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dVerse Q244 Silence

Posted by Lisa or Li on

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Silence


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.. .. .. .. is death.

Lillian is today’s host for dVerse’ Quadrille Monday. Lillian would like us to write a 44-word poem using the word silence. The ellipses count as words in my word processing program.

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  1. kim881's avatar kim881 says:
    March 23, 2026 at 3:31 pm

    Your silent quadrille is unique, Lisa, and audacious. The image you chose to illustrate it is haunting – like the silence.

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  2. Cindy Georgakas's avatar Cindy Georgakas says:
    March 23, 2026 at 3:32 pm

    dead silence alright. lol

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  3. subversopus's avatar subversopus says:
    March 23, 2026 at 3:39 pm

    Love it!!!! Stark and unassuming, perfectly done for this prompt!!

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  4. Gillena Cox's avatar Gillena Cox says:
    March 23, 2026 at 3:46 pm

    very interesting, bravo

    much love

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  5. lillian's avatar lillian says:
    March 23, 2026 at 3:50 pm

    What a unique and effective approach to the prompt!!!! Yes, when I insert an ellipsis in my poem, and then do a word count review, it counts the ellipsis as a word! Powerful statement as well!

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  6. Laura Bloomsbury's avatar Laura Bloomsbury says:
    March 23, 2026 at 4:09 pm

    Stone deaf, stone dead – never thought to count ellipses Li!

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  7. Ron.'s avatar Ron. says:
    March 23, 2026 at 4:55 pm

    … ………… …… …….!!!!!!

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  8. rothpoetry's avatar rothpoetry says:
    March 23, 2026 at 5:22 pm

    Ha ha… you are right about that! Love it, Lisa!

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  9. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr's avatar Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr says:
    March 23, 2026 at 6:18 pm

    Brilliant.

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