Broken Dream – A Quadrille

Silence welcomed
as chatter finally ceased
The mind calmed
Agitation subsided
and a feeling of serenity prevailed

Nature the only sound
Birdsong soothed
while a soft breeze
gently fanned the soul
All was well 
until the jabbering
of noisy passers by
broke the dream


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De from WhimsyGizmo is hosting Monday Quadrille at D'Verse.  Her prompt word is Jabber in any form.

A quadrille is a poem of exactly 44 words excluding the title

21 thoughts on “Broken Dream – A Quadrille”

1. Feelings of serenity, they can be transient, can’t they. I love listening to birds.

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   1. Me too Melissa. I love everything about birds. How they look, how they sound, how they act, etc. etc. They are fascinating little creatures with such great strength. 💗

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2. One advantage of living in a country whose language I don’t fully understand is that it is easy to tune out the jabber.

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   1. That’s hilarious! 🤣

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3. I can take jabber in small doses but more than that it intrudes into my peace. You articulated that well, Christine. Knowing where you live, I think tourists.

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   1. Yep! That’s right Li. Except this time of year they have flown north 🤣

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      1. Oh right! so they are local jabberers.

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      2. Yes!!! Really ! 🤣 Just kidding.

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4. Even that sounds peaceful in a way. Things happening as they should.

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   1. That’s a lovely way to put it Rosemary. Nothing is perfect. We need it all, don’t we? ☺️💗

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5. Give me birdsong every day, Christine, and I can do without the noisy passers-by. Thankfully, our village will be back to normal at the end of August, when the holiday makers have gone home. Silence welcomed indeed.

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   1. Yes, Kim. We have the same problem! 🫤 thank goodness, we can lose ourselves in nature.

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6. Beautiful 😍

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   1. Thanks Sadje 🥰

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      1. You’re welcome

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7. I adore the word “birdsong,” and the sound it brings. And I, too, hate it when it’s broken by all that jibber-jabber (sometimes inside my own head).

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   1. Thanks De. Me too! Also Lovesong. I love that word too.adding song makes them more romantic 🥰

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8. This summer we walked to places were we didn’t meet anyone …. to the point we welcomed some jabbering

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9. Well, you can only take so much serenity. If it’s broken by birds, you are lucky!

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   1. Oh no it wasn’t broken by birds, it was jabbering people 🙁

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      1. Aha!

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