My 2nd Cyrch A Chwta
A quadrille
Her room was completely chock-
full of stuff no longer stocked.
She'd abandoned wearing socks,
for they were lost under blocks.
Visitors would softly knock,
rather than deal with deep shock
at panes blocked off from the dawn
and murals drawn in bright chalk.
Cyrch A Chwta?
(kirch a choota) An octave of seven-syllable lines rhymed aaaaaaba with cross-rhyme of b in the third, fourth, or fifth syllable of line 8.
d’Verse Quadrille #150
The above Cyrch a Chwta is my take on today’s d’Verse’s Quadrille challenge. 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 “chalk” in a Quadrille.
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When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option. You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.
–Ben Harper (b. 1969)
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Haha! The shock of it all. A good one, David! 🙂
💙 Terveen 💙
This is so good, David! Interesting form. Great job pulling off both in the same poem!
💖❤️ Cris 💖❤️
Nothing but highest praise for this one, David. (I know you can handle it .. won’t go to your head!)
💗 Helen 💗
Great poem, and what an interesting form. Well composed!
🧡 Arjan 🧡 ~ thanks!
Sincerely,
David
Fascinating form; lovely poem.
❤ Thanks, Misky! ❤
I’ve been gifting and tossing… Too often we value stuff over living.
Very good. I think I’ll skip this form – you did it well, but it is too much rhyme for my brain to figure 🙂
😀 no pressure, Jules! 😀 (and thanks!)
Wonderful piece, made me think of my old bedroom, lol.
💘🤗 Chris 💘🤗
Such a contrast between the chaos in the picture and the strict pattern of the poem -you make it look so easy, but I would imagine its the opposite.
🙏🏻🤎 Marion 🙏🏻🤎
A lovely form and the poem pairs well with the painting. Thanks for sharing it, David.
🤍💞 KK 🤍💞
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My first time to read such a form too. That is a troubling scene of a room.
🥰🤎 Grace 🥰🤎
There’s a lot going on here! Great write!
💚😍 Carol 💚😍
I’ve been resistant to try this one (I really dislike and thus avoid internal rhyme), but may have to give it a go after reading this wonderful effort! I thought of my sons’ rooms when they were teens. So it did bring a smile!
💓💙 Muri 💓💙
Visitors are so curious
So I go with trove
Don’t forget to tip-toe
You may fall on your nose
🤣 Abi 🤣 ~ excellent!
Hahaha
Good to see you laughing 😃
Old friend
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