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Master of Deception – A Quadrille

Master of Deception

The tongue smooth
and the voice syrupy
Luring those with a sweet tooth
Like bees to a honey pot
Once captured the tone would change
Becoming peppered
with stinging hot jabs
meant to harm
like salt in a wound
Beware the master of deception


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Punam is hosting Monday Quadrille at D’Verse.  The prompt tonight is “Pepper” in any form.
A quadrille is a poem of exactly 44 words, excluding the title. 

The Mirror Has Two Sides – Poem of the Month – May 2023

The Mirror Has Two Sides

There are two sides to a mirror
The side you choose
holds magic confirming your
narcissistic nature
Which loves what it sees 

My side is blank
It’s only purpose
to reflect your image
out to the world
I am unseen, living in your shadow


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Merril is hosting Monday Quadrille at D’Verse and the prompt is ‘Mirror’

Idioms for Idiots – A Quadrille

Idioms for Idiots

We play the game
Idioms for idiots
Turning the proverbial page
Let’s start again fresh
and put problems in the rear-view mirror
Tomorrow is a new day
The revolving door of denial spins
As we squander scraps of our sanity
Here we go again


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Kim from Writing in North Norfolk is hosting Monday Quadrille at D’Verse.  Her prompt tonight is and form of the word Revolution.

Shift in the Status Quo – A Quadrille

Shift in the Status Quo

Sensing a shift in the status quo
Ever so slight but I read you well
Having been here before 
At first it was devastating
The beginning of the end
Now after weathering the storms
that are named for you
I go with the flow


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Mish is hosting Monday Quadrille at D’Verse.  Her prompt word is ‘Shift’ to be used how you wish.

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

The Earth Stood Still – Poem of the Month – March 2023

The Earth Stood Still

When you left me
the earth stood still

The wind held its breath
and trees stood silent
A melon ball sun refused to smile
and the sky cried no tears

Feeling my pain it held me
until I could release
a gasp of disbelief


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De provided tonight’s Quadrille prompt at D’Verse, and it is the word “Gasp”.  Sanaa will be hosting and reading our submissions.
A quadrille is a poem of exactly 44 words excluding the title.

Candied Peel – A Quadrille

Candied Peel

Nonchalant girl
hair twirling
around fingers
Twitching like a fly swat
A mustache held in place
Under nose
With pouted lips
She rolled hair in little buds
Tightly across her crown
Onlookers amused
Boredom leaves
and hair is now the texture
of candied peel


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Mish is hosting Monday Quadrille at D'Verse Poets.  Our prompt tonight
is 'Candy' however we would like to use it.  A quadrille is a poem 
of exactly 44 words excluding the title.

Clipped Wings – A Quadrille

Clipped Wings

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.

Dangerous Dance – A Quadrille

Dangerous Dance

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 


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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

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Hard Work

Hard Work

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’

D.I.V.O.R.C.E – Poem of the Month – August 2022

D.I.V.O.R.C.E

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


Copyright © 2022 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing
All Rights Reserved

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
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