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First, an announcement…
***ANNOUNCEMENT***

 Join dVerse at our first LIVE session of 2026 (video and audio) on Saturday, January 17th from 10 to 11 AM New York City time (EST). We always have attendees from around the globe! Read a poem of your own aloud OR come sit in to watch and listen. The more the merrier! A Google Meet link will be provided on the Thursday, January 15th OLN prompt.

Now…

Smile, Wordsmiths! De Jackson (aka WhimsyGizmo) here, and it’s the first Quadrille Monday of the year here at dVerse! The Q is my fave, and today I thought we’d just try starting the year off with a SMILE. 

If you’re new to the Q, the rules are simple: just write a poem of exactly 44 words (not counting the title), including one word we provide. And today, I’m providin’ a smile. 

Smiley face. Smiled. Smiling. Go the extra (s)mile. Smile, you’re on Candid Camera! Have a Coke and a smile. Smile and the world smiles with you. Crack a smile. Hack a smile. Clack a smile. 

You could even sneak a simile in there (shhh, I won’t tell). 

Is your smiler sore (or bored) yet? Don’t fret. Ponder these, then write: 
– What might “smile” be a collective noun for? If a group of starlings is a murmuration and a group of otters is a romp, what makes up a smile?  
– What if a smile was a form of measurement, like a foot? How many (s)miles between where you live, and the North Pole? 
– Use one of the smile quotes or smile poem snippets I’ve provided, verbatim, as an epigraph within your poem (just be sure to give ’em credit). 

New to the Q? Smile! It’s simple!  
Just sling us a poem of precisely 44 words (not counting the title), including some form of the word smile. Post your poem on your own blog, and link up with us using the Mr. Linky below. Then spend awhile grinning your way through the interwebs, as you read and comment on the awesome work of your fellow poets. The Quadrille is here all week to make you smile, so be sure to come back and read (and write) some more! 

😊Music, Maestro😊:  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMPy8uKbZ5k&list=RDsMPy8uKbZ5k&start_radio=1

Louis Armstrong 

Nat King Cole 

The Killers 

Tim McGraw 

In fact, here’s a whole post about songs about smilin’: 
https://discover.hubpages.com/entertainment/Songs-About-Smiling-and-Smiles

Charles Bukowski 

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