But … There’s Still The Weather (poem)

At dVerse Poets Li brings us a new Quadrille prompt, the dVerse specialty, a 44 word poem (not including the title) with one word to be included. This time around the word is “Horn”.

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But … There’s Still the Weather

Weather settled the kitchen table

with cracked flowers

water stained mail, returned

and a horn of plenty made of wax and dust

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It crashed

forks knives lightning

in muted droll cloud sparks

quiet mouthful thunders

and swallowed rain bursts

of another soon tailwindswept meal



14 responses to “But … There’s Still The Weather (poem)”

  1. Stephen, dinner time at your houses sounds anything but boring!

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      1. You’re welcome 🙂

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  2. Your hornucopia runneth over, Steve, with stormy meals I do believe. 🙂 I love the incongruous juxtapositions in imagery. So cleverly done!

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    1. Thanks Dora! So glad that works. Appreciate it!

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  3. A storm-soaked snapshot with a hint of humour and tension. My only real experience of meal times like this was watching them on Roseanne! Great write Stephen 👏

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  4. A striking, imaginative quadrille rich with texture and atmosphere. The imagery moves beautifully between domestic stillness and elemental force, turning the ordinary into something mythic and alive. Truly vivid and inventive.

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    1. Sorry late back on the reply here Anowar, the comment was waiting for approval which I don’t get here often, but thank you so much for that wonderful take on this. Yeah, I tried to balance the anger and the quiet/sad in the staid weather table talk. Thanks again!

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      1. It’s ok 😊
        You’re the most welcome 🤗🤗

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  5. Not a quit evening meal in your house it sounds like

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  6. Hi Stephen. I sincerely appreciate your blog. Just wanted to let you know why I recently took you out of the notification loop. My email inbox fills up with nearly 1,000 notices every day, so I have to limit it to notifications from those who regularly visit my blog. Good to see you back again, and thank you for being understanding!

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    1. Aw, no worries Mitch, all good. I just appreciate the reads. 🙂

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