From Beginning to End
This was an assignment in which we were told to take five lines from a book and blend them with our own lines to make a poem. This is my final draft of the project and I've bolded the original lines from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's original work from the tales of his most famous protagonist Sherlock Holmes.
His ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge
His ineptitude as precious as his grace
My mind rebels at stagnation
Yet rejoices in simplicity
As well as explanation
He tells me his story like an incredible myth of ages
The plot thickens
And his end is written out, like a cliffhanger printed on pages
I have done all that man can do to reach the heart of mystery
I've followed and studied the ways of utmost trickery
However, one impossible secret still stands
I still do not know
Where was the shadow
Of Sebastian Moran?