Free Verse, Poetry, Quadrille, Theme Prompt

First Light

Nancy's Notes 🖊️♬

Written for dVerse Poets Quadrille
Monday – “Swearing by all Flowers”
where our host, De Jackson, has offered
up the word “flowers”. Image courtesy
Crispina Kemp. Here is my quadrille.

© Crispina Kemp

Beneath the thaw,
green spikes pierce winter’s veil.
Each flower bows its head,
a silent bell ringing in
the season.
Dormant earth remembers how
to wake,
how to offer tender witness;
proof that cold cannot
last forever,
that buried things will always
rise again.

NAR©2026
44 Words

This is “Brand New Day” by Sting with Stevie Wonder

Quadrille #241: Swearing by all Flowers  

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