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***ANNOUNCEMENT***
Join dVerse at our LIVE session (video and audio) on Saturday, May 9th 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, May 7th OLN prompt.

Lillian here, delighted to host Quadrille Monday at dVerse, the virtual pub for poets around the globe.

Quick definition of Quadrille for those of you new to the form! It’s a poem of precisely 44 words (not counting the title), using one word we here at dVerse provide. The word, or a form of the word (not a synonym) must be included in the body of the poem. Use any rhythm you choose, rhyme or not; the only rule is the wordcount and that you include the word I’ll provide, and use it within the body of your poem.

So here’s what’s happening in my neck of the woods! Well, Boston isn’t exactly the woods, but you know what I mean. Yesterday I spent the afternoon at Boston’s wonderful Museum of Fine Arts (MFA). It was their annual Art in Bloom weekend. Garden clubs from near and far participate in this fabulous event. Each club is assigned a painting or an artifact in the museum and asked to create a floral arrangement to complement it. The museum concurrently ran a special exhibit entitled Gardens in Bloom. It included a large collection of works that loosely speaking, featured gardens. Everything from huge tapestry wall hangings from the 1700s to Japanese silk hangings from even earlier; to paintings including one of Monet’s at Giverny, to an amazing black and white photograph of a single rose by Ansel Adams. It was a glorious afternoon well spent! So what better word to choose for you to include in the body of your 44 word Quadrille than “bloom”? Here’s just a few photos I took at the MFA to give you a flavor of the event and get your creative juices blooming!

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 “bloom” or a form of the word within the body of the poem. A synonym for bloom does not fulfill the prompt. It must be the word “bloom”, or a form of the word, for example “bloomed, or blooming or bloomin’”.
  • 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!