I shiver
chilled by the
imposing shadows of
your towering monuments.
How will I write,
write a poem?
You loom so LARGE—
adorned with literary acclaim and
linguistic brilliance!
But here is the sun—
I’ll lean against warm stone and
bask in radiant heat.
∼
44 words makes a Quadrille. This is my first attempt in response to dVerse #17: Shadow.
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Great poetry Janice, more challenging than haiku
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Thanks Denis. It’s different for sure…I would have to try it a few more times to really know how I feel about it, but having a word count wasn’t awkward–I thought it would be.
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Beware: the Quadrille is ADDICTING! Hope you’ll be back in a couple of weeks! We do every-other Monday. Ooo! And the other Monday is haibun, which you should love, if you do haiku. 🙂
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I definitely want to do more quadrille…I will check out the haibun prompt…
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Oh oh OH! I’m not sure if you exactly meant it this way (but isn’t that the power of poetry?)…I am picturing the sun itself as being that “warm stone,” allowing us to lean. Oh, MAN do I love that. I love how you took this from shadow to light, in so few words. I am warmed.
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I had to get out of that chilly shade ! :))
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And THANK YOU for linking up and sharing your poem with us at dVerse!
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It was fun…thank you for telling me about how you read my poem.
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Fabulous!
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Thank you:)
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I do love this.. what a great start you are up to… joining us with such force. I hope you don’t feel anyone here has such giant literacy… none would overshadow anyone here. *smiles*
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Glad you enjoyed it…actually after I wrote it the sun took on a few meanings for me… one was the warmth of writers I encounter in the blog world…and that would include the welcome implied by your comment 🙂 I have to admit dVerse was a pool I have hesitated on the edge of but the Quadrille finally lured me in.
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Keep coming back! I am still picturing you leaning against that sun-stone. DELIGHTED.
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Well besides the new challenges I am realizing dVerse is a large interesting community. Thanks so much for your welcome.
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Very well written. I can also relate to the feelings evoke in this piece – feeling inferior when comparing oneself to others. I like the way you ended it – the sun being your rock and support. 🙂
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Thank you 🙂 and I also absorb energy from those who loom large after dealing with any shadow pangs.
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I like the ending, basking in the radiant heat ~ How I miss the summer sun with the grey autumn sky ~
Nice to meet you Janice ~ Mish, Bryan and I are from Canada ~
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Hi, I am just catching up on some ‘lost’ comments. Thanks for dropping by and commenting. And yeah! another Canadian. I don’t consider myself particularly nationalistic but I have to admit that I enjoy discovering Canadians on the web.
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oh we who write poetry and then brave the world to put on our blogs — we do step out into the sun, right? Love your take on the prompt here! And I do hope you’ll join us at dVerse often — it’s a friendly place, this virutal pub for poets. 🙂
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I really like your take on the prompt. Some of those literary shadows can be intimidating.
Welcome to dVerse! We are a sunny bunch!
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Thanks Mish…your comment got lost in WordPress tangle. Looking forward to joining in with the ‘sunny bunch’ soon 🙂
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Interesting take on the prompt!
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Thank you 🙂
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I love all you write on your blog, Janice ! You are a very sensitive and cultivated person.
By the way, I am nominating you for the ‘three days, three quotes’ challenge.
Have a great week !
http://wp.me/pu54g-3bW
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Hi Virginia. Thanks for the nomination and I could do it but you may want to offer it someone else as Kim just nominated me a couple of days ago. And thank you for your kind comment about my blog 🙂
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