Category: quadrille
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18 Oct: for dVerse’s Quadrille

La Petite Mort Watch her buckles and buttons shinelike fading light of a waning moon.She dances alone with the ancients,leaping over fallen trees, ferns and mosses.They watch her dance until the musicin her head vanishes.Until her song is gone.La petite mort. Note: 1) rewritten/condensed from Six Sentence Story. 2) La Petite Mort: I know the…
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15 Oct: dVerse Quadrille

No Light His was a heart that was closedand locked forever,and though his words were light,airy as any leaf,as if his thoughtswere swept clean by the sea,he carried it, a terrible weight,that of heavy grief, Written for dVerse Poets, Quadrille 210 “light”. Some artwork is created using Midjourney AI, and is identified as such in the…
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18 Sept: dVerse Quadrille #208

Countess Elizabeth Báthory of Ecsed (info at Wikipedia) A vampire’s shrinewith tall candles liteach trembling shadow’s flameis pierced.She stands in her temple,weaving vowsone long songfor a full moon’s glare strangling the tranquil air.…Quiet …Be still.Here where blood is life;here her life’s prolonged. Written for dVerse Poets Quadrille #208 “vampire”. Some artwork is created using Midjourney AI, and is…