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THE FACEBOOK OF SHERLOCK HOLMES

Nah nahnah nah nah you can't catch me !

read the facebook message from Moriarty,

Sherlock reached for his calabash and the needle

shouted for Mrs Hudson

went into a dream.

 

Watson was stuck without a computer,

so a boy was sent to fetch him at once

but the doctor was checking Mrs Watson

and didn't give a fig for his friend,

 

 

When Sherlock saw the light again

his options were as plain as a hansom's whip

he unfriended the blackguard then and there

 

and that's how poems like this can end.  

◄ THE DEATH OF JOSEF JAKOBS 1941

ON THE OTHER SIDE OF READING ►

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<Deleted User> (13762)

Mon 27th Feb 2017 16:03

how does that saying go? You have to be mad to work here! Maybe substitute 'work' for 'post' ?

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raypool

Mon 27th Feb 2017 15:47

Fig that for a game of soldiers Col ! What worries me is that all the comments treat me as if I was quite sane. But then I guess nobody wants me coming after them....

(Just joking?) Ray Thanks mate.

<Deleted User> (13762)

Mon 27th Feb 2017 09:37

I didn't get time to digest this yesterday so have come back to enjoy this morning. Great stuff Ray but I think you should have gone for a different f word instead of fig.

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raypool

Sun 26th Feb 2017 21:47

Hi Stu. It's lovely that you've stopped by and given this barminess you blessing. Just a twist on the casebook of S.H. actually, Elementary really.

I hope all's ok with you these days.

Ray

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Stu Buck

Sun 26th Feb 2017 18:54

lovely stuff ray. amusing and clever, a thoughtful tribute to he of baker street.

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raypool

Sun 26th Feb 2017 14:54

Many thanks for reading this Cynthia - if one person likes a poem that is like a buzz of electricity across two electrodes; in this case yours and mine! I hope you're well. x

Ray

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Cynthia Buell Thomas

Sat 25th Feb 2017 17:04

Very good. Much enjoyed.

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