For dVerse Poets Pub
For dVerse Poets Pub – Where De is our host.
Hellooooo, Poets! De Jackson (aka WhimsyGizmo) here again with my favorite prompt, the Quadrille – that pocket-sized poem of precisely 44 words, including one word we provide. In fact, today, I’d like you to take that a bit literally, and put a pocket in your poem.
Slip in a pocket watch. A pocket calculator. An air pocket. Some important pockets of time. Give it a Wocket, ala Dr. Seuss.You could even go all Gollum on us.
Quadrille #257: A Pocket in Your Poems
My Precious
My precious, my precious—
what hides in my pocket?
Not a ring, Gollum,
just crumbs from my biscuit.
A feather, one coin,
and a note:
“Buy more coffee.”
Some treasures are golden.
Some rule Middle-earth.
Mine keeps me human
before nine in the morning.
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— Maggie The Afterlove Voice 💫
With love, coffee, poetry, and stardust,
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