The latest Quadrille prompt at dVerse Poets comes from Kim, the Quadrille being the 44 word dVerse specialty with a word to include.
The word this prompt?
“Rumpus”
(yes, I still look up and dream)
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Oh, to the Stars …
They spark blinkled star sprinkled
dust
down
tinkled tickled
keys
in silent
song
.
those sparks
to wrinkled gaze
those notes
in twinkled ears
still
after all these years
.
such a racket
such a rumpus
Oh, if only to hear
once
can you join us?

Just spent an hour outside looking up at the stars and came in to find this
Excellent! A surprise placement for rumpus.
Now write something about a rump roast.
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Well, there’s some timing in the stars huh? 🙂 but we do tend to usually be on page. And thanks!! Glad ya liked it!! Now as to that rump roast …
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Love the sound of stars like this
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Thanks Bjorn, gad you liked the sound!
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This is a very twinkly quadrille, Stephen, and I love all the internal and end rhymes, and the way the gentle twinkling becomes a racket and a rumpus.
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I guess WordPress didn’t take my “reply” to you and dropped it below Paul there but thank you!!
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My pleasure, Stephen.
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Yes please 🙂
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Thanks so much Kim and I loved the prompt, rumpus is such a wonderful word!!
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You know it Paul!!
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Beautiful quadrille, Stephen!
Yvette M Calleiro 🙂
http://yvettemcalleiro.blogspot.com
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I really like the way your lines shimmer, Stephen. ✨ “They spark blinkled star sprinkled / dust” feels so playful yet wistful to me, and that closing invitation makes the whole piece echo like a song drifting into silence.
~David
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Thank you so much David and “shimmer”? So appreciate that! As I said, I still look up.
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🤗
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