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Hello dVersers! Lillian here, delighted to host today’s Quadrille prompt: that magical poem of exactly 44 words, sans title.

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910) is best known as that great American writer and humorist, Mark Twain. His novels include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. He also wrote A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court. His first success as a writer was with the story The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County. So great was his influence, there is an award named after him: the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. It has been presented annually since 1998. Honorees have included Richard Pryor, Jonathan Winters, Carl Reiner, Whoopi Goldberg, Bob Newhart, Lily Tomlin, Steve Martin, Billy Crystal, Tina Fey, Carol Burnett, and Eddie Murphy. All that background, to provide you with a quotation of Mark Twain’s, and lead you into today’s Quadrille word.

“Man- a figment of God’s imagination.“
Mark Twain

So yes, the word you’re required to use in your poem of exactly 44 words today, is “figment” – or you may use a form of the word: “figmentary” or “figmental”.

To give you a definition: A “figment” is something made up or contrived. It is a mental product of invention. It can be a fantastic notion, a feigned story, a delusion, hallucination, pipe dream, or fantasy. It is something that doesn’t really exist. AND to explain the title of this prompt, it is also the name of a famous and loveable dragon created by Walt Disney!

Since we here at the dVerse pub are a group of creative people, imaginers if you will, how perfect is it to use the word “figment” in our Quadrille today?! So let the creative juices flow.

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 “figment” or a form of the word within the body of the poem. A synonym for figment 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!