Greetings, poet-friends! De Jackson here, aka WhimsyGizmo. It’s time again for a prompt I adore muchly, the Quadrille. This is a poetic invention of our own design here at dVerse. It’s this simple: we assign you one word, and you use it to build a poem of precisely 44 words. Today, I want you to make MUCH of your poem.

Channel your inner Alice (or Mad Hatter!) and talk of your muchness. Take to the page to love someone muchly. Make much of any matter you choose. Tell us how much wood a woodchuck might chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood. 

But wait, there’s more! Now how much would you pay? 

And then there’s this classic: 

Are the limitations of the word much…too much? Add the letter “n” and make munch of lunch. Blend in an “l” and mulch it up. It’s the Quadrille, so the rules aren’t much to worry ’bout. Just work it out, and make sure your poem is exactly 44 words, not including the title, and make use of some form of the word much. 

…or too many poems. 
But you can have too many words. Keep it to 44, please. 😉

New to the Q? Here’s what to do: 
Pen us a smallish poem of just 44 words, including some semblance of the word MUCH. Post your poem on your own blog, and link up using the Mr. Linky below. Then, make your way over to other poets’ blogs to check out their work (comments are much appreciated). And don’t forget: the Quadrille is open all week, so you can’t visit too much! Read and write all you like! 

As usual, I will leave you with some musical inspiration: 

The Beatles, It’s All Too Much

Elvis, Too Much Monkey Business 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uv7y6PKEYms&list=RDuv7y6PKEYms&start_radio=1

Luther Vandross, Never Too Much