dVerse Poets Quadrille

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Helloooo, fabulous springtime wordsmiths! De Jackson (aka WhimsyGizmo) here, and it’s time for the Quadrille! This pithy little poem is a work of our own invention here at dVerse: simply a poem of 44 words, not counting the title, and including one word we provide for you. Those are the only rules. Rhyme or don’t rhyme, write in quatrains or freeform, stack those words all up in a tight little bundle or spread them across the page in nice long lines. Those choices are yours. So long as your poem is exactly 44 words and our assigned word is there, we’re happy campers. Today, I’d like us to play with the word ZOOM.

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Hates housework, every chore
Now with kids, always more
Dusting, vacuum, mop, repeat
And don’t forget the toilet seat..
Every zoom(ing) finger smudge
That never let a napkin budge
From a perfect table, reaching
Spilling drinks while dad is preaching
“God, give me serenity”.

http://dversepoets.com/2023/04/03/quadrille-173-zoom-poems/

MLMM Wordle #316

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The entire neighborhood wanted to celebrate and demonstrate the beauty of their community garden. Even neutral minded people, unsure of the sustainable benefit, joined in to help transform a previously unused, unsightly block of land into a beloved space. To encourage participation, a few local businesses supplied basic seeds and tools to the startup. A blend of vegetables and flowers made the space both practical and attractive. Showers of praise were heard as the garden grew and supplied a more varied menu for some of the disadvantaged neighbors.

https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/

SYW 4-3-23

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Here are my questions this week:

1. Do you have a favourite movie?
2. Who is you favourite actor and actress?
3. Do you attend or have you ever attended a live theatre production?
4. Have you ever wanted to be an actor/actress?

I have too many favorites when it comes to movies and actors! I have attended a few live productions, the most recent—my granddaughter in a college play. No.

I am grateful to have the horrible wind stop for a while. It’s a winter “tradition” in WY, 😀 and for my family of course.❤️


https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2023/04/03/share-your-world-3rd-april/

A2Z 2

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B for benandanti (“Good Walkers”) were members of an agrarian visionary tradition in the Friuli district of Northeastern Italy during the 16th and 17th centuries. The benandanti claimed to travel out of their bodies while asleep to struggle against malevolent witches (malandanti) in order to ensure good crops for the season to come.

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The Sunday Whirl

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The north wind upstream spun the silver spindles on her wind chime. The cacophony startled sitting crows, causing them to flee to a higher branch. Their nimble panic caused her a light smile. Birds were one of the reasons she had the loud chimes. Julie had a probably skewed view of avian wildlife. Unlike her neighbors who were smitten by the small creatures flying around their gardens, she had grown up despising them. Margins of her mania were based on childhood by the seaside where large predatory birds caused her fright.

https://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com/2023/04/02/wordle-599/

As Ever

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Sedulous governors bask in the (white) wash of First Nation history.

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https://onedailyprompt.wordpress.com/2023/04/02/your-daily-word-prompt-sedulous-ydwordprompt-april-2-2023/

https://thedailyspur.wordpress.com/2023/04/02/wash-2/

http://fivedotoh.com/2023/04/02/fowc-with-fandango-bask/

http://cyranny.com/2023/04/02/first-nation-word-of-the-day-challenge/

Six Sentence Story

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Be it silk or cotton, no one is forgotten. Not completely, because of a thread. The thread woven by family members, neighbors, friends from childhood, still remain a knot in the thread. These knots preserve, keep the thread from shredding into fluffy remnants to be discarded. Tie new knots into the old, always aware of how love is keeping the thread alive.

https://girlieontheedge1.wordpress.com/2023/04/02/sundays-six-sentence-story-word-prompt-256/