Welcome to the Q!
Hope you are all safe and sound. I’m not sure about your neck of the woods but in the midst of this pandemic, in my city, we are still actively participating in a search for toilet paper. A seemingly precious item, hoarded, treasured and then flushed.
Yes, this basic detail during self isolation is what led me to this week’s quadrille word….
FLUSH
A very versatile word this is, with a wide range of definitions and parts of speech.
Have fun with the flexibility of “flush”. Go ahead…have at it with the “flushers”. Some things are so easily “flushable”. Deal me up a “royal flush” and please do it with a “flush” of enthusiasm, and not so “flushingly”. I am in serious need of some “flushness” in my world right now. Flush away!!
Your quadrille should be exactly 44 words, not including the title. It should contain the word “flush” or a form of the word. It should be written on one square of toilet paper. Ok, just kidding!
Here’s how to join in:
- Pen a poem of exactly 44 words, not including the title using the word “flush” in some form. Post it to your blog or website.
- Include a link back to dVerse so others can find us and join in.
- Copy and paste the direct link to your quadrille into Mr. Linky along with your name and check off the privacy policy.
- Drop into the pub to say hello.
- Visit, read and comment on the work of others.
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Welcome everyone. 🙂 A silly word, perhaps but I chose it in one of my lighter moments. Those don’t come as easily these days. Hope you all doing well.
Thanks so much, Mish. Appreciate the inspiration today. Might write a nice silly one later. 😉 I’d love some lemonade, if you’ve got any behind the bar. Perhaps I’ll spike it a little later.
Freshly squeezed just for you, sweet De! Spiking is definitely an option. 😉
Thanks so much! {Quarantine rules, right? It’s Blurrrsday, and 5 o’clock allll day.}
😉
Yes it is…I often have to think twice about what day it is!
We have never really had any shortages of toilet paper… but I will still have som fun with flush
Really, Bjorn? We have a shortage of toilet paper and cleaning supplies here. Very difficult to find hand sanitizer anywhere. Maybe it all got re-routed like our masks almost did. Anyways, glad you don’t share in the same ordeal.
PS: I adore Plath’s line, “I think I may be enormous.”
🙂 I love that one, too.
Hello Mish and All. I love the prompt word. I went to rhymezone and looked for synonyms and found over 900 entries! It’s sunny and not below zero here today which pleases me to no end. The peony grow taller every day. Am sipping hot coffee with milk (no almond milk available.)
Oh I hadn’t even thought about the “rhymability”. Great! 🙂
Sunny here too but still chilly. Sending some virtual almond milk your way…..
Rhymezone has a lot more than rhymes! Thank you so much for the almond milk 🙂
Good evening all, and hello Mish – I love the word choice! – thank you for hosting and for the excellent examples. I had been having problems with my laptop, but it’s working at the moment, as are the drugs the doctor prescribed for my shingles. Today the pain hasn’t been as bad as it was right up until last night. I’m hoping to get out for a short walk for my daily exercise tomorrow. I’ll hang around for a while to read and comment, but it will be early to bed again tonight. I hope everyone is keeping well and safe.
Aww, I’m so sorry to hear this, Kim. I had shingles when I was younger….terrible! Glad your meds are giving you a bit of relief. Take care….you can sip on these quadrilles slowly. 🙂
Thank you, Mish. We have a company over here called Belvoir and they make the most amazing non-alcoholic drinks. My favourite is cucumber and mint, which would make a great mixer for a quadrille too!.
Happy Quadrille Day! Thanks for hosting, Mish.
Hello Frank… it is my pleasure. Happy Quadrille Day! 🙂
Hahaha, this is going to be fun!
Thanks for joining in. Yes, it could take you on a more humorous path….or not. 🙂
Interesting prompt- thanks for hosting Mish. I’ll work on something. I hope everyone is doing well!
Hi Linda, hope all is well with you. 🙂
Yes, hanging in there!
Good to hear. 🙂
Ha Ha! I hope all my ideas did not get flushed down the drain! Good prompt!
Never Dwight! haha
Square of toilet paper! 😂😂😂😂
A much needed giggle! Thank you!
I actually have a love letter written on toilet paper from an old boyfriend who thought it was funny. I’m sure it’s disintegrated by now.
😂😂😂
for those needing a laugh … it is very Australian but absolutely hilarious!
I got a good chuckle out of that one, Kate. Renting out the bidet at twenty bucks a squirt was my favorite part.
lol people are cashing in 🙂
Good evening all. So glad when it’s Quadrille Monday, always gets me writing even if I don’t feel like it. Especially good participating in GloPoWriMo for the first time.
Hi RedCat…Happy poeming! 🙂
Well, I’m flush with ideas, but since I usually come up with some silly humorous rhyme, I’ve decided to wax romantic here. Thanks for the prompt, Mish. The days all seem to go by in a blur. Were it not for dVerse and my pill dispenser I’d never know what day it is!! Everyone stay safe!
So nice to see you, Beverly. Hope you are doing well. 🙂
Oh, that took a little bit, but I got there just as the sun went down. My early ideas were all about faces flushed with anger, as has been in the news, but I don’t want to honor those misguided and dangerous people with a poem. So here’s a bit of springtime, instead.
Ah, we’re flush with ways to use ‘flush’ … 😉
(sorry, had to)
Left my rather non-flashy flush-best with the linky-thingy, and I hope that in these trying times you are all staying flush with health.
Na’ama
Haha…thanks for joining in. I really enjoyed your lovely poem.
Thanks, Mish! I’m glad you liked it! 🙂
Evening, poets! Thanks, Mish! Catch you all on the trail later! 🙂
Ho poets! Felt good to squeeze down into a quadrille tonight! Great prompt
Thank you, erbiage. 🙂
Thanks for a great prompt Mish – quadrille’s always fun way to start the week.
I have never struggled so much with 44 words before though the inspiration was there from the outset with this multi-meaning prompt of yours
Hi Laura…well you certainly rose to the challenge. 🙂
thank you for the encouragement
Thanks Mish.
My pleasure! 🙂
Human behaviour fascinates me, especially panic buying of late, no less the toilet paper, in particular, enjoyed the prompt Mish.
It really is the strangest thing, the way one particular essential takes precedent to the rest. Glad you enjoyed the prompt. 🙂
Hi Mish, thanks for the prompt. Just used it for NaPoWriMo poem 22 🙂
Thanks so much for joining in with us, Melanie. I will be by soon to read. Still catching up! 🙂
I wrote another poem of exactly 44 words, entirely by accident (albeit not about the word prompt) in response to the 4/24 NaPoWriMo prompt. So, anyway, linked it.
I was able to “flush” out a quadrille before it expired! Thank you, Mish, for this prompt. Such a versatile word and so apropos for this moment in time. Have a great weekend!
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