posting poetic prose
11 Feb 2019 24 Comments
in quadrille Tags: bride, courtship, father, kiss, wedding
“Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth– for your love is more delightful than wine.” –Song of Songs 1:2
A quadrille (44 words) for dVerse poets
29 Jan 2019 7 Comments
in quadrille Tags: drive, dunes, sand, steeps, tea, travel
after the
tea steeps
let’s pour it,
steaming, into
travel mugs to
drive south
away from
bitter winter
over steeps
across desert
through cities
onto island
where sun
smiles for
sandy miles
where we
hide from
hazy sea-spray
between
steep dunes,
sipping tea
Mish invites us to write a quadrille (44 words) on word “steep” at dVerse Poets
14 Jan 2019 21 Comments
in quadrille Tags: changelings, chest, face, identity, mask, mousse, youth
we pull on a mask
or put on the face
true identity, you ask?
hidden without trace
surgery can reduce
or augment one’s chest
we wax, tan, and mousse
to look (expensive) best
switch your gender
buy youth extender
monied culture of pretender
ch-ch-ch-changelings!
Join De at dVerse…for a change
04 Dec 2018 19 Comments
in quadrille, quote, scripture Tags: cheer, fear, grace, injustice, Jesus, peace, trouble
“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” – Jesus (John 16:33)
what have you to fear?
suffering betrayal and injustice by ones you trusted
evil gaining power to wreak havoc and violence
what have you to cheer?
love, grace, forgiveness…received and given
good stands stronger than evil and will overcome
peace has your back!
A quadrille with the word “cheer” and something secret…linking to dVerse poets pub!
19 Nov 2018 19 Comments
in quadrille, Uncategorized Tags: brother, car, driver, races, spoiler
A quadrille of 44 words for dVerse poetics…
Dad took us to stock car races,
figure 8’s, Indy racetrack tour:
our family waiting at famous light
tower for bus driver to announce,
“Gentlemen, start your engines!”
Mom was relieved my brother
didn’t put spoiler on first car or
choose Nascar driving career.
05 Nov 2018 19 Comments
in quadrille Tags: blink, drink, fink, stink, wink
was that an itch
or political twitch?
it was deliberate wink, i think
first, they get our vote; then play turn coat
offer girl drugged drinks, prey with flirty hi-jinks
mark cards to win, gamble with sin
sly one-eyed blink… all cheaters stink!
Linking to dVerse with 44-word “wink” quadrille…
24 Sep 2018 24 Comments
in quadrille Tags: anchor, arbor, harbor, home, love, safe, welcome
Lillian is serving up quadrilles at the dVerse poets pub tonight!
may home be calm harbor
where load is lighter, not harder
welcome all with warmest ardor
share from heart’s generous larder
offer love a safe haven to anchor
retreat from world’s loud rancor
into shelter of peaceful arbor
make our home a restful harbor
11 Sep 2018 15 Comments
in quadrille Tags: court, Jesus, judge, law, supreme
De hosts “quick” quadrille at dVerse and I remembered the line from Apostles’ Creed. “Quick” may be archaic for “living” (which we use now) but still fits.
“He will come to judge the quick and the dead.”
who appoints us
to be another’s judge?
who designates our
high court as supreme?
who dares to live
as law unto himself?
Someday each one will tremble
on holy ground in Judge Jesus’ presence.
07 Sep 2018 6 Comments
in quadrille Tags: castle, eagle, estate, nest, queen, stone
“Aye, glen eyrie…
valley of eagles’s nest,”
spoken by scottish landscaper
adopted by american railroad tycoon
as name for estate & manor
dream designed for cherished “queen”
nestled within rocky mountains
stone garden of the gods
she suffered heart attack
never lived in her castle
photo by lynn
31 Aug 2018 4 Comments
in quadrille Tags: bales, calves, dirt, earth, land, soil, weather
salt of the earth
faithful steward of the soil
guardian of God’s garden
patiently waits for harvest
impatiently wrestles with weather
muscular and tanned from
carrying wet calves
throwing dry bales
created from dust with
dirt under his fingernails
…to dust someday must return
A quadrille of 44 words on the theme of “earth”.
13 Aug 2018 7 Comments
in quadrille Tags: bologna, box, brunch, buffet, lunch, sandwiches
Quadrilles (44 words) “in a box” served by De at dVerse poets’ pub!
Dad must have eaten
too many sandwiches
packed in cold lunch pail
over fifty working years
Probably seen enough
bologna to last another
fifty, sliced bread spread
in days before microwaves
Retirement home’s
elegant menu choices,
Sunday buffet brunch…
contrast supper’s disappointing
box lunch!
Shel Silverstein
