Tag Archives: quadrille form

The Grifter

Posted on March 21, 2023 by purplepeninportland

Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Quadrille #172 (posted by Mish) “Shift is the word to fit into your quadrille this week. There are many derivatives to dabble with.” shifted, shifting, reshift, intershifting, shifty, shifter, shiftiness redshift, blueshift, makeshift, gearshift, … Continue reading →

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The Great Gaspbee

Posted on March 7, 2023 by purplepeninportland

Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Quadrille #171: Poetry is a Kind of Gasp (posted by whimsygizmo) They called him The Great Gaspbee. He never fumbled, or bumbled about. His hive was neat, and very sweet. His honey was thought … Continue reading →

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The Gift That Won a Smile

Posted on February 21, 2023 by purplepeninportland

Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Quadrille #170 “Music is My Refuge” (posted by Linda Lee Lyberg) “Welcome to Quadrille Monday here at dVerse. This week I’d like you to take any meaning, form or compound of the word music, … Continue reading →

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Star Cloud

Posted on February 7, 2023 by purplepeninportland

Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Quadrille #169 – A Star (Poem) is Born (posted by whimsygizmo) “Today, I’d like you to close your eyes and wish upon a star.” Starstruck, starry eyed, falling star, superstar, all-star, rockstar, Starbucks, starshine, … Continue reading →

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A Crush on Cherry

Posted on January 24, 2023 by purplepeninportland

Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Quadrille #168 – Ice (posted by Mish) Going to the movies as a child was a treat. Cartoons, double feature, and those soda machines that spewed forth crushed ice. Nothing like those clunky cubes. … Continue reading →

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Bold Type

Posted on January 11, 2023 by purplepeninportland

Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Quadrille #167: BOLD-ly Go (posted by whimsygizmo) “In my own personal world, I choose a word each year to define the days ahead. This year, two words have wooed me: Happy, and BOLD. Today, … Continue reading →

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Take it on the Wing

Posted on November 15, 2022 by purplepeninportland

Written for dVerse Poets Pub – Quadrille #164: Winging It (posted by whimsygizmo) “It’s Quadrille Monday here at dVerse, that fun day when we cling to our keys and bring poems of just 44 words into the writing ring. As … Continue reading →

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Election Eeries

Posted on November 1, 2022 by purplepeninportland

Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Quadrille #163 Let’s Scare up Some Poems (posted by whimsygizmo) “In the interest of today’s Halloween scene in some areas of the world, I want you to try your haunted hands at writing a … Continue reading →

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Sand Tracking

Posted on October 5, 2022 by purplepeninportland

Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Quadrille #161: Staying on Track (posted by merrildsmith) “Today’s Quadrille prompt word—as I’m certain you’ve guessed–is track–or tracks, or tracked, or tracking. Perhaps you have run on a track, have followed the tracks of … Continue reading →

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Always Carry A Clipboard

Posted on September 6, 2022 by purplepeninportland

Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Quadrille #159 (posted by msjadeli) Learn to Labor – or is it Labor to Learn? “In the United States, we honor laborers today, which made it easy to choose the word we will write … Continue reading →

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