posting poetic prose
22 Feb 2022 11 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: Jesus, preservation, quadrille, salt
Quote taken from Matthew 5:13. A quadrille linked to dVerse Poets.
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Jesus said to his followers…
his words should pique our imagination
“You are the salt of the earth.”
necessary for culture’s preservation
“But if salt loses its savor…”
to enhance flavor without reservation
Can it be salty again?
without salt, rot is final destination.
18 Oct 2021 33 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: ashes, fire, quadrille, quarrel, words
angry
fire
burns
from
careless
spark of
offense
which
touches off
flammable
pride’s fuel
and
emotionally
charred
words are
stirred
until
warmest
relationship
is reduced
to ashes
why
not
hold
love’s
only
extinguisher
(forgiveness
under
pressure)
and douse
arson’s
conflagration
before
it’s
too
late?
Sarah’s chosen theme for quadrille Monday at dVerse Poets is “ashes to ashes”… check out the link!
20 Sep 2021 27 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: arachnid, barn spider, linger, quadrille
palely colored
bulbous abdomen
of barn arachnid
curls like gray sack
drawstrung by eight
delicately jointed
and banded legs
poised on sticky orb
of doorway deathtrap;
four legs hold fly still
for fangs to clamp
down as spider
lingers long over
breakfast of blood
I dislike spiders but my muse lingers on arachnid theme so here’s another one for dVerse poets’ Monday quadrille (44 words) with Linda Lee Lyberg.
17 May 2021 32 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: energy, marriage, quadrille, wound
it’s good to create
energy in a marriage
a bit of spark adds
excitement to any
couple’s relationship
but negative energy
will backfire on itself;
wound like [bam]
agitated boomerang
or spring [zing]
like wristwatch too
tightly wound, no
longer
synchronized
in time
together.
Lillian challenges us to write a quadrille (44 words) using both pronunciations/meanings of “wound”. Join us at dVerse poets pub 🙂
22 Feb 2021 37 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: asthma, battle, cry, Leukemia, quadrille
tactically,
we assumed
she would die young,
like her sister and her son
who lost battles to asthma
but Aunt Jeanette held her
fight to breathe for 81 years
till leukemia attacked.
Her final orders: “You
better go now before
you make me cry!”
De at dVerse poets pub invites us to write quadrilles (44 words) on the theme: GO
12 Jan 2021 8 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: class, quadrille, questions, writer's block
am i real writer or
perhaps dreamy dabbler?
skilled smithy of words or
unintelligible babbler?
can i complete homework
by end of the week?
my pen, now tongue-tied, can hardly speak!
when i begin online writing class
such baffling questions i myself ask!
08 Nov 2016 14 Comments
in quadrille Tags: cue, pocket, pool, quadrille, read, stage
how to sink a
quadrille on “cue”?
first, eat plate of
tangy pork BBQ
at local pub
called “The Cue”
then, chalk up
tip of cue
call a pocket
sight level aim
at cue ball
in pool hall
take center stage
right on cue!
Linking to “quadrille Monday” at dVerse Poets with De. I already voted but may need diversion from the hotly-contested election today! Hope to read others’ poetry…
13 Jun 2016 29 Comments
in quadrille Tags: chill, form, ode, quadrille, spill
yes, it
requires
some skill
to write a
real quadrille;
musical, like
a trill, a thrill
to take up
your best quill
let creative
juices spill;
count each
word,
you will
keep writing
until the
quota of
cuarenta y cuatro
you fill…
then chill.
Chilling at the poets’ pub today, writing quadrilles on the word “spill”.
a poem in my pocket 
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