Poetry, Quadrille, Theme Prompt, Word Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Going To The Game

Written for dVerse Poets Quadrille –
This One’s Gone To The Dogs! The
challenge cooked up by De Jackson is to
write a 44 word poem with the word ‘dog’.
Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Poetry, Quadrille, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

Dogwood Evening

Written for dVerse Poets Pub ~ Quadrille Monday:
Come Bloom With Me! Our host, Lillian, invites us
to write a 44-word poem with the word “bloom”.
This is my quadrille.

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Dialogue, Poetry, Quadrille, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

Can You Dig It?

Written for dVerse Poets Quadrille: Let’s Get Digging.
Our host, Punam, invites us to write a44-word poem
using a form of the word “dig”. Here’s my quad.

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Poetry, Quadrille, Theme Prompt, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

Le Joint

Written for dVerse Poets Quadrille Monday
“Writing Down the Bones”. Our host, De Jackson,
asks us to create a poem using any form of  
the word “bone”. Here is my quadrille.

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Poetry, Quadrille, Theme Prompt, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

Searching

Written for dVerse Poets Pub – “ Shhhhhh…..
Quiet, Please!” hosted  by Lillian who has
asked us to create a quadrille using the
word “silence”.  This is my response.

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Poetry, Quadrille, Theme Prompt, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

Small Watchfulness

Written for dVerse Poets Quadrille Monday
“Bird is the Word”. Our host, De Jackson,
has offered up the word “bird”.
Here is my quadrille.

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Poetry, Quadrille, Theme Prompt

3 a.m.

Written for dVerse Poets Quadrille Monday –
“Hunger Makes the Best of Poetry”

where our host, Lisa, is serving up
the word “hunger”. Here is my quad.

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Free Verse, Poetry, Quadrille, Theme Prompt

California Dreamin’

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

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Free Verse, Poetry, Quadrille, Theme Prompt

First Light

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.

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Poem, Quadrille, Word Prompt

The Persistence Of Memory

Written for dVerse Poets Quadrille
Monday – #240 –“ Fill, Zip, Trip”

where our host, Punam, has offered
up the word “trip”. Here is my quadrille.

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Poetry, Quadrille, Word Prompt

Lingering

Written for dVerse Poets Quadrille
Monday – #227
where our host,
De Jackson, has offered up the
word “smile”. Here is my quadrille.

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Flash, Micro Story, Poem, Quadrille

Done

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.

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Poem, 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.

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Poem, Quadrille

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.

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Poem, 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.

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Poem, Quadrille

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.

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Poem, 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.

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Poem, 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!

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Poem, Quadrille

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
.

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Poem, 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.

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Poem, 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.

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Poem, Quadrille

Hoots Mon

Written for dVerse Poets – Quadrille #219
A Poetic Hootenanny
. Our inspiration this week
is “hoot”. This is my hootenanny quadrille.

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Poem, Quadrille

Electra Glide In Blue

Written for dVerse Poets Quadrille Monday.
The prompt word is ‘indigo’; this is my quadrille.

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Poem, Quadrille

Goddess of Love

Written for dVerse Poets Quadrille #217:
Poems with Zing
! This is my quadrille.

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Quadrille

Messin’ With My Frozen Zone

Written for dVerse Poets
Quadrille Monday – #216

where today’s prompt word
is “hint”. Here is my quadrille.

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Poem, 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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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