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Let’s dance with some shadows today, my poetical peeps. This is De Jackson, aka WhimsyGizmo, and it’s Quadrille Monday here at the bar – when we write a poem of exactly 44 words (not including title), and include one given word.
Today, I want you to play with the word: echo.
{echo}
{echo}
{echo}
Make it a noun, a verb, or an adjective. Get creative with it. Make your whole poem one big echo, or slip it in there somewhere quietly. And yes, you can use echoes, echoing, etc.
Need some inspiration? Here are a few quotes, and an Echo and the Bunnymen tune:
New to the Q? Here’s what to do:
Just write a poem of precisely 44 words, including the word echo. Link it up by clicking Mr. Linky below. Then follow the poetic echoes around the blogisphere, as you visit some of the most talented poets around. The prompt is open for the whole week, so remember to come back and read (and write!) some more!
Happy Q44 Monday, gang! Get thee to thine pens, and echo us something fabulous. I’m pouring awesome sugar-rimmed drinks, and some hot chai tea. What’s your poison?
I echo that… and my poem is there just in time 🙂
So glad you’re here, B! 🙂 We’ve missed you!
I’m almost back to normal now…
Good to read this Bjorn ~
SO glad to hear that!
Hand me some chai… today the weather has turned back to cold again…
We’ve got a cooling trend here, too. Chai sounds fabulous. I shall join you. Cheers!
Happy Q44 everyone! Happy Monday and looking forward to reading your Qs ~
Hi, Grace! 🙂
I love the Carl Sandburg quote in that it’s my favourite…I like the other ones too. Thank you De. I’m happy to post at the beginning for a change…although of course I’ll need to come back 🙂
Welcome, Janice!
Cheers 🙂
Good evening, De! I have two Quadrilles this evening as I didn’t go to choir. I had a bit of a rough night: awake at three, up at five and then I had to try to solve computer problems. The result is that I will be without a laptop from tomorrow until possibly Monday. An enforced break from exam marking can’t be all bad though. I’m off to London on Wednesday to read a couple of poems at the launch of The Emma Press Book of Aunts, then a whole day in London, hopefully spent in the National Portrait Gallery and/or Tate Modern. A surprise has been planned for Thursday evening – I don’t know what it is – and then down to Guildford to visit my daughter and her husband until Sunday. I’ll miss Thursday’s OLN but I have a post lined up for tomorrow’s Poetics. I’m looking forward to some resounding echo poems.
Enjoy, Kim! So glad you’re here! 🙂
Glad I can be here early and try some of your chai!
Good to see you back at the dVerse bar, Björn.
I liked the John Cage quote about every something being an echo of nothing.
I very much like that one, too, Frank. I had not heard it before.
Happy Monday and Q44 everyone and thank you for hosting De! Echo & The Bunnymen echoes our younger years in London when we saw them rock some small venues – nice to see a clip of them here :o) xxx
Welcome, Xenia! Glad you’re here!
Hey folks. Quadrille time.Whoopee. I’ve been off the trail these last 4 days as I have been at a Music Medicine Retreat. It was amazing. So I will see what the muse brings this evening in the echo department, department, department……
Your music echoes through everything you write, Paul. Looking forward to reading it!
So kind De. I’m actually struggling to keep my eyes open here…I’ll post my poem and catch up reading tomorrow.
Great word, De. I went a bit dark, inspired by a quote I saw recently.
On my way over now, Victoria. Good thing I’m feeling a bit dark today…
I love the Carl Sandburg quote especially ❤️ sharing my poem Untitled (swirling snow and broken heart) thank you for the lovely prompt, De 🙂
You took me there, Sanaa. Thank you.
Love your chosen word, De. May have to play catch up with visiting and responding this week but will get there!
So glad you’re here, Gayle. Pouring you something fabulous.
So nice to be here and thanks for the drink…I was parched!
This has been a brain-sucking day, to say the least, so this prompt revitalized me! I decided to work on Palindrome Poetry since it is in keeping with an Echo and blended the two. Barkeep, may I have a Sunflower Highball, please? Thank you for hosting 🙂
Comin’ right up!
And comin’ right over…
😉
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I always love the many interpretations using the same word. You’ve picked a great one, De, thanks for hosting!
My pleasure, Crystal. Welcome!
I really like the Carl Sandburg quote. He is probably my favorite poet. I will write and post a quadrille soon.
Welcome! So glad you’re here!
Nice prompt. Make mine a double. Make mine a double. Make mine a double.
You got it. You got it. You got it.
Hello dVerse. Have missed all of you! Have completed our TransAtlantic cruise from Miami to Southampton, UK; and our beautiful Norwegian fjords cruise. Now on our final leg of Ireland and Iceland. First stop was Guernsy and a wonderful walking excursion on Herm Island. Tomorrow we shall be in Cork, Ireland. Posting today, I hope, if internet can nnectin holds. Sadly shall not be able to read.
We miss you, Lil! So happy to see you here!
Let the howls echo!
Thanks for the prompt. I do enjoy the quadrilles.
Glad you’re here, crow! 🙂
Hi, my link looks odd – could someone a bit more tech-savvy than me please check it out?? Love the challenge this week btw!
Looks (and works) just fine to me, Diana. Glad you’re here!
Hi everyone! Hope all is good in your world. Here, we may get thunderstorms overnight and tomorrow. The rain is much needed. I tried a bit of echo poetry, using the word echo. Enjoy! I’ll be back later to read your entries. 🙂
Glad you’re here! 🙂
I like this one. I may give it a go later. 😉
Glad you’re here, Barry!
Glad to be here!
I played softball for the first time in a dozen years and the echos in my head were fantastically poetic.
Heading over now. Glad you’re here, Rachel!
Hey, gang. If you are interested in writing a Quadrille using ALL the words we’ve offered so far (there are 32 of them!), here they are:
dance, lull, bubble, grin, melt, shimmer, twist, skip, green, breeze, spill, rose, journey, jar, leaves, open, shadow, cloud, spark, cue, breath(e), scar, curl, whisper, dawn, ghost, giggle, spring, balloon, drizzle, still, echo
🙂
Ooo! I think I’m gonna try that.
Yay! 🙂
Done!
Loved it, Lynn. Thank you! 🙂
Checking in from the other side of the world to pick up an awesome euphony of echos!
Hi, Colin! So glad you’re here!
This was a fun one, fun one, fun one. 🙂
Yay! Yay! Yay! 🙂
🙂