When Summer Smiles
Blissful, this honeysuckle to the bees,
kisses of Nirvana, clustered fruited trees.
Hear the sweetness, a skylarks’s sprinkled song,
clear as water down a thirsty throat.
I’ll plant apple trees, its slant toward the sun,
and on the table, rosebuds bending in a vase.
Poem form Quadrille: 44 words (sans title) including the word “water”. Written for De’s dVerse Quadrille #180 “Water” Artwork is created using Midjourney. Imagery and poems ©Misky 2023.
Beautiful quadrille! ❤
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Thanks, De! ❤️
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wow, this is gorgeous – I almost missed the word “water” because the poem flowed so smoothly…
~David
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OMG, M! This piece places a Nirvana kiss on one’s consciousness.
Mindblown Good. THANKS!
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Thanks, Ron
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Thanks so much!
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Apple trees slanting towards the sun. Beautiful.
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Thank you, c.
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You are so amazingly talented. Water images are cruel down here with this heat! 🙂 Both verse and image are beautiful. Times get worse for Blaine: https://rolandyeomans.blogspot.com/2023/07/the-charge-of-rocinante.html
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Thank you, Roland. Oh our poor Blaine. What shall become of him… I’ll be around to yours later today. Stay safe on the road.
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That slight bend. That love that is dependence. You capture these subtleties so beautifully.
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Thank you!
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Your quadrille is just beautiful, Marilyn! The title alone is sublime. I love the Nirvana kisses, the sibilant ‘sweetness, a skylark’s sprinkled song, / clear as water down a thirsty throat’, and the simple but vivid image of ‘rosebuds bending in a vase’.
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Beautifully lyrical for such a short poem.
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I liked the way you rhymed in the first couplet and then didn’t.✨
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“Hear the sweetness, a skylarks’s sprinkled song,
clear as water down a thirsty throat.”
Wonderful lines, and I love the title!
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