Homew(o)rd

whisky-in-the-jar creaks dreams open wide breathing whisper-spiced breezy peppered-bliss bubble-kicking shimmer-dance twists, flickers and grins springing cue-scarred dawn-rosy spilling ghost giggles skipping still leaves spark-drizzled fear storms free hope melts shadow-clouds curling balloon sounds echoing scarred-green journey’s to lull                                    …

cracking

creak jarred dreams wide open breathe whispers dance bubble spiced shimmering breezes let's twist grinning ghost-giggles cue spring's dawn flickering still hope drizzle peppered fears storming skip-free melt shadows clouding spilled bliss curled balloon sounds spark echoes scarring green leaves on journey's rosy lull   submission for Quadrille#43 at dVerse

lost spice

hope dreams balloon-bubbles dancing breeze-free giggling still-grinning shimmers   fear flickers open shadows curling whispered scars jarring dawn's risen ghosts   cue journey's lull   breathe   echoes sound storm's spark spring skipped (clouded)   leaving bliss-melted spills pepper-twisting drizzled soul   drowning in the green searching for their lost spice    

life is butter streams

echo breath's shimmering twist-breeze spilling      giggling           ghosts               bubbling                      from                                 a           …

earthlings

ghost open fear's still scars shadow dance dawn's dream   shimmering balloons rose leaving echoed breath to grin storms lulled   twist life ajar spring free   flicker bliss's whisper to melt sound   spill breezes cloud curled bubbles spark skipping drizzle cue giggles   pepper-salt journeys Earthing green   Posted for the 'All the …

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Bjorn hosts at dVerse Quadrille Night. Today it’s time for our returning reason to celebrate short poetry. 44 words including the word bliss. Use it as a noun, or use it as a verb or as an adjective. Bless me with your bliss. Bring me bliss of love or skies and sea. When you have …

wordled

Greetings, intrepid poets! De Jackson here, aka WhimsyGizmo. It’s Quadrille Monday (my favorite!), when we write a poem of exactly 44 words, including a provided word. Today, I want us to DREAM together. Here is my version of  'The One With All The Words.'   dance dreams of dawning drizzle, flicker fear a(jar) rose leaves …

flickering echoes

Victoria is very happy to see you this lovely Monday at dVerse where this week we will be sharing the fun and challenging Quadrille. We live in anxious times. On a global scale there is international conflict and instability, terrorist threats, political divisiveness and uncertainty, identity threat and climate change. We are polarized and fear one …

Magic 9

  Quadrille #36 over at dVerse as we reconvene after a holiday break. Grace is hosting and our word for the prompt is Flicker. For those who wish to deepen the challenge 'The one with all the words' now runs to the following 36: dance, lull, bubble, grin, melt, shimmer, twist, skip, green, breeze, spill, …

this moment

For those who would like to try to brave the challenge of writing one using all the words we’ve offered so far for Quadrille, here they are: dance, lull, bubble, grin, melt, shimmer, twist, skip, green, breeze, spill, rose, journey, jar, leaves, open, shadow, cloud, spark, cue, breath(e), scar, curl, whisper, dawn, ghost, giggle, spring, …