The bird broke
my concentration
when he pecked
the door.
“Anatomy of Melancholy”
from my fingers fell.
Closed, it hit the floor.
A quadrille is simply a forty-four word poem. In this case I have started it out in free verse.
Jilly has set up a challenge for July (click here for details), where one poet begins a poem and another finishes it and posts. Be sure you read through the directions… and have fun!
Life in Portofino 
Oh nice start, I’m excited to see where it goes!
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Take it where you will! Give it a go!
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Oh! I wish I could. Would it be crazy, if I say I’m intimated by you to try it and scared of screwing it up!
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Be intimidated by NO ONE! 🙂
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But is that even possible? I am sure one day I would reach a position where I wouldn’t be intimidated by anyone, but for now I feel so small, growing yet so small!
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A haiku done well is among the most powerful of poems. Yet look how small! Be not intimidated by epic people; like epic poems, they are just full of themselves. You are essential… believe in that and you’ll do fine!
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Thank you for those inspiring words!
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You are welcome!
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Hey, Charlie, here’s my completed version of your poem!
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I forgot to paste the link, so here it is, https://itsallaboutnothingg.wordpress.com/2017/07/04/465/
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Very nicely done!
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Here’s my second half to this. I hope others add their second halves to this as well. I think there can be more than one. https://frankhubeny.blog/2017/07/03/july-challenge-and-alien-artifacts/
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I really like what you did with my beginning!
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Here’s mine:
https://pescetarianpoet.wordpress.com/2017/07/03/platonic-melancholy/
Hope I didn’t ruin it for you, Charley. lol
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You didn’t! Lots of fun! 🙂
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Thanks, Charley. I couldn’t resist my autistic itch to “regularise” the free verse. lol
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Artistic autism is a good thing! Regularising free verse is an interesting concept!
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Autistic artistry is another. Lol
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🙂
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Great twist on my start-up piece! Unexpected, and hilarious!
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Yet another 🙂
https://jillys2016.wordpress.com/2017/07/03/long-john-gets-poe-etic/
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http://qbit.blog/2017/07/04/july-challenge-charliequadrille/
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Excellent! A wordsmith you are….
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Had to continue with the Raven theme, LOL!
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How could you not? Only Jill would substitute a parrot! An African Gray named Dorian, perhaps. Not a n’e’re do well parrot from a hawker of the streets selling corn a buck an ear!
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Buck-an-ear! Took me a second!!
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It’s a bad habit of mine. Been punning since I was a child. And I used to have a job where I did long public speeches (no, not a politician).
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Deeply Poe-etic! Wonderful take on the challenge.
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Not strictly a continuation, but this is your fault, LOL!!! http://qbit.blog/2017/07/05/july-challenge-dark-sonnet
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Challenge taken. It may not be today… I have a few ahead in line. But you know how poetry goes; yours may butt ahead in line. It already has my gears grinding.
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