The inviting call of love Spoken in white breath of wintery dreams Arms outstretched in warm embrace to those who respond with blind faith Promising happiness to weather any storm Sunshine through rainfall Bringing rainbows to paint away the clouds Do you dare answer? Copyright © 2022 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved Lisa from Tao Talk is hosting Monday Quadrille at D'Verse Poets. Her prompt word for our 44 word poem is "Warm"
As hard as you might try
I will never be controlled
Thinking my spirit can be grounded
By clipping my wings
Will only make me run faster
Like the wind I can never be caught
I am free to blow whichever way I choose
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De Jackson is hosting Monday Quadrille at D’Verse giving us the prompt “Wings”
A Quadrille is a poem of 44 words excluding the title.
What is this strange dance that we always do Where we circle each other like prey Staring in silence Strategizing and preparing for the inevitable outcome Throwing verbal darts while we sidestep and taunt until one eventually falls unceremoniously from the tracks of life Copyright © 2022 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved Merril is hosting Monday Quadrille at D'Verse tonight. The prompt word is "Track" A quadrille is a poem of 44 words excluding the title Image by Thomas Schroeder from Pixabay
It stings, cuts, snipes and slashes
Pounds the brain
Twisting stomachs
In an intricate macramé of knotted concern
Takes breath from bodies
Blinds eyes
Bruises souls
It expands the heart
And it also breaks it
Love
The most arduous, gut-wrenching
Piece of work
Ever!
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Lisa from Tao Talk is hosting Monday Quadrille at D’Verse tonight. Today is
Labor Day in the US and she has promoted us with the word ‘Work’
Sleep slinked away like a thief in the night In the wee hours of the morning countless sheep filled a head waiting for dawn to break With it came brightness and clarity A palette of blazing orange with whisps of grey brushing the sky Copyright © 2022 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved Linda Lee Lyberg is hosting Monday Quadrille at D'Verse. She has promoted us with "Morning" A Quadrille is a poem of exactly 44 words, excluding the title Image by marion beraudias from Pixabay
I stare at the paper
The type as black
as my heart
Bold as my actions
I see my name and your name
but my eyes refuse to go further
The rest is a blurred mangle
of words and emotions
that delivered this decree
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De Jackson is hosting Monday Quadrille at D’Verse Poets
and she has prompted us with the word ‘Type’
A Quadrille is a poem of exactly 44 words excluding the title
Wrap me gently in your arms Care that my sadness brings tears Softly murmur words of comfort To soothe my heart’s greatest fears Play soft music to still my mind Calming body and soul Bring me tea of peppermint This day’s taken its toll Copyright © 2022 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved Mish is hosting Monday Quadrille at D’Verse Poets tonight. She has prompted us with the word ”Wrap” A Quadrille is a poem of exactly 44 words excluding the title. Image Gordon Johnson from Pixabay
Today I stole precious moments Sitting for half hour Choosing to defy summer heat Longing for sun’s warmth And the scent of summer flowers I browse the book on my lap that tells me to take time and smell the roses … so I did Copyright © 2022 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved Linda Lee Lyberg is hosting Monday Quadrille at D’Verse Poets and has prompted us to use the word ’Browse’ A Quadrille is a poem of exactly 44 words excluding the title Image Pixabay
That longed for moment when sleep comes Taking you from that state of limbo where emotions are tethered and toy with your mind You submissively slip into slumber allowing the heart to finally rest Until dreams come and you wake in a different realm Copyright © 2022 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved Sarah from SarahSouthwest is hosting Monday Quadrille at D'Verse She has prompted us with the word 'Sleep' A Quadrille is a poem of exactly 44 words excluding the title Photo by Velizar Ivanov on Unsplash
Eyes closed, my mind wanders
I summon my muse
who takes me through fields
of gold in late summer
Thoughts come quickly,
conjuring the words I need
they spill easily from my mind
My pen pirouettes
across the paper
and my poem is born
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All Rights Reserved
De Jackson is hosting Monday Quadrille at D’Verse and
has prompted us with the word “Paper”
A Quadrille is a poem of exactly 44 words, excluding the title.