Here’s welcoming you to the beginning of the week and, of course, to the dVerse Poets Pub, which is now open! It’s Kim from writinginnorthnorfolk.com bringing you the Quadrille, when we take any meaning of one word and transform it into 44 poetic words.
Today, as this year is the 50th anniversary of the release of ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ by The Beatles, I would like you to write a poem of exactly 44 words (not counting your title), including the word pepper.
forty four words
a quadrille must make
around this wee form
the words they must snake
build them with rhythm
like some rapping stepper
sprinkle them now
with salt and some pepper
the problem i face
is finishing up
so that’s why it’s abrupt.
Nice rhyming to the abrupt end.
🙂
Exactly! And well done.
Still has good rhythm and style…I would expect nothing less.
Sneaky, Paul. I love how you worked the pepper into this and described so well what we go through writing a quadrille.
Nicely sprinkled, Paul! And it rhymes!
HA! Clever!
Yes that’s how to do 44 words… 🙂
Brilliant! 😀
Heh heh heh, I’ve come to that same bridge
Nicely done .
It does kind of cut you off a little, doesn’t it? I think I could maybe make it better with 55 words, or maybe 65, ha ha. I like the way you chopped it up, and it fit just right
Ha! Well played.
Haha, very clever indeed. Fun read.
Very cool! I know it is difficult to finish up, when you have so few words that you have to count. 🙂
ha, this made me laugh – very clever
clever definition as brief as a sneeze Paul
Perfectly executed and well-seasoned!
That is a challenge of the quadrille — balancing beginning middle and end in a slightly bigger than micro space— I like the rhythm and momentum you got going in this one.
Love your “abrupt” dismount here, Paul. I often feel that way when writing a quadrille. Oops. Gotta end it. Or go back and rearrange the whole shebang. Nice!
Made me laugh! I had the same problem.
Amazing work
Beautiful post
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