Written for dβVerse Quadrille #212 β βWhat the Whatβ,
where the challenge is to write a poem in exactly 44 words
with the word βwhatβ as inspiration. This is my quadrille.
Category: 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.
βLight me, handsomeβ was all she said.
I looked up from my drink. She was the most gorgeous dame Iβd ever laid eyes on. I lit her cigarette, then mine.
βCare to buy me a steak, handsome?β
βBaby, Iβd buy you the whole cow.β
NARΒ©2024
44 Words
This is βCigarettes and Black Lipstickβ by Brake
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Shall We Dance? (Part 2)
Written for dVerse Poets Quadrille #208 β
βUndead To The Worldβ.
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 weβll be here all night!
Vamp on over here, Sugar,
and give me some of that neck!
NARΒ©2024
44 Words
This is βThe Time Warp Sceneβ from Rocky Horror Picture Show.
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Shall We Dance?
Written for dVerse Poets Quadrille #208 β
βUndead To The Worldβ.
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
NARΒ©2024
44 Words
This is βVampire Waltzβ (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 βround the dance floor
Iβm loving the spin Iβm in
Whisper those sweet nothings, baby
send shivers up my spine
and make my head spin, lover
tonight I’m gonna make you mine
NARΒ©2024
44 Words
This is βThat Old Black Magicβ 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 βbend; 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.
NARΒ©2024
This is βPretty Ballerinaβ by The Left Banke
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Eat Me!
Written for dVerse Poets Pub Quadrille #203
βfeeling crabbyβ, where we are to include some
form of the word βcrabβ. 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!
NARΒ©2024
44 Words
This is βRock Lobsterβ by the B-52βs
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On Bended Knee
Lillian, tonightβs Pub Master, is hosting Quadrille Monday
at the dVerse Poets Pub. Weβre asked to create a 44-word
poem using the word βfigmentβ. Hereβs my poem.
She knelt
down on
bended
knee
Heard a
voice say
βCome to meβ
It’s just a
figment,
this canβt be
A voice that
sounded
just like he
βI think
I will count
to three
Then of his
ghost
I will be
free
One, twoβ¦.β
NARΒ©2024
44 Words
This is βImaginationβ by Bob Dylan
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Fade To Black
Written for dVerse Poets Quadrille #202
β Hello Darkness β
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.
NARΒ©2024
44 Words
This is Metallica with βFade To Black”, live from Pinnacle Bank Arena, Lincoln, Nebraska
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Like Spitting Into The Wind
De Jackson, aka WhimsyGizmo at dVerse Poetβs Pub
has asked us to write Poems of Place for Quadrille #201.
This is my submission.
That time I found
myself
in the principalβs 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
βasking for itβ.
Neither
place
felt
safe.
NARΒ©2024
44 Words
This is βEducation β Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2β by Pink Floyd
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