a Quadrille Poem for dVerse writing -- Also for May Day
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HAPPY MAY DAY
It's over the hill
just read the map
One mile due east
from there turn left
Two point three and
house on the right
Aunt sue will be
ready for us
Her paper strung
use last years pole
Maypole we'll dance
sing melody
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- Photo and Poem Copyright, Jimmiehov 2023 , All Rights Reserved
- Her instructions, as the quadrille is simply a poem of 44 words, excluding the title, "Whatever form of the word you choose, just be sure your poem is mapped out at just 44 words."
- My poem has 44 words and 48 syllables
- Click here to view other participants' Quadrille efforts
- Note: I also have a piece written of the "Do you remember?" type. It too is fairly short, an interactive HAPPY MAYDAY write. Click here
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Labels: dVerse prompt, Holiday, Holiday Posts, Poem, Syllabic Form
posted by Jim @ 5/01/2023 05:34:00 PM
8 comments
8 Comments:
I like the family celebration you are describing here. Hoping the sun is shining and the breeze is warm.
Jim, this is a fun take, but please note for future Quadrille submissions that your poem should literally contain some form of the word we provide that week. In this case, that word is "map."
I'm quirky, so for your poem above this could be as simple is one tiny change to Maypole: "Ma(y)pole." It then becomes an invented word, "map-pole." ;)
Happy May Day to you! Sounds like a fun day ~ Truedessa
That’s a cheerful quadrille, Jim, and so timely! I haven’t seen maypole dancing for many years. I love that it needed a map to get there.
Fun memories, Jim. At Bryn Mawr College, where our older child and their wife went, they have May Day festivities every year.
May Day is to be celebrated ~ joyously! Spring is springing ~~~! From Helen.
Ah... sounds so nice... we will not dance around it until midsummer's eve
That sounds like a case of it being even better to arrive than to travel, lol.
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