image link Moe, street corner barber, cuts hair for free on Tuesdays. Jonah, who lives in a nearby alley, sits. Fabio hair, dumptruck face cut locks glimmer like falling spun gold in sun. Piles of straw land. Spell now broken, the frog hops away. Grace is the host of dVerse today. Grace says: For…
Category: quadrille
dVerse — quadrille — dragon — rising
image link De Jackson is the host of dVerse today for Quadrille Monday. De says: Just pen us a poem of precisely 44 words, not counting the title, and using some form of the word dragon. “Ancient Japanese lore describes Koi fish swimming up a massive waterfall called ‘The Dragon Gate.’ If they reach the…
dVerse — Quadrille — Aced it
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 — quadrille — Hunger
image link Frank is the host of dVerse today. Frank says: The word for the quadrille today is “troll” or any variation or arrangement of it somehow in your poem. So. To get to the point, to participate write a 44-word quadrille using some variation of the word “troll” in the poem. Frank, I took…
dVerse — quadrille — M’Lady
De is the host of dVerse today. De says: Whether you use it as a noun, verb, adjective or adverb (she said, spikily), just be sure your poem of 44 words includes some form of the word spike. Hopefully I’m not being too mysterious, but I hope the picture tells the tale. I have a new…
dVerse — Quadrille — Two Sips
“Soul Infusion” lithograph by Benjamin Creme Mish is the host of dVerse tonight. Mish says: It’s that time again to indulge in our very own dVerse creation, the “Quadrille”. For those of you who have not yet indulged, this is a poem of 44 words, not including the title. It must contain one given word….
dVerse — Quadrille — Goodbye Hello
image link De Jackson, aka Whimsygizmo, is our host of dVerse this day. De says: I want you to blow some kisses into your poems today… Whatever mood or form you choose, just be sure your poem gives that Q smackeroo: precisely 44 words, not including the title, and literally containing some form of the…
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