Ladies and gentlemen, fellow dVersers, I present to you The Quadrille!
Lillian here, coming to you from Boston, checking to be sure all are present and accounted for. Are you ready to imbibe with me today at dVerse, the virtual pub for poets around the globe?
I’m handing out presents, not exactly giftwrapped, but I do promise they are yummy! Step right up to the bar for special “gifts” of the day: a slice of lemon meringue pie or a lemon bar. Specialty drinks of the day are pink lemonade with a sprig of mint and a lemon twist, or a Kentucky lemonade (regular lemonade laced with bourbon).
Your only fee for entrance to the pub today? Leave behind a QUADRILLE (a poem of EXACTLY 44 words, sans title) that includes the word “present” in the body of the poem. You can use it as a verb or noun….you can use a form of the word (presents, presenting, presentation) but you can NOT use a synonmym for the word. Quadrilles are short but often pack a punch….like that Kentucky lemonade!
Looking forward to sipping my lemonade while reading all your quadrilles!
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New to dVerse? Need to be refreshed on the rules?
Here’s what to do:
- Write a quadrille (a poem of EXACTLY 44 words, not including the title) AND include the word “present” or a form of the word within the body of the poem. A synonym for “present” does not fulfill the prompt. It must be the word, or a form of the word.
- Post the poem to your blog AND add the exact URL for your poem to Mr. Linky below.
- REMEMBER to either TAG dVerse in your post, or include a link at the end of your poem that leads readers back to dVerse (https://dversepoets.com).
- If you do not TAG or include a link to dVerse at the end of your post, I will gently remind you to do so. After all, this will increase your readership and comments, and others will find dVerse and hopefully join in the fun. If you do not add the TAG or link after my reminder, I will remove your post from Mr. Linky. I do not want to do that! So please do include the TAG or link!
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Happy Monday, dVersers! Serving some yummy delights today and hoping you present me with a quadrille in return! A bright and sunny day in Boston!
Good evening poets one and all, and thank you, Lill, for hosting. I am pleased to say that we have had two days in a row of brilliant sunshine. Luckily, our old cottage is wonderfully cool. That doesn’t mean I wouldn’t welcome an ice-cold drink in a very tall glass!
An iced drink coming up! Good to see you here, Kim. Summer has also arrived in Boston.
Wonderful, Lill! Just what the doctor ordered.
Hi Lillian. Thanks for hosting. Please bring the bright sunny day to Ontario as we are currently under the hazy sky due to the burning fires in Ottawa. Looking forward to reading!
Ah the fires in Canada. We are due for a “foliage cruise” roundtrip from Boston that will go up to Quebec, Halifax, PEI etc. I’m hoping there’s still some foliage left for us to see! Feel so badly for all the folks displaced by raging fires.
Hello from Iowa, Lillian! Pink lemonade will be perfect for watching the corn grow 🙂
Go Hawks! A pink lemonade coming right up! 🙂
Thank you!
Sounds like a fun prompt. The lemon pie and a lemonade sound delightful! Thanks for hosting, Lillian.
Pie and lemonade, coming right up. Nice to see you here, Dwight!
Loved the prompt, Lillian! 😍 Orange juice for me please.. will be reading and commenting today and tomorrow.
Happy Monday! ❤️❤️❤️
Good to see you here, Sanaa. OJ coming right up….with a little umbrella on a toothpick sticking out of the glass 🙂
Thank you! ❤️❤️❤️
Hi Lillian, thanks for hosting. Hi all.
It has been unbearably hot these past few days. Something tall and cool for me, please.
A cool lemonade coming right up! Glad to see you here today. 🙂 I’m facetiming with Sanaa right now so will be back to reading in a few moments.
hi Lillian
hi all
something long and cold to drink please,
need a cool shower after a hot and sticky work day
so back in a bit for read.
rog
Good to see you here, Rog. Cold drinks (alcoholic or non) lined up on the bar. Take your pick! 🙂
no alcoholic please early start tomorrow.
Got it!
Hi Lillian. Thank you for hosting. It got hot and humid here. I’ll have a lemonade without the mint and a lemon bar, please.
Lemonade and lemon bar coming right up! Good to see you at the pub today, Merril!
Thank you, Lillian. Sorry, I’ve missed so many. It’s hard to keep up some times.
OMG the Kentucky Lemonade please😊
Happy Monday to all
Much💚love
Well if I’d known a Kentucky Lemonade would make you so happy, I would have been offering at all the other pubs I’ve hosted!!! 🙂 Good to see you here, Gillena.
Hello Lillian and All. Late to the party but had a dental appointment and then had a few errands to run. I had a lot of fun with your prompt and looking forward to reading along the poetry trail to see what it inspired.
Glad you enjoyed the prompt! After being at the dentist, my guess is you have a bright smile to show off now 🙂 Happy Monday!
My hygienist is a gem but she’s no miracle worker. They are clean and I am happy. Thanks, Lillian and Happy Monday to you 🙂
Kentucky Lemonade and a Lemon Bar please … love the challenge Lillian, for some reason earlier today I had been thinking about a decades-ago trip to Jamaica. The inspiration for my quadrille.
Kentucky Lemonade and a Lemon Bar coming right up! Glad you like the prompt and so good to see you here at the pub, Helen!
Am leaving the pub for the evening….will return in the morning and brew up some hot aromatic coffee for all. But not to worry….the key, as always when I mind the pub….is under the flowerpot to the right of the pub door. Let yourself in….lemon bars and slices of delicious pie are in the pub’s fridge as are the two lemonades. Again, all I ask….well two things really….are to leave behind a quadrille and to replace the key on your way out so others can drop in as well! 🙂
See you tomorrow morning all!
Lillian
Now that’s a drink I could get used to!
Happy to serve you! 🙂
Thank you for hosting Lil. I reflected on what writing poetry in the post midnight darkness — so I my feeling in words. ✌🏼🫶🏼
Good to see you here, Rob. Hope all is going smoothly for you and Kathy.
Hello! I am new here and really appreciate all the lovely weekly prompts. Perhaps I can become a regular at the bar. I’ll take one of those Kentucky lemonades, please! 🙂
Hi Lillian, thanks for hosting. Awesome prompt!
Glad you like the prompt!
Hi Lillian, I’m always for the imbibe tribe, I’d prefer a whiskey, but I’ll sneak a Kentucky lemonade and some meringue pie, and thank you for the prompt too.
Glad you like the prompt…..hope you liked the pie! I’ll delete your errant post on Mr. Linky – not to worry.
Many thanks Lillian 🙂
O and a dud link as well, darn.
Hi Lillian et all the d’Verse crew. Just posted the link to my contribution over at Mr. Linky there. Hope ye all enjoy the read! I’ll have a plain ol’ cuppa coffee with 2 sugars and a bit of milk please. ☕🙏😁🤗
Coffee as you like it coming right up! Good to see you at the pub, Ken.
Much obliged Lillian! My pleasure! 🙏😁😊☕