Switchgrass, swelter, swinking, sweaty
swivet; thoughts swiftly swirling; swollen,
swimming eyes; oh! Oh, but to swinge
that swift, swarthy swindler!
The swashbuckling swine hadn’t swithered,
swiftly swiping; swith, swiveling, switching
hands, leaving his lady swooning, swirling her
sweet switchel on Swiss porch swing…
Swish…
The above poem is my take on d’Verse’s Quadrille challenge #123.
The quadrille is simply a poem of 44 words (excluding the title), and it can take any form. This week’s challenge was to use the word “swift” in a quadrille.
super swaggy 😎
Thank you so much, Poorvi!
🙂
David
I remember reading a recipe for switchel, but never tried it. But then time is a crafty swindler. (K)
😳 TBH, I’ve never tried it – I just needed an ‘swi’ word. It sounds tasty tho.
This is delightful and a tongue twister to boot! You were so very close to writing a tautogram – I think with a little editing you could make it so.
I should try a tautogram… I wasn’t going for that because I was attempting to use words with ‘sw’ (and especially ‘swi’) – rather than just ‘s’… but why not? I’ll give it a go! Thanks for the idea, Muri!
Yours,
David
A tongue twister and an eyeopener in vocabulary.
🤍Andrew🤍
I enjoying watching poets play with words, textures and sounds! Fine work, David!
As an activity, it’s very rewarding ❤
Thanks, TPS
-David
I always think so!
Sweet!!!
🤍Björn🤍
S alliteration is ssssssoooo fun to write and even more fun to ssssssaaaaay.
Fun one, David. 😆
it’s very sssssatisfying! 😀
I think you ARE casting a spell on us. This is something for the therapist’s couch your next visit! 😆 I’m sure there’s a hidden meaning in there!
🧙
Bewitching verses
Thanks so much, Elizabeth – that’s very kind. (and ‘bewitching’ is such a fun word 🙂 )
All best,
David
Ohh… This one seemed tough, though fun to try it seems🤗🌷❤️
😁 Super fun 😁