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.
Delightful, and so cleverly crafted.
Dolly, I like to play with words and sounds because I feel that it stretches my creative abilities, if that makes sense… the more I do these sort of exercises, the more versatile I feel myself when it comes to writing truly meaningful poetry.
Yours,
David
I do understand, David. I stopped writing poetry, when, prior to the KGB search in my apartment, I had had a premonition that something was brewing and burned everything I had written. Many years later, it was discovered that a college classmate had saved three poems I had shared with him and managed to bring them to Israel. My short stories that had circulated in “samizdat” simply disappeared.
Have a great day,
D
Wow. That part of your life reads like a movie plot. I’m very glad to have had the opportunity to learn at least a little bit of your story.
Yours,
David
But most people who come from regimes, which include Cuba, Venezuela,China,etc. have stories to tell, and many of them are much more exciting than mine, David. I am simply a perpetual subversive element with a motorcycle (no motorcycle anymore, unfortunately).
Be well,
D
Okay, I’m embarrassed to ask. Some of these words are made up, yes?
nope – I used some online resources to pull this one together, George – I did not know all of the words myself before writing this piece 😀
Oh, thank goodness. As an English teacher, I have a reputation to protect, you know. Granted, it’s not a very good reputation, but still…
I know! That’s why I chose to come clean to you 🙃
Oh my, the learning and laughter and thoughtfulness I gain from you is such, David, I do hope some day to sit with you in a cafe in Jerusalem, perhaps, and share the silliest of witticisms. … Mine are likely to be sillier than yours, but one can always hope.
I would love that, George! One of the advantages of living in an international city like this is that it’s a place that people from all around actually come to visit 🙂
So good! I love using words in different ways too!
Thanks, Carol 😀
Yours,
David
Everything starting with S, it makes a good impression on the reader.
Thanks, Lokesh❣️
-David
Oh I love the rhythm of the alliterations…Wonderful David👏👏👏
💖Sangeetha💖
My lips were fish-like in the swithing as I read this. Fun and sensical nonsense.
Well done 😀
swanky!
🙏Pete🙏
It took ages to think of a word because I think you used them all!
I noticed that you used one that I hadn’t 😀
A sweet swig of a swift drink! But may I ask, what is a switchel?
a drink made of water, vinegar, and a sweet substance such as molasses or maple syrup, often with spices or other flavoring.
Vinegar? Sounds interesting, but I think I’d prefer a lemonade!
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I’m not sure I’ve ever seen so much alliteration gathered into one place before! It’s great – so swishly done, so swift, a switchback ride of a poem.
🙂 Thanks for the prompt, Sarah! I had fun with this one.
Sincerely,
David
interesting and playful, although I need google translate to understand it all 😀
😛 Playful is exactly the right word, U.
Thank you!
David
incredible alliteration!
😳 I have a tendency to get carried away with these d’Verse prompts!
and why not … it opens our creativity!
A good alliteration. Tongue twister too.
💙Kaushal💙
Loved the poem , and your exchange with Gaelic Dreams
Thanks so much, Ron ❤
Yours,
David
A delightfully creative poem! Bravo!
Thank you so very much, Susan. I really appreciate it.
Yours,
David
A tricky tongue-twister 🙂 A fun poem, and I especially enjoyed the “swashbuckling swine.”
Thanks so much, Dave
Ohh… This one seemed tough, though fun to try it seems🤗🌷❤️
😁 Super fun 😁
Bewitching verses
Thanks so much, Elizabeth – that’s very kind. (and ‘bewitching’ is such a fun word 🙂 )
All best,
David
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!
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S alliteration is ssssssoooo fun to write and even more fun to ssssssaaaaay.
Fun one, David. 😆
it’s very sssssatisfying! 😀
Sweet!!!
🤍Björn🤍
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!
A tongue twister and an eyeopener in vocabulary.
🤍Andrew🤍
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
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.
super swaggy 😎
Thank you so much, Poorvi!
🙂
David