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Coloring the Pale (poem – quadrille)

Earlier this week protesting was in order (IS in order in this current orange cluster f climate of ours) with Punam at dVerse Poets and a very cool quadrille prompt inside a cool post, of yes, protest.

So then to the latest dVerse Quadrille, a 44 worder (not counting the title) including here, the word “Protest”.

Note: Punam, I did think to try something just a little different with this one. It’s still 44 words but I thought, instead of using the word protest specifically in a line, to spell it out with the first letter of the last word of each line.

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(Pixabay – geralt-cry-6706856)

Coloring the Pale

Coloring loudly those beyond the pale

announcing wills to rail

words embodied in all manner to share “Oh,

you WILL see us, you WILL hear us, Today!!”

like drumming rain overflowing the eaves

of an empty shelter

turning news to discarded pulp is task

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10 responses to “Coloring the Pale (poem – quadrille)”

  1. ben Alexander Avatar
    ben Alexander

    Stephen, I think your acrostic “PROTEST” turns the poem’s urgent voice into something elemental, like rain that cannot be ignored!

    Much love,
    David

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    1. Stephen J Frankenberry Avatar
      Stephen J Frankenberry

      Thanks David! I really appreciate that. For the last 10 years around here the want, the need to protest has just become an inherent thing.

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      1. ben Alexander Avatar
        ben Alexander

        Would you please allow me to share this piece as a reblog at some point in the future?

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        1. Stephen J Frankenberry Avatar
          Stephen J Frankenberry

          Of course, thank ya sir! 🙂

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  2. Paul Bowler Avatar
    Paul Bowