Stating The Obvious’ Contest but doesn’t meet the spec] Millionaire, Bartholomew Fairfax Admitted today, he ‘forgot’ to pay tax Goodness gracious, well I never Knock me over with a feather Who’d have thought it Pull the other one And this from his latest press release The girl on his arm was not his niece You’re kidding, no way No sh1t Sherlock, you don’t say Tell...

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Sherlock and Watson looked at the woman with blank expressions What they had were some totally unique impressions Watson was looking at her, thinking what a poor little thing Sherlock was wishing the 221 Baker Street bell still did not ring Her story was not sound in any sort of way to Sherlock who was not fooled. Watson was ready...

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A double sonnet in which the great detective and his faithful sidekick, Dr. Watson, alternately deduce the cause of Sherlock’s latest malady… Part the first Sherlock could not deduce his source of pain at first. “Try as I might, I cannot find the cause – is it contusion, or a sprain? Perchance a mere psychosis of the mind? “Yet by deduction,...

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Sherlock Watson was a good man. He stood by his friend, regardless of what happened. Sherlock was a good man also. Consumed by his intellect, lost in his own thoughts. Together they were unstoppable. The lesson is elementary. Together we are stronger then apart. We are greater as a whole then in pieces. It does not...

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When Sherlock Holmes is solving a case the villains footsteps he must retrace He's such an excellent sleuth and will uncover the truth his detection skills truly are ace! Limerick 3 Contest Sponsored by Joseph May 9,9,9,7,7,9 2/1/19...

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Sherlock Holmes was seen at the local bar Spying while drinking and smoking cigars Ready to break his crime case And take down the shady place While Watson safely waited in the car 1/29/19 Limerick 3 contest Sponsor: Joseph May ( 10,10, 7,7, 10)Howmanysyllables.com...

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If Sherlock was sleuthing today, the baddies would groan in dismay, to prison they'd go, remorseful, they'd know that (fictional) crime doesn't pay... for Joseph's Sherlock Holmes limerick contest, written 29th January...

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