Welcome to dVerse Monday Quadrille. I’m so happy you are joining us today, but not surprised because you are a POET and this little world of ours is all about POETRY.
However you may view yourself: beginner, seasoned, published, hopeless—you have POETIC DNA running in your veins. You look at something as common as, for example, an ear of corn, and try to rephrase it POETICALLY. Others may think you are a bit weird or eccentric, but you can’t help writing a POEM. It’s who you are. So get POEMing, please.
In case you haven’t figured it out, our word today is POEM or any word that relates to it. Feel free to let your creative muse come up with a word that isn’t really dictionarized. It’s what we do.
A Quadrille, for those of you new to the form, is a poem in any form of exactly 44 words, excluding the title. Yes, you can play with hyphens. You may rhyme, meter or whatever. Just keep it at 44 words and include the prompt word: POEM or a member of its family.
To link: write your poem, post it on your blog. Access Mr. Linky below, and include the direct URL in the space he provides, along with your name. We ask you to add the link to this dVerse prompt in your post. Please remember the importance of reading other contributors and commenting on their work. Also, if you would, add a comment here and help us build our community and get to better know each other. Thank you.
For dVerse, this is Victoria–delighted to be hosting today’s Quadrille. Remember, the link is open all week.
Good morning, afternoon or evening, poet friends. I hope you have fun with this one and I can’t wait to see your offerings. I will be in and out a lot these next two days, but will catch up with you as soon as I can!
That should say–I can’t wait. Oye.
I just added one about jellyfish and tried to get the word “poem” in there somewhere. Thanks for hosting, Victoria!
Loved it!
Happy Monday everyone and thank you for hosting this lovely prompt tonight Victoria! I have linked my quadrille and will swing by to read in a moment :o)
Happy to see you and the dog-kids, Xenia
Thank you Victoria, great to be here! ;o) xxx
Love the word… actually reminds me of this idea of starting a poem:
This poem is ….
Can make some incredible results
I like that start and actually used the opposite…this poem is not!
that is actually much better… maybe:
This poem is neither …. nor …
My favorite, as you all may know. Actually, one of the two chapbooks I submitted for Poetic Asides’ challenge this year is of all “this poem” poems.
How fun.
Loved the prompt, Victoria!❤ Sharing my poem “Of Poems and Early Mornings” 🙂 Happy Monday, everyone!❤
The two go together, don’t they!
Oh yes! ❤️
Hello Victoria! I received your prompt “early” this time so I’m in the top 10…in order submitted, not necessarily quality 😉 My quadrille also includes “diverse” so I dedicate it to all of you poets who gather here at the pub!
How special–I’m off to read it now!
Hi Victoria, Hi Everyone.
Happy monday! I have to say I certainly feel very ‘with it’ right now for been so early to the start of the prompt. Usually, I’m bringing up the rear☺. I’m off to see what I can conjure up with the word..poem.
I usually try to cheat a bit when I’m hosting and post a bit early–just sayin’
I’m actually done, can’t believe it:)!
A good one Victoria! A quick drink (anything) before you dash off!
If I remember correctly, you are in a warm climate–how about a Margarita?
I’m in London…not warm at all! But I’ll take it😂
Ooops, sorry.
No worries 🙂
It’s 4:30 here now. Tea time!
Where on earth are you?
Right now, California. 81 F. Home is Reno Nevada. Hee haw!
The world…so huge, and yet so small! Whats the weather like?
80+ degrees F Unseasonably warm but it is the desert. We come here for the winter.
Good idea! 🙂
Nice little prompt. Thank you. Hot toddy and bed for me, with a runny nose and a sore throat and a lot of self pity.
Same same here… it seems to be the season.
I make a killer hot toddy. Oh, that doesn’t sound good.
I’m off to bed after having posted a second poem… will try to catch up a bit in the morning and then tomorrow night.
Sleep well.
Hi everyone! Hello Victoria! It is good to see you out and about. I will be in and out as well as I am recovering from the flu and kind of iffy. I have submitted mine as well.
Too many of you sick–glad you are on the mend, Toni.
I’m not sure why these challenges inspire me to write about my dog!
Because dogs inspire all good things.
this amused the Muse enough to write something – thank you for the prompt and nudge Victoria
So glad for that. Quadrilles do that!
Delightful Victoria! Thank you for the prompt.
Glad you like it.
Loved this, Victoria. (Wish I’d thought of it!) 😉 Off to read. Happy poeming to all!
I bet you had fun with it. Will read after finishing comments.
Out for a while, not quite caught up but I’m lovin’ these. Thank you.
Hey all, hope you’re doing well. Happy poeming!
Happy poeming to you, too!
Laptop down. Love the prompt but not gonna try writing on my phone. Too slow. I’ll link up later.
Did phone poem. Go me 😉 Reading tricky. So tiny. Tomorrow.
I just couldn’t do that. Tiny and tedious.
Inspired to try one with all the words, with the help of my hyphen habit. 😉 Thanks, Victoria.
Wow!
“Poems” and “poeming”…quite fascinating…thank you for the prompt Victoria…I am eager to visit the other tables…will do so as I can over the evening.
Enjoy, Janice.
Good Evening, Poets. Thanks, Victoria, for pub-tending and offering us such an exquisite prompt!
I have so much poetry to catch up on. Alas, not tonight. I relapse, as my Bronchial infection continues to squat. I will catch up with you all, later!
Yikes–so much illness. I shall make up a huge batch of toddies!
Good Evening ~ I am not feeling well tonight, but I will be around more tomorrow to read all the wonderful poems. Thanks for the prompt! Connecting with words…
Glad you are here but sorry you have joined the many who are ill. Have a good night.
Sneaking in the back door with a bit of whimsical….
Thanks for hosting, Victoria….I love the idea of putting “poem” in a poem. 🙂
And I love whimsical. Welcome, Mish.
I may log off before reading everyone but shall return tomorrow afternoon (my time) to catch up. Have a fun commitment early morning through lunch–a golf tournament.
I am travelling again with little time for poems but keep up the good work.
We try!
Laptop back. Squeezed in an all the words using my rules not De’s;) Plenty of reading to catch up on. I’m on it folks.
Off to read when I catch up with comments.
Poets on poeting – good lessons
Fun, too.
So many ways to go with this one, Victoria! I posted one, now I need to catch up and read. 🙂
You can always do more than one for this prompt, Merril. And it’s open all week.
We shall see. Thank you, Victoria. 🙂
Late getting here today. We had a fun tournament and my team took 4th. Woohoo!
Delighted I got mine in on time this week. I love writing about writing!