Written for dVerse Quadrille #237 – Zero.
Our host, Melissa, from Mom With A Blog,
invites us to create a poem of exactly 44 words
using the word “zero”. This is my quadrille.
Category: Quadrille
Blithe Spirit
Written for dVerse Quadrille #235 – Take Your Poem
For A Whirl Around The Block! Our host De Jackson,
aka WhimsyGizmo, invites us to pen a poem of precisely
44 words, using a form of the word “whirl”. This is my quad.
Forever And Ever
Written for dVerse Quadrille #234: A Sparkler
A Day! Punam invites us to celebrate Diwali
by writing a quadrille including a form of
the word “sparkler”. This is my quadrille.
Enough Already!
Written for dVerse Quadrille #233: Bring On The Boo!
De Jackson (WhimsyGizmo) invites us to scare up
a poem of exactly 44 words, including some form
of the word ‘boo’. This is my contribution.
So Very Proper
Written for dVerse Poets Quadrille #231 –
“Making Much Of Poems”. Our host De Jackson
invites us to write a poem in exactly 44 words,
incorporating the word ‘much’ or a form of the word.
This is my quadrille.
Who Let The Dogs Out?
Written for dVerse Poets Quadrille #230 –
“Let’s Kick Up A Rumpus!” Our host Kim
invites us to write a poem in exactly 44
words, one of which must be the word
“rumpus”. What fun! Here’s my quadrille.
The Great Debate
Written for dVerse Poets Quadrille #229: Shall We
Jabber On? Our host, De Jackson, asks us to write
a quadrille using the word ‘jibber’. Here’s my bit of fun!
Pops
Written for dVerse Poets Quadrille #228. Our host
Mish asks us – just for the halibut – to write a quadrille
using the word ‘fish’ in any configuration. Recalling
the many stories about my husband and his identical
twin fishing with their Pops, this is my quadrille.
Once A Child
Happy 14th Poet Pub Anniversary!
Written for dVerse Poets Quadrille
Monday – #227 where our inspiration
word is “turn”. Here is my quadrille.
In Golden Light
Written for dVerse Poets: Quadrille #220 –
‘Engrave Your Name Across My Heart’.
We are asked to write a quadrille using
the word ‘engrave’. This is my quad.
Hoots Mon
Written for dVerse Poets – Quadrille #219
A Poetic Hootenanny. Our inspiration this week
is “hoot”. This is my hootenanny quadrille.
Electra Glide In Blue
Written for dVerse Poets Quadrille Monday.
The prompt word is ‘indigo’; this is my quadrille.
Goddess of Love
Written for dVerse Poets Quadrille #217:
Poems with Zing! This is my quadrille.
Messin’ With My Frozen Zone
Written for dVerse Poets
Quadrille Monday – #216
where today’s prompt word
is “hint”. Here is my quadrille.
Dance With Me: A Quadrille
Written for dVerse Poets Quadrille #215:
“Ready For Liftoff”. Our host De Jackson,
aka WhimsyGizmo, invites us to “pen a
pithy poem of just 44 words, including
some semblance of the word LIFT”.
This is my quadrille.
Final Surprise
Using one of the very cool graphics from Kevin
at No Theme Thursday, this has been written for
dVerse Poets Quadrille #214 – “Going Out With A Bang”.
Theme suggested by Punam; this is my 44 word quadrille.
Forever You ~ A Quadrille
Written for d’Verse Poets Q213 – With A Little Help – where Lisa has
offered as inspiration the prompt word “with”. Here is my quadrille.
Four Letter Words
Written for d’Verse Quadrille #212 – “What the What”,
where the challenge is to write a poem in exactly 44 words
with the word “what” as inspiration. This is my quadrille.
When The Vow Breaks ~ A Quadrille
Written for dVerse Poets Quadrille Monday
where we are asked to write a 44 word poem in
the format of our choice incorporating the word
‘promise’. Here is my promise quadrille.
Cigarettes and Black Lipstick
Written for dVerse Quadrille #210
where the theme is “Let There Be Light”.
This is my quadrille.
“Light me, handsome” was all she said.
