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Sherlock Holmes

When Holmes ejaculated,
'It doesn't take a brilliant detective
to identify many of the people
on this planet are damaged or defective,'
Dr. Watson was heard to observe,
'Never a truer word spoken.
Most we meet, at 221B Baker street,
are utterly, if not completely, broken.
Psychologists reason, 'Conditioning's the cause
for them to follow such absurd routines,'
but it's my considered and confirmed belief,
insanity

The Craving

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

The Curious Case Of Lady Adler

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

Nightmare K9

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!

A Conversation With Sherlock Holmes

“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

A Conversation With Sherlock Holmes

“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

Why Did Sherlock Holmes Put a Lemon On the End of His

Its lemon entry Watson

Murder Afoot At 221 Baker Street

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

Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Case of Appundicitis

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,

Sherlock Holmes

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

Sherlock Holmes

the great detective sherlock holmes
he will never leave you alone
if you do the crime
you will do the time
as through the evidence he combs

Limerick 3 Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Joseph May
1/28/19

Sherlock Holmes Once Said To Watson

Sherlock Holmes once said to Watson,
“This murder was done by a dachshund!
   It’s quite elementary;
   He’s short and he’s hairy
And walks with two pairs of socks on.”

Request For Sherlock Holmes

Opening the fridge,
All of the chocolate gone-
Shivers down my spine.

Sherlock Holmes and Watson

Sherlock Holmes and Watson made
A duo fighting crime
The wise detective and his friend
The greatest in their time!

It all began with 'Gloria Scott'
When old man Trevor died
Sherlock then, to help his friend
His hobby theories tried

Whether Naval Treaties lost
Or strange Red-headed League
Holmes and trusty Watson solved
Conundrums and intrigue

Whether 'twas the Second Stain
Or swan at Abbey Grange
Those dearest

Sherlock Holmes

Fictional detective Sherlock Holmes
Worthy subject for my poem.
His sleuthing skills may be tested
But the criminals are always arrested.

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