D'ja want anuver clue mat'? (I'm writing in our local dialect!)

I like the Lestrade acrostic a lot especially carrying the idea over from one line to the next.

Aw' righ'. Look at the first letter of each of the last three lines of the poem. It's in her name.

Yes, of course "son".  Mrs. Hudson has a mother/son relationship with Sherlock. I caught that pretty quickly when I saw how the last three lines were set apart. Nice job.  I just found this thread and started looking at these little gems. I now realize how absolutely brilliant the people on this forum are! Wish I could contribute but these are beyond my abilities    Keep going - what fun to read!

jenosborn: Really like your Lestrade acrostic.  It captures the sentiment perfectly.

Davina: Huh?  I see (note intentional use of that word) that with the last three lines, the first one begins with S, then O; the second line begins with O, then N; the third line begins with N, then E.  Kind of wrapping the letters around each other.  So the first vertical word is "son" and the second vertical word is "one" but the third doesn't make sense.  But I'm guessing that's not what you meant.  I still don't get it--wah!   

Last edited by Sherli Bakerst (July 2, 2012 12:47 am)

OH!  Now I get it.  I was looking for something a lot more convoluted, lol.  I knew the last three letters were s-o-n but didn't see what was so special about that.  Missed the whole abstract meaning...  *slaps head in annoyance.*  Like Sherlock, I was making it a lot more complicated than it had to be.  I also feel like John trying to figure out the meaning of UMQRA!

My Acrostic for poor Lestrade. 

Loving, leaving husband
Expects an absent wife

Stranger in his own home
Tries hard to make it right
Really trying this time
Always avoids a fight.
Deluded forgiveness
END.

I took my inspiration from that Christmas scene where he says he is back with his wife and Sherlock tells him she is having an affair with a PE teacher. Poor Lestrade's face is a picture and then he goes and checks his phone. Aww! 

Later, in Hounds of the Baskerville he is no longer wearing a wedding ring and you can see the mark of where it used to be on his finger. Aww! 

Thanks for your kind comments.

Okay, I've finally written something:

Little by little
Embarrassed but needy,
Sherlock
Tantalizes him,
Rescues him, but is an
Annoyingly asocial, aggravatingly asexual
Detective who has
Entwined himself in his division.


Not gonna say anything about it until after people (hopefully) comment.

Let's have a go at one of the more minor characters. (I wish our m0r would reappear from virtual exile!)

Let us try Sally Donovan. You can  use just her surname if you want.

This is really, really good. I love the hidden references. It conveys her personality and the dynamic between her, Sherlock and Lestrade. Goodness! Best I get my thinking cap on now I am back on-line.