De is the host of dVerse today. De says:
Greetings, my poetical friends. How’s your crazy April going? Are you writing a poem a day? Are you acing it? Well, for today’s Quadrille, I want to give you the chance to do just that – ace your poem. Unless it’s your first time here at the dVerse rodeo, you know a Quadrille is a poem of exactly 44 words, not counting the title, and including one word we provide. Today, I’d like you to ponder the word ace.
I took another walk out back today and this is what I saw.
Birdsongs surf yellow beams
Six-leggeds skate over brown tadpoles
Blackredorange wings ride swaying branches
Grey bumps itch to burst
White pussy willows preen
Deer trails green
Tanning infant pine cones drink sun
Gods, angels, and mortals agree –
Today’s living rainbow aces beauty’s test.
Tao Talk 
As a kid growing up in Ohio, I LOVED pussy willows.
I adore this:
“Grey bumps itch to burst”
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Thank you, De. Things are moving along in nature with the sun’s help :)
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Your words paint a portrait that would make Bob Ross blush. Lovely photos too… the perfect accompaniment.
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Thank you, Barry, for the kind words. I like that visual.
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Great images and excellent word smithing; you had me at /six-leggeds skate over brown tadpoles/. Your walk gave you lively Spring fodder for photos and poetics.
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Thank you, Glenn. I was surprised the skaters were already out there doing their thing. The bullfrog tadpoles are camouflaged so well that there is swirling movement but they aren’t distinguished from the other brownery in the water.
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Wonderful images of Spring…and we all remember why winter’s drear prepares us for it!
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Thank you, Beverly :)
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ahhh! the poem complemented the photos so well!! amazing!
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Thank you!
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you’re welcome!
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What lovely imagery! 🙂💕
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Thank you, Christine :)
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cool scenery…getting warmer?
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Yes, warm enough to go outside without a coat. Glory be :)
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Here also…it’s great. It’s been storming a little but that is alright. Spring has sprung.
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Do you have spring peepers there?
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You mean the frogs?
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Yes. Once they start peeping, it is day and night until their spring business is done.
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I had to look them up but yes…we do…never knew what they were called
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:) I love the sound of the spring peepers. The night isn’t so empty with them around.
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I like all of the night time sounds except screech Owls
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Not sure if I ever heard one of those…
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They will scare you to death…sounds like a lady screaming.
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I may have heard one a long time ago, when I was walking home from some event downtown with my friends. It was right by a place that is reported to be haunted and heard what sounded like a woman screaming. We thought it came from the house but it was probably a screech owl!
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Yes that is what they sound like…I’ve had one to fly right over and do that.
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I think you did ace it and you also inspired me to write a poem.
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Why thanks, and can’t wait to see your poem.
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Simply beautiful and the photos are fantastic!
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Thanks Linda!
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I love this poem so much! It echoes what I saw in my walk yesterday — except the frogs, did I miss the frogs?? Your word choices are dynamic and original. My favorite is “Blackredorange wings”. Your photos are priceless. Beautiful submission!
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Thank you very much, Victoria, glad you enjoyed it. I combined the colors for word count purposes but I think it works. If Eddie Vedder can do it in his lyrics, so can I ;)
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I like those little “infant pine cones”, Jade :)
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Thanks Lynn, they are so adorable, the first pine cones the tree has ever produced <3
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<3
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The world awakening in spring! Nothing better. (K)
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Nice, and such great photos!
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Thank you, it was nice on Monday. Today it is dreary and freezing cold :(
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😮
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