I looked up from my drink. She was the most gorgeous dame I’d ever laid eyes on. I lit her cigarette, then mine.
“Care to buy me a steak, handsome?”
“Baby, I’d buy you the whole cow.”
NAR©2024
44 Words
This is “Cigarettes and Black Lipstick” by Brake
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Shall We Dance? (Part 2)
Written for dVerse Poets Quadrille #208 –
“Undead To The World”.
You put your right hand in
you put your right hand out
you put your right hand in
and you shake it all about…
At this rate we’ll be here all night!
Vamp on over here, Sugar,
and give me some of that neck!
NAR©2024
44 Words
This is “The Time Warp Scene” from Rocky Horror Picture Show.
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Shall We Dance?
Written for dVerse Poets Quadrille #208 –
“Undead To The World”.
Heaving breasts beckon
A throbbing vein divine
Come to my side, darling Vampira
On your body I wish to dine
Eyes like burning embers glow
Skin smooth as fine alabaster
Waltz across the dance floor, my Vampira
Into the lifeless arms of your master
NAR©2024
44 Words
This is “Vampire Waltz” (clips from Van Helsing and Phantom of the Opera)
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In A Groove
Written for dVerse Poets Quadrille #207 Spin Cycle
Hold my hand, honey
and take me for a spin
Twirl me ‘round the dance floor
I’m loving the spin I’m in
Whisper those sweet nothings, baby
send shivers up my spine
and make my head spin, lover
tonight I’m gonna make you mine
NAR©2024
44 Words
This is “That Old Black Magic” by Louis Prima and Keely Smith, the Heppest of the Hep!
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Memories of Me
Written for dVerse Quadrille Monday #206.
Our prompt word is ‘bend; here is my poem.
I long to be myself again,
before the pain began.
Now wistfully staring at
old photos
of a younger me,
lithe with slender arms
and shapely legs
which once did bend
with graceful ease.
Dancing dreams fill my nights;
I want to sleep forever.
NAR©2024
This is “Pretty Ballerina” by The Left Banke
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Eat Me!
Written for dVerse Poets Pub Quadrille #203
‘feeling crabby’, where we are to include some
form of the word ‘crab’. Here is my Quadrille.
Time after time
I have tried to
eat
a soft
shell
crab
sandwich.
It sounds so
appealing
but
tastes like
the chef
forgot
about
pealing
it.
Crunchy!
Crinky!
Croaky!
Cracky!
My crab
is crappy!
It’s like
listening
to
a CD
without
removing
the
shrink-wrap!
NAR©2024
44 Words
This is “Rock Lobster” by the B-52’s
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On Bended Knee
Lillian, tonight’s Pub Master, is hosting Quadrille Monday
at the dVerse Poets Pub. We’re asked to create a 44-word
poem using the word “figment”. Here’s my poem.
She knelt
down on
bended
knee
Heard a
voice say
“Come to me”
It’s just a
figment,
this can’t be
A voice that
sounded
just like he
“I think
I will count
to three
Then of his
ghost
I will be
free
One, two….”
NAR©2024
44 Words
This is “Imagination” by Bob Dylan
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Fade To Black
Written for dVerse Poets Quadrille #202
– Hello Darkness –
where we are asked to embrace the dark
in 44 poetic words.
Death creeps
in the night,
hiding in the
darkest of places
where junkies
shoot up
in the alleys
by dim light.
But no one
is around
to see
the relief
on their faces
when they fade
to black
and softly give up
the fight.
NAR©2024
44 Words
This is Metallica with “Fade To Black”, live from Pinnacle Bank Arena, Lincoln, Nebraska
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Like Spitting Into The Wind
De Jackson, aka WhimsyGizmo at dVerse Poet’s Pub
has asked us to write Poems of Place for Quadrille #201.
This is my submission.
That time I found
myself
in the principal’s office
because
I
screamed
at
the teacher
who tried to put
his hand
up
my
shirt,
then
being assaulted
again
at home
by
my
mother
who accused me
of
“asking for it”.
Neither
place
felt
safe.
NAR©2024
44 Words
This is “Education – Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2” by Pink Floyd
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