Short Sherlock Poems

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

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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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Mr. Sherlock Holmes
has by now studied a good many forensic tomes
as much as they matter
elementary that Watson should ponder every blood splatter....

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Born on Scottish soil
Both writer and physician, he delivered us Sherlock Holmes.
A spiritualist too, he believed in fairies; possibly in gnomes!...

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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.”...

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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...

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Whodunnit

Poirot
Must Know

Lolly pop man

Kojak
Flash back

Noticeable Ears

Sherlock
Not Spock

Sponsored by: Brian Strand
"Your Preference Poetry Contest"
6th February 23

Awarded 10th place in contest...

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A disastrous sunflower,
Poe is hour after hour
now studied the way a murder is
by Alfred Hitchcock or Sherlock Holmes
long-lived even in death, 
he suffers in hell 
through our eyes on the page
and our ears thereafter....

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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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WHO was the dastard - Moriarty again?
WHAT was the reason for kidnapping Watson, my friend?
WHEN did Moriarty strike?
WHERE could Watson be?
WHY is Moriarty always instigating dastardly deeds?



5-W's contest
Seventh Place...

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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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As detective, I must be a hit,
Since I'm praised for my keenly sharp wit:
   Oftentimes when I talk
   People call me Sherlock,
Though they think my first name is No Sh**.


January 27, 2019, for Limerick 3 contest sponsored by Joseph May...

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Inspector Sherlock De La Maison, betcha can't guess who this is
A bilingual mystery detective, he was quite a whiz
His loyal sidekick Dr.James Ergson
Was often seen as quite irksome
Good luck solving this extremely silly quiz

erg/watt :)...

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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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The consumate sleuth Sherlock Holmes
Hardly lacking the wit chromosomes
With the faintest of clues
To bemuse and confuse
Cracked crimes in the Welsh catacombs



AP: Honorable Mention 2023

Submitted on January 27, 2019 for contest LIMERICK 3 sponsored by JOSEPH MAY  -  RANKED 2ND...

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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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sherlock holmes thinking
was not sheer luck on his part
it was a program

written to deduce
to rule out all possibles
then what's left is truth

what if nothings left
an algorithm won't help
enter the author's

imagination
and holmes ignorance is named 
moriarity


stan sand...

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KEY FOR MYSTERY LOCK

There once was a clever sleuth named Sherlock
Made key from pipe smoke for mystery lock
Through hidden lens he saw well
Place where puzzle pieces fell
Befooled Watson hit his dumb head on rock.

January 29, 2019
Syllable count : 10/10/7/7/10
Checked on howmanysyllables.com...

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Cleaning ash at Two Twenty One B
Sweated my friend Sherlock Holmes and me.
Him: “The game is afoot”
His face covered in soot
We dashed off after Moriarty!

Just a crime scene, just another night
Though Scotland Yarders laughed at our sight
Done being a joke’s butt
Holmes loudly asked what’s what?
“A black face, but you love powder white!”

January 30, 2019...

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The judge who was missing his law books,
called on Sherlock to solve the case.
Holmes carefully looked for any clues
as he searched all over the place.
"It's elementary, my dear Watson,
the easiest case that I ever saw,
his book weren't stolen, His Honor, the judge
has simply laid down the law."






For Deborah's Catch Phrase ContestMy catch phrase is:  Elementary my dear Watson....

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I bet you. a show that stops my dog from barking at the tv was kitchen Nightnares
unless he ate one
before on the show
Is the forth or the firth
the right froth the write fourth
in this sentence
soz i was inspired by something
questions with answers within them
Like who famously wore a Sherlock Holmes hat?

would world war 3
be the next or the last one

soz just an idea im throwing about...

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Back on Baker Street -
pulling on a calabash pipe.
Paganini and Bach stream through
a cracked third-story window.

The Merseybeat’s…
the disaffected Pink Floyd years,
Mary Jane brain, mulling over 
puffing magic dragons;
reading Sherlock Holmes
secretly.

Today, downloading
a picture of myself back then,
no pipe just a youthful smirk
as I strut down that busy road.

Sometimes I wish I still smoked....

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The most prolific animal in our Kingdom is the Red Herring.
You don't need to be a "Sherlock Holmes" to figure that out

A Red Herring is a deliberate attempt to divert attention..................."look over there"

Please help control the Red Herring population today.....You can do your part
by opening up your eyes, and exposing the lies.


"It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry." 
[Thomas Paine ]...

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Shameless shady shepherd Sherlock shushed shoeless Sherman
so surely shabby sharp-eyes Sheila shellacked sheep-headed Sherlock
Shaken shallow Sharon shadowed shapely shipwrecked Sheila
Shadow-man shilly-shallied, shifting shopworn Sharon’s sheep
Showy Sharon sharpened a shortened sheath, shaving Sherlock
Sherlock shuttled shell shocked Sherman, showing his Shenanigans
Shoddy Sheila shocked Shelly, shaking sheep into Shangri-La....

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The world of Harvey Weinstein
Has spun out from his control
His brother went and fired him
Amidst the hyperbole

But Donald Trump can save him
For neither know remorse
And groping seems so natural
You know they'll stay the course

Their victims band together
Sharing everlasting shame
If no one is responsible
Then God must take the blame

But Sherlock Holmes can quickly
Identify the fool
Who really needs an  actress 
To fix a worn-out tool?...

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