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Greetings, intrepid poets! De Jackson here, aka WhimsyGizmo. 

First off, an important dVerse announcement: 

TWO chances to join Open Link Live (OLN LIVE) this month:
* Thursday, August 24th from 3 to 4 PM EST and 
* Saturday, August 26th, from 10 to 11 AM EST
Simply click on the link that will be provided and join us with video and audio. Read a poem of your choice or just come to listen. The more the merrier!
NOTE:  You may still post ONE poem as usual to OLN, even if you do not join us live.

And now back to our regularly scheduled programming…

It’s Quadrille Monday here at dVerse (my favorite!), when we pen poems of exactly 44 words, including one word we here at dVerse provide. 


Today, I want you to pine away. 

Pine forest in Ecola State Park near Cannon Beach, Oregon. 

I am still dreaming of the pine forests of Oregon, after being home again for a month. Won’t you join me in…

Getting lost among the pine trees. Pondering the scalloped intricacies of a pinecone. Biting into the sacred sweetness of a pineapple. Pining away over a lost love. Use pine as a noun, verb, or adjective. Or play around with it and invent your own word. 

I also love these pine poems: 

https://poets.org/poem/pine

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/51099/pine

And more here: 

https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/pine-tree-poems

I found this strangely mesmerizing: 


New to the Q? Here’s what to do: 
Start pining those poems of precisely 44 words (not counting the title), including some form of the word pine. Link it up by clicking Mr. Linky below. The prompt is open for the whole week, so remember to come back and read (and write!) some more! 

Some musical inspiration: 

Joan Baez, The River in the Pines 

Doug Stone, I’d Be Better Off (In a Pine Box)