Good Monday evening! It’s Quadille Monday on dVerse and Lillian is hosting. This time she has asked us to use the word “Silence” in our 44-word poem.
Stepping outside, my boots crunch on snow
I stop, realising there is nothing else
No traffic, no hum, no chirp
Utter and total silence
I cannot help but stand still
And allow myself to be swallowed
By the deafening nothing
Knowing it won’t last
dVerse Quadrille Monday was yesterday but I won’t let that stop me! De Jackson (aka WhimsyGizmo) hosted and suggested we bloom out a 44-word poem including the word flower. So here we go!
While snow blankets the ground
As far as the eye can see
The idea of springtime
and the flowers it brings
Feels (is) still so far away
To counter the winter whites
I dust off my vase trio
in preparation
There will be blooms
Monday’s dVerse challenge, hosted by De Jackson, aka WhimsyGizmo, was (is) to write a quadrille (44-word poem) using the word “smile”. Well now… I know I can do that!
At our high school graduation gala
We learned we’d receive a “Marque d’excellence”
for one thing that distinguishes us
Wonder what I will get?
“Athletic prowess”
Says everyone
How wrong were they (and me)?
“For her engaging smile”
Which I cherish to this day
*Because Miss Dale Rogerson distinguished herself by her engaging smile, the Directors and teachers are delighted to present her with this Mark of Excellence.
It’s Quadrille Monday on dVerse. And I and I am actually here on a Monday. Whoot! De (WhimseyGizmo) is hosting and has asked us to use the word “Hoot” in our 44-word poem. Do enjoy!
Hoot do you do?
Say I unto you
Hoot you reply
giving me the side-eye
I mean no harm
With my best charm
You hoot and holler
A true heathen bawler
I fear, not here, resides the party?
I tease you, come, and hootenanny!
It was Quadrille Monday yesterday on dVerse. Lisa has asked us to use the wortd “with” in our 44-word poem. Soooo many directions to go in with this one! I was going to try to be more poetic but my voice is my voice and once I started typing, this came out! I am going to try harder next time.
Some combos in life
make everything better
Grilled cheese with tomato soup
or how about
Ice cream with apple pie
Those are tasty for sure
and a delight for the tastebuds
But let’s not forget
The very best combo is where
You’re with Me
Monday, Merril hosted dVerse’s Quadrille Monday and when I saw the word “crab”, I knew I had to share this one. Let’s just say Merril and I did NOT go down the same road!! I was feeling rather special and cherished when a friend surprised me with this gift for my birthday (way back in April 😉 )
“Happy Birthday!”
friend surprise-visits me
“Can’t stay, take this!”
Left standing, dizzy, yet grateful
plans prohibit immediate delectation
tomorrow then
try to nap
crab is calling
Cooked it, ate it,
(still in my skivvies)
standing at my counter
like some mannerless heathen
Quadrille Monday on dVerse was hosted by Punam of paeansunplugged and she asked us to use the word “darkness” in our 44-word poem. So I’m late. Can’t fight the muse when she decides she wants to play, right?
After a delightful evening
on the last night of May
I walk home in darkness
I giggle still, thinking my
“do you want some choklit”
with a horrid British accent
had us both howling in laughter
The stupid things friends share
are the best
dVerse Quadrille Monday, was hosted by De Jackson, aka WhimsyGizmo, where we were asked to write our 44-word poem using the word “Place”. Oh the places we could go with this one!
My place is
front and centre
behind and hidden
on equal standing
underneath, holding up
high above, overseeing
In my place I am
exuberant and enthusiastic
seen but not always heard
but present, completely
My place is mine to share
when I want to
Yesterday was Quadrille Monday on dVerse. Yeah, yeah, I dunno why I never seem to get my schtuffs together in time. I think it’s a subconsciously conscious decision. Anyway. Michelle, aka Mish, is the host and wanted us to use blaze or a variation thereof in our 44-word poem.
Bertrice Small, Kathleen E.Woodiwiss, Rosemary Rogers
My favourite, wicked, avant-garde authors who created
Shanna, Skye O’Malley, Ginny – heroines
whose wild adventures and even wilder sex
set this teenage libido ablaze
I devoured these books back then
Now? I can’t even get through Chapter One
Monday was Quadrille Monday on dVerse, hosted by De from “WhimsyGizmo“. She instructed us to use the word “Friday” in any way that suited us, as long as we kept our poem to a strict 44-word count. Last night, as I was tossing and turning instead of sleeping, a thought came to me. So, here is the result! And here I was thinking I wouldn’t play…
Friday, age five to thirteen
Yay! Cartoons on Saturday!
Friday, age eighteen to, let’s say 25
Sweet! Let’s go out to dance and drink!
Friday, age 26 to 65
Work week is over, time to do household chores
Friday, retirement age
What? It’s Friday? It’s always Friday!
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