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[prabe]

I had forgotten about that.

Now is the moment for me to release my version upon the world- “Sheer Luck” Homes, a detective who solves mysteries by happenstance, extreme coincidence & deus ex machina!

Sidekick: Doctor “What?!” Sunne, an actual criminologist who is perpetually flabbergasted at Homes’ successes.

In the movie The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother, said brother refers at least once to his brother "Sheer Luck Holmes." Something something great minds.

 

[Scribe]

 

[Ryujin]

There have been terrible, offensive uses of Sherlock Holmes since he became a public domain character. There have also been amazing uses. I think the latter outweighs the former (and the latter also tends to have a more lasting impact).

Indeed, there have been some absolute travesties committed.

 

[Umbran]

Now is the moment for me to release my version upon the world- “Sheer Luck” Homes, a detective who solves mysteries by happenstance, extreme coincidence & deus ex machina!

So... Dirk Gently.

 

[prabe]

Not this thread, not even this site: You can always tell the non-poets, because they think rhyming is clever.

 

[trappedslider]

Not this thread, not even this site: You can always tell the non-poets, because they think rhyming is clever.

Snow falls soft and white,
Moonlight gleams, a peaceful night,
Dreams take gentle flight.

 

[prabe]

Snow falls soft and white,
Moonlight gleams, a peaceful night,
Dreams take gentle flight.

Yeah, rhyme isn't inherently bad, it's just not inherently good, either; it's a technique, and it's optional. Well, deciding to rhyme should probably happen pretty early in the composition process, anyway, and maybe you should have a reason other than you think poems must rhyme (which is different from setting out to write a fixed-form poem that calls for rhyme: sonnets and villanelles rhyme).

 

[Mad_Jack]

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[Meech17]

Not this thread, not even this site: You can always tell the non-poets, because they think rhyming is clever.

When my girlfriend and I started dating and were long distance, I would occasionally send her flowers, and unsure of what else to put in the card, I'd often try to come up with simple little ABAB or ABBA rhymes. Stupid "Roses are red" type things, but personalized to her.

She found them cute and would often talk about how creative I was and how I should write more poetry. I had to explain to her a few times there's a pretty substantial difference between poetry, and limerickry.

 

[prabe]

When my girlfriend and I started dating and were long distance, I would occasionally send her flowers, and unsure of what else to put in the card, I'd often try to come up with simple little ABAB or ABBA rhymes. Stupid "Roses are red" type things, but personalized to her.

She found them cute and would often talk about how creative I was and how I should write more poetry. I had to explain to her a few times there's a pretty substantial difference between poetry, and limerickry.

Yeah, the fact you were writing them yourself seems likely to have been the most important thing about them, and rhyme and meter have their upsides. And I agree with you about the difference you're pointing at; I've been known to state strongly that song lyrics have different enough goals from poems that most of the time they probably aren't poetry. (And please don't get me started about Hymnic Meter ...)