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Enter if you dare…
It’s monstrous Quadrille Monday here at your favorite poetry haunt, and that means it’s time to scare up a precariously pithy poem. Devious De Jackson here, aka WhimsyGizmo, devilishly delighted to be hosting my favorite prompt. With the Quadrille, we pen poems of precisely 44 words – including one word we here at dVerse provide.
In the interest of today’s Halloween scene in some areas of the world, I want you to try your haunted hands at writing a poem that includes some form of the word scare: Scarecrow. Scary. Scared. Scaring. Scarier. Scaremonger. Scare tactics. Scare quotes. Scared stiff. Scared silly. Scare the living daylights out…
Use it as a noun, adjective, or verb. Get spooky with your poem or give us your sweetest poetic tricks and treats. Go with a hair-raising rhyme scheme, or some frightening free verse. Short form can feel like a curse, but it makes you take some risks, and make some word choices you might normally miss.
New to the Q? Don’t be a scaredy cat! Here’s what to do:
Scare up a poem of exactly 44 words, including some form of the word scare. Post your poem on your own blog and link up with us using the Mr. Linky below. Then ghost-and-coast your way around the web, visiting the posts of some of the most frighteningly talented poets around. The Quadrille is open through Friday, so be sure to come back to haunt us again later in the week!
**maniacal laugh, maniacal laugh**
Here, I’ve scared up some musical inspiration for you…
Kenny Chesney:
Björk:
John Cougar Mellencamp:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBJjUMsWfog
dVerse 
A haunted HELLO! Glad you’re here, boos and ghouls. Happy poeming!
Hello De and everyone! Thanks for hosting. I am back from my travels and have posted a scary experience from it. Happy Trick & Treat to those who celebrate it.
Hi, Grace! So happy you’re home safe! 🙂
Thank you De.
A dark ‘n stormy and some Halloween candy please!
You got it! Pour spooky libations for all, and breaking out the full-size chocolate!
**pouring
Hi De and others! Happy Halloween to all those who celebrate!
A witch’s brew for me, please!
You got it! Cheers!
Cheers!
Hello De and All. I loved writing to this word, thank you for choosing it. A pint of Magners if you please 🙂
You’ve got it, Lisa! Cheers!
Thank you. Cheers!
Loved it! Not sure my comment is going through. I especially love those “wordless candycorns heralding day.” 🙂
Thank you 🙂
Hello dVersers! It’s Halloween in the US – BOO!!!
I’m down to 5 eyedrops a day after my first cataract surgery….have the left lens popped out of my glasses…as that’s the eye corrected so far. BUT, the worse cataract is in the right eye….so I’m all discombobled now. I put on “readers” and I can see out of the left eye to read but the right eye is still screwed up with the cataract. I put on my old glasses, and everything is out of balance because the left lens is popped out. So I shall read here for a while….but then I get a headache. I did post and am back to writing….I just can’t read for a long time. Second surgery is Nov 16 and then I’ll be off for a couple weeks till eyes stabilize. I will be SOOOO glad to have it all done! I HATE not being able to read!
That’s my spookytacular halloween story for you!
Oh, man. So sorry, Lillian. That sounds like a nightmare, indeed. Praying for you!
In the scheme of things….I should not complain. Many many folks face much more hardships. But….all will be well in another month or so! 🙂
Take care, Lill. Don’t strain your eyes. All the best for 16th.
Well, it’s a little scary how much is on my plate today. Gotta step away from the bar for a little bit. But I’ll leave some spooky snacks, and the keys. Happy poeming to all. I’ll dip in and out throughout the day as I can, and get caught up with reading all your scary poems.
sorry i am late to the scare party.
will have a bit more of a read in the morning.
rog
Hi, Rog! Happy you’re here!
back in the morning for a read
Hello, I came home a bit late but had to join in with my scary poem… soon bedtime so I will have to read more tomorrow.
Hi, Bjorn. Happy to see you! Heading over to read now!
Thank you for hosting De! Very appropriate, but for me, an most unsettling prompt. Dread, fear, ‘scaredness’, terror is someting I experience most every night. Since I was a child I have suffered from something clinically referred to as “night terrors”. These are *not* nightmares — they are deep fear, terror, trauma that emerges from… nothing. Most who experience these young, grow out of them. The result of my early childhood traumas, I never have. I share my poem and art piece to express what I experience nearly every night — being scared. ✌🏼❤️
Yikes, Rob! I’m so sorry you have to endure that. Sending you peaceful thoughts.
Hi De, thanks for hosting, fun for me and an opportunity to play. I need a whiskey though.
You got it! Cheers!
🙂
Just added my contribution over at Mr. Linky there guys. Any witches brew left over? 😛
Yep, sending some your way! **cackle cackle**
Cheers dude! 👍👍🍻🍻
Thank you for the scary prompt 😊🙏
I’ve added my quadrille SCAREDY CAT to Mr. Linky in response.
Many thanks,
🧙♀️ 🐈⬛ Lesley
Hi, Lesley! So happy you’re here! Heading over now. Meow.
😁🐈⬛🙏💗