A/N: I have a particular fascination for Dartmoor and the "Hound of the Baskervilles" and cannot really imagine the Sherlock series not referring to the story in one way or another...
This is for The Wolf's Shadow, who nudged me back in this direction once moor:-)
Sherlock and companions do not belong to me.
Moor Anticipation
The mire won't tell what end befell those souls who haunt the moor;
And foot prints made, in time will fade, till all is as before...
One hundred years, and more, have passed;
The world, it seems, moves on;
And all who faced that time,
Of hound and ancient curse, are gone.
~o~
But as each path and age old track
Is lost to tourist trail;
Still lonely bitterns boom
And mires and windswept tors prevail.
~o~
Though pen and ink and note-filled books
Give way to screen and blog;
The stark grey prison walls remain
Through sun and rain and fog.
~o~
And if the thin veneer of moorland
Peace and calm should crack,
And echoes of that hound return;
Will fate call Sherlock back?
~o~
End
a/n2:The first two lines are the end of a poem I posted in the SH book section of the site,( in Moor Verse). I would encourage you to have a look at the last few chapters, as they consist of poems written by a group of writers including Catherine Spark ( hippopotamus of the Baskervilles; anyone?), AdidasandPie, Lemon Zinger (Less Hound)goldvermilion87, HadesLordoftheDead, sagredo, The Wolf's Shadow, Kiki Cabou, Ellerina Star and Nytd. If anyone would like to contribute to a similar moor-themed Sherlock collection of poems; I would love to hear from you:-) The moor the merrier!
MrsP:)
