My way is sky, silk blue canvas
to white fluff and dark currents;
sprays of rose herald day, or grey.
My way is earth, organic amalgam,
coming and going, vehicle for growing.
My waymates are this and that,
pungent and sweet; I breathe deep.
image: “Where Earth Meets Sky,” by Gina Grundemann
I am today’s host for dVerse Quadrille. I say:
Today’s challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to write a quadrille poem. If you’re new to dVerse or the quadrille, it’s simply a poem of 44 words (excluding the title.) You MUST use the word “way” in your poem.
Tao Talk 
I feel like I’m on the road with your poem… maybe someday we will be able to travel again.
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Glad it makes you feel that way. Maybe!
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Lovely, you know the way. No confusion here ☺
Happy Monday
Much💖love
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Happy Monday to you also, Gillena. Thank you for your kind words and love ❤
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Lovely use of colour and appeal to the sense of smell in your quadrille, Lisa!
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Thanks, Kim!
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I feel the freedom of spirit in this poem, Lisa. Thank you for introducing me to a new (to me) George Harrison song, which is in tune with the spirit of the poem!
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Ingrid thank you and very happy you enjoyed them 🙂
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Your way is a good one.
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🙂 ❤
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Love the image and they way you’ve approached the prompt. I especially like the final stanza!
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Many thanks, Lillian 🙂
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This is beautiful!
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Thank you, Lucy 🙂
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Love the use of direct metaphors. It feels like a mantra coming alive with imagery.
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Love your comment and view, Mish ❤
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I felt myself breathing easier, as if I were outside, walking with you as I read this one Lisa. And a beautiful image accompaniment. Thanks.
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Glad it gave you easing breath. So looking forward to getting back out there in warm weather again. Thank you for the kind words.
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Tis mantra, and it is overlapping affirmation. For me it has the Walt Whitman feel to it. I really enjoyed it.
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You and Mish have seen it as mantra and that makes me happy, thank you, Glenn ❤
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Lovely piece Lisa – ‘organic amalgam’ has a wonderful hum to it (I might have to steal that line – 🙂) – and the semi-colon in the last line – connected but distinct – feels exactly like inhaling this delicious verse. Thanks also for George Harrison – I’ll now have that ear-worm going round all day.
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Thank you for reading and your comment makes me purr. You are welcome for George’s ear-worm. I’m listening to the Brian Eno you posted with your poem right now. World beats for sure. He’s a talented guy!
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Your words and image took me straight back to the farm, rich soil, sweet and pungent… ah yes!
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You are welcome for the magic time-traveling magic carpet, Beverly ❤
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…. how beautiful every word. Of the Earth, I join you in breathing deeply.
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Why thank you, Helen!
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So beautiful, Lisa.
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Many thanks, Dale.
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Your way of finding peace is enticing.
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One of my old blogmates used to like to quote Madge from the palmolive commercial and say, “You’re soaking in it.” 🙂
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Lovely and lulling in its rhythm. 🙂
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Thank you, my friend.
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Wow, Lisa, I couldn’t write even one intelligent verse. I’m blown away, blown away, blown away! 🙂
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I’m humbled, Christian. Thank you very much.
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I love this poem. Wonderful poetry
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Thank you, Sadje 🙂
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You’re welcome 😉
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Your poem and painting go together so well Lisa. Your ending made me smile~ I did a poem awhile back called Where Earth Meets the Sky also! Love the vanishing point in the painting!
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Very awesome, Dwight. If I didn’t see (aka like) it, will you please send me the link? It really is a beautiful picture, so peaceful!
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I will see if I can find it for you…
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https://wordpress.com/post/rothpoetry.wordpress.com/22392
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Dwight, I cut and pasted that link, made it one line, and plugged it into my browser and it took me to a page that says “Select a site to start writing or visit Randy the Closet Environmentalist”
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If you just click on it in your comments it comes right up!
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maybe for you it does. This is what pops up for me:
Select a site to start writing
or visit Randy the Closet Environmentalist
dVerse
dversepoets.com
Tao Talk
tao-talk.com
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Oh, you are not on Word Press. That might explain it.
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I am, Dwight. Not sure, maybe my settings somewhere? Anyway, thank you for trying 🙂
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I did click on the link on your comments and it came right up.??
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I don’t have the technical savvy to figure out why it’s giving the error message. Thank you for trying, Dwight.
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Sorry…
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Nice poem Lisa…and one of George’s most underrated songs.
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Thank you very much, Max.
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You know I’m not an expert but a thumbs up!
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Who is? The more poetry I read and write, the more I realize it’s about the feelings (while writing or reading) not the words.
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I feel shallow at times but the way I judge it is..if I like some lines…just like songs… and the whole thing comes together.
Yea writing can me just emotional and personal…
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these three fit perfectly, your ‘green’ poem, that lovely art and George to mellow us out … totally appreciated thanks Lisa!
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Very happy you enjoyed them all, thanks!
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👏 👏 👏
Lisa, can I be a waymate too? 🙂
This was a lovely reading experience!
-David
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Yes, you may, and you get to choose whether you want to be a this or a that. Or is it a that or a this? Thank you, David 🙂
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There’s nothing I can say that’s not already said in comments about your poem, so I’ll just say that I LOVED it! George’s song fun too 🙂 ~Jay
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Thank you very much, Jay. Glad you liked George’s song and it looked like he had fun with it 🙂
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That’s a peaceful way. I love the word waymates. (K)
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🙂 Thank you, K.
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Lisa, this is truly lovely. Your words brought such joy.
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You make me smile to know the words brought joy. Thank you, Linda.
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I got a whiff of the great outdoors both pungent and sweet! It’s not just a metaphor, it truly is all of what you write! 😍
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haha! So glad you enjoyed the poem as it was meant to be taken, thank you ❤
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This is wonderfully engrossing Lisa — and I love George! 🙂
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Thanks Rob, and George is one in a million. Being a musician you probably appreciate him even more.
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My waymates are this and that,
pungent and sweet; I breathe deep.
Yes, it does not matter who Lisa, everyone can be considered a friend to filll the void in our life.
Hank
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Indeed!
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Nature’s way is so peaceful displayed on your canvas, Lisa!
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I’m glad you like it, Dora. It’s a happy place to go to in my mind.
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Every creator stays alive for his creation. Best of luck for you.
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A good thought, Stefan, thank you.
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I like your way. Full of blue skies, clouds and wide-open spaces and the long inviting road.
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Yes! Thank you, Louise!
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Road Trip! Oh how this makes me want to just get in my car and drive. One day… The poem was perfectly paired with the artwork. Absolutely beautiful!
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Many thanks and so glad you enjoyed them 🙂
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Lisa, it’s beautiful
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Thank you, Athira.
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How beautiful! And I LOVE the word “waymates.”
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Thanks De!
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