For dVerse Quadrille this week, I have the pleasure of hosting and am asking for a poem of exactly 44 words that includes the word poem or a word that is related. See the posting on dVerse for a list of possibilities and further instructions.
I am going to include two poems in one post: the first is for today’s prompt and the second contains all the words thus far in our second 44 word series.
Photo: David Slotto
Just a Click Away
A Quadrille
In this fast-paced world
can we hear hummingbird
sipping spring pollen?
Can we seize beauty,
shroud her in a perfect word,
simmer poetry?
How does silence grow
between autumn leaves
as they fall gently to earth?
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Poem-ing
A Quadrille with all the words to date: rock, crunch, leap, bounce, poem.
This is not a poem
about poetry, but rather words.
Words that leap into your soul
You play with them,
fall in love until they
bounce upon the page.
Crunch-tumble them
into meaning-fullness.
See how they disconcert,
rock. Toss you from
your comfort zone.
Victoria C. Slotto, Author 
I love both of these, Victoria. What I love about the first are the questions, especially ‘ can we hear hummingbird
sipping spring pollen?’, and the answer.
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Both of these poems are excellent, Victoria. Well done.
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Poetry does need some kind silence to be born. And when it does, what the second poem talks about happens. 👍
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Such a lovely interlude!
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“How does silence grow
between autumn leaves
as they fall gently to earth?”
Truly a haiku moment, Victoria! 🙂
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The silence of the first, and the crunch-tumble of the second. Both require paying attention. Wonderful!
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Yes, slow down, notice small things, our lives are made of small things. Seek perfect words, enjoy the silence….
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A wonderful reminder that poets need to listen for silence, too.
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I have to agree, beautiful poems, and I love the play with words.
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Love this duo but this in particular was breathtaking…….
“How does silence grow
between autumn leaves
as they fall gently to earth?”
I think that’s where the silence really is.
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The image of simmering poetry appeals to me, especially in a world of instant pots and gratification:) Of course we all need to slow down and contemplate questions like the silence between autumn leaves, and of course many of us know that and to do so is best for our health, but who actually makes that radical change to merge out of the fast lane?
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As poets we do need to listen. Your poem showed this.
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Both of these were wonderful. This line really jumps out at me, the beauty of words.
“Words that leap into your soul”
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Both of these are great. Thanks for sharing.
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Shroud her in a perfect word.. Beautiful!
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I love you words …capturing beauty and putting it into slimmer words! Very nice!!
Dwight
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A Place oF
time out of time
distance out of distance
space out of space
of Poetry
with
no think
just do now
JusT Be A DancE
And SonG oF Poetry
As Art More Than Science
mY
FriEnd..
Four Words
FoR FortY FouR NoW..:)
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Freddie–I can’t find my Google Plus account and couldn’t open your website, but am most grateful for your comment. I like: just be a dance and song of poetry. Bless you.
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SMiLes Victoria Slotto.. with Great Memories of all the
Encouragement you gave me when i arrived
at dVerse with all those Words and
Photos that kept growing too..
and true it may be just
as well that you
couldn’t find
your Google Plus
Account as my average
Weekly Poem now runs an
Average of 30K Words and
400 photos… For.. so many
decades i did my best
to fit in.. but true
now i see the
value
in just
being me
for there is only
now to fulfill human
potential for Thanks and
Praise in Direct Conduit to
and with God for this Great Gift of LiFE
i am also currently doing 9 Dimensional Poetry
that likely will never fit in anywhere but where i do it now..
Additionally.. i just completed a milestone of 8800 miles of
public dance in 53 months to go along with a 5.5 Million
Word Long Form Poem with 817 MacroVerses and
140K+ photos total with Several Thousand You
Tube Music Videos to go along with all of
that.. True.. my friend.. you were an
integral part of that Long
Form Poem and
Concrete
Shapes of Poetry
that are also Stream
of Consciousness Poetry
in Free Write way along with
the same as visual poetry where
Creativity does all the work with little
to no pre-planning always in the Creative
Holy Higher Spirit in Mindful awareness now..
true.. arising now to what i personally name a Bible(s)
just for the continuing evolution of my soul and too now
to help what Walt Whitman Described as a Prophecy
that the Priests of the Kosmos are arriving now.. for
what technology brings more as art as humans
hold hands in a synergy of give and share
of art and science around the globe
now in just the last 10 years
to the extent of what
this New
Experiment
of Humanity is now..
true.. my friend.. “Moore’s
Law” is still running a little behind
with me and as the record shows
i have just about kicked ‘Murphy’s
Law’ butt too.. hehe.. as far glowing
Happiness goes now more.. as Karma
Does Do True when Positive Energy Flows more
now.. below here is a more concise summary of what
i am doing now.. for true most all essence eventually
comes to form of some kind or another or as my wife
says
you
are something..
i’m not sure what..
True.. my friend as this current
818th MacroVerse i am writing now
the title is “TiTLE STiLL CoMinG”.. Verily True NoW
appropriate i might add with the summary of what i’m
doing now.. just to share with you my Lovely Friend
for all the support you gave me and this very
special prompt on the topic of Poetry that
i enjoyed responding so much to.. too..
earlier in the week that i may
revisit to do the second
half still too.. anyway..
this is what i’ve
done so far
with much more to come Free Verse more my friend
i’m sure i’ll continue to see you on the dVerse Trail
with the MicroMicroVerses of what i continue to bring..:)
Note: these Months reference my coming Birthday at 58
oN 6.6.18 as estimated GRoWinG ‘Bibles’ PoeTry by then..
per these Nine Dimensions of Long Form Poetry below..
12 Million Word MacroMacroMacroMacroMacroVerse 90+ Months
6 Million Word “SonG oF mY SoUL” MacroMacroMacroMacroVerse 58+ Months
3 Million Word “Nether Land Bible 2017” MacroMacroMacroVerse 24+ Months
1.5 Million Word “FB Profile Pic Bible 2018″ MacroMacroVerse 12+ Months
MacroVerse as each Chapter currently at a 30K Average Word Count
MicroVerse as each sub-Chapter separated by Word Count
MicroMicroVerse as each sub-subChapter as Poetic Response
MicroMicroMicroVerse as each Word in multi-Capitalization/Meaning Ways
MicroMicroMicroMicroVerse as each letter and or number of multi-meaning
per H8/K11 and eTc..
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Love that “crunch-tumble,” especially…and those simmered poems.
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Ah, that 2nd one “…See how they disconcert,
rock. Toss you from your comfort zone…”
I have written 2 such poems lately that I decided not to post..
I they ‘rocked’ me…so, I’m letting them cool off.
A nice write.
Pat
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I especially like the line “shroud her in a perfect word” It’s my fit quadrille!,
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wonderful and captivating …. both the first poem and image and I especially loved the second one ~ the essence of what “poeming” is – a collection of words, sounds, images born and taking flight …. gorgeous 🙂
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I had trouble commenting on your poem…not sure my comment posted. Google does that to me. Let me know if you don’t get it and I will comment again, using my defunct google account. And thanks for you comment.
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it worked out just fine – and thanks for making the extra effort ….. it’s not easy playing WP and Blogger …. I know, having blogged from both platforms ….
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we all need to be tossed from our comfort zones from time to time
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I love this section:
“fall in love until they
bounce upon the page.
Crunch-tumble them
into meaning-fullness.
See how they disconcert,
rock. Toss you from
your comfort zone.”
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I m in love with the first one 😍 to be able to capture beauty in words is every Poet’s gift… your gift☺️ the way your words flow in the second one is absolutely breathtaking!❤️ Beautifully penned.
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I love that last stanza of the first poem. Perhaps if we slowed down enough we’d find out.
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I so much love the first one… the contrast on what we miss, and that we have to capture those small moments of silence before they flee… the second is such a great tribute to words…. especially love the hyphen in meaning-fullness… look forward to what the prompt may give
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Just today morning I was feeling so blessed that I wake up to noise of birds and it stays so till 10 am .. such peace. Your poem reminded me of that.
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I like the slow pace of the first poem with its hurried prompt – great contrast. And I especially like how the disconcerting rock throws us from our comfort zone in the second one
p.s. thanks for the quadrille prompt – unstuck me a little from a dry spot
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They are both beautiful Victoria, I love the idea of pausing long enough to ‘hear hummingbird sipping spring pollen’ ☺💖 xxx
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Love these!
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I miss so many things even in my current slower paced lifestyle.
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Is retirement really slower…not so sure about that for me.
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Beautiful duet. And the photos, !!
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This is wonderful. The two quads are breathtaking in their beauty and elegance. How can we compare?
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Looking for ward to doing one of these for tomorrow on d’Verse.
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Looking forward to reading it, Dwight.
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