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Hello all, Björn here, hosting the Quadrille the first time in a very long time. It is our most popular prompt and as usual it is all about writing a poem including the given word in a poem of exactly 44 words.
Today the word is … drumroll
snow
and any derivatives you might want to use
Like snowman… from Calvin and Hobbes,
For you, snow might be the day when everything ceases to work like in Billy Collins poem Snow Day and how you might even enjoy being imprisoned.
One thing that we all know is how much snow can cover, how it beautifies the landscape, hiding what is ugly. As in Emily Dickinson’s poem “The Snow”
The Snow
It sifts from leaden sieves,
It powders all the wood,
It fills with alabaster wool
The wrinkles of the road.
It makes an even face
Of mountain and of plain, —
Unbroken forehead from the east
Unto the east again.
It reaches to the fence,
It wraps it, rail by rail,
Till it is lost in fleeces;
It flings a crystal veil
On stump and stack and stem, —
The summer’s empty room,
Acres of seams where harvests were,
Recordless, but for them.
It ruffles wrists of posts,
As ankles of a queen, —
Then stills its artisans like ghosts,
Denying they have been.
No matter how you see snow, snowing or a snowmobile. Write a quadrille on your blog, link it up using mr Linky below, leave a comment here and then visit other poets to comment, maybe it give you inspiration to do a second snow poem.
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Thanks Bjorn for hosting. Love the snow but dislike the long winter season, smiles. The little snow that fell last week are all melted now. But I agree that the snow landscape changes everything.
We have had snow for the last few weeks, but they say it will melt by this weekend… it has been beautiful but a bit harder to walk around.
Good evening poets and thank you for hosting, Björn! No snow here at the moment, but after days of rain we had a fair day today. I’m interested to see what poets around the world make of snow.
I look forward to it as well… I was surprised it was a word we have not used yet.
Hello all, today we have thaw, and more snow/sleet. I have hot chocolate with cinnamon and cloves served with rum… I hope you like it on a snowy evening.
mmmm hot chocolate sounds delicious on this grey and rainy rainy day in Boston! I much prefer snow to rain this time of year – at least it’s bright! 🙂
A good word to choose, Bjorn, with the winter season upon us and while I’m dreaming of a white Christmas. Although here in Boston, a white Christmas has been elusive for many many years!
It’s been years since we had one here in Stockholm also… warm chocolate coming up.
Oooh… festive for this time of year. Time to put my thinking cap on… thank you Björn.
I think snow fits the season… if nothing else we are always dreaming of a white Christmas…
Hello Bjorn and All. Even our snow bones have melted now. Definitely cold enough out there to snow so maybe we’ll get lucky. I tried to find a program that could put my poem in the shape of a snowflake but settled on what was found.
That would be real challenge…
p.s. One hot chocolate with cinnamon and cloves with rum please. Sounds warm and tasty 🙂
We had it a Peruvean restaurant and it is really delicios (when using the real cocoa powder)
Thank You and Cheers!
Good to be in the dVerse poet’s commune today where it’s nice and warm! Your prompt word was very timely, Björn We had quite a snowfall during the night here in Maryland and woke up to a world of white, our first real snow of the season. It’s melting swiftly though. I would love the hot chocolate just as you describe 🙂
The hot chocolate is coming up… spicy and piping hot. Glad the prompt was timely.
Thank you!
No snow over the weekend in my part of Pennsylvania, but lots of rain. I am inside most of the day today. I’ll have a hot chocolate, but you can have the rum.😜
Chocolate is here, rum is optional
hi Bjorn
hi poets
not had snow yet here in the south east corner of England.
a hot chocolate with cinnamon would hit the spot
will be back soon to read
Chocolate is coming up….
cheers bottoms up
We have frost in the mornings but no snow right now, which is fine 🙂 Pass me a hot chocolate please and I’ll feel like I’m snowed in with poetry. THANKS for a cozy prompt, Bjorn!
Chocolate is ready and steaming…
Now I’m going to bed… there is chocolate for everyone, and rum on the house for those who dare.
Great prompt Björn 😊
🙂
Bjorn, you inspired me! I wrote 4 quadrilles and could probably do more, but alas, it’s time to sleep (I’m in Scotland for now). I was in Kongsberg, Norway last week and suffered an embarrassing pratfall in the snow, which is the subject of one of the 4 poems. But there are others, including a story of snow angels in business suits. Anyway, since I wrote four poems, can I have four drinks, perhaps Baileys and Coffee? I will share with my snow angel friends. : )
4 drinks coming up, and I can just imagine all the snow you experienced in Kongsberg. I have only driven through a few times and I know it from the defense industry.
I usually only write about snow on days when it snows for my Every Snowfall series (going on 6 years now). But I’ll make an exception!
We can always make exeptions.
I’ve burst into rhyme! And( like Santa) I counted twice.
Rhyme and 44 words is a challenging combination.
🤣🤣
Hope it was ok for me to republish a poem I posted in 2014. I spent hours over the weekend going thru my blog editing poems that sorely needed it. The poem I posted needed no editing and I remembered writing it, which is always a good sign at my age! A brandy warmed up please?
Warm brandy is always in the bar, and republishing is fine if it fits the prompt.
Ah, that snow, thank you for hosting Bjorn.
I hope you can make it fit… I assume you will write about the absence of snow.
🙂
Ah, finally I manged to participate again. Too much work in the last days of the year and some balance and relaxation desperately needed. And I’d also be in for some more snow.
That is great … we will all go on a bit of vacation…
Hi Bjorn 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 will go over and ready… happy end of this year, we will be back in 2024
Thanks very much Bjorn! 🙏😁