Greetings, my passionate poetical peoples! De Jackson, aka WhimsyGizmo here, and if you’re in the mood to write a poem of exactly 44 words today, this must be the place. It’s Quadrille Monday here at the pub, that magical twice-monthly time when we pen pieces of precisely 44 words, using one word we here at dVerse provide to you. 

Today, I’d like you to play with the word place. 

Write about your birthplace, your workplace, a fireplace, or something even more commonplace. Get mathematical on us and write about place value. Get scientific and write about displacement. Your place or mine? Write about being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Take us someplace new, or no place at all. Hey, you could even write about the place-ebo effect. Just don’t get complacent and misplace your muse. 

My muse loves the incomparable Mr. Silverstein, so here you go: 

New to the Q? Here’s what to do: 
Head over to your own blog and pen us a poem of exactly 44 words (not counting the title), including some literal form of the word place. Link up below at Mr. Linky so we can come on over to your place and read…and then visit some of the finest poets in outer poetry space. The Q is open all week, so be sure to come back and read and write some more! 

Now get out there and…

And here’s a little musical inspiration to get your pen dancing: 

Linkin Park: “A Place for My Head” 

Lorde: “Perfect Places” 

Keith Urban: “No Place Like Hometown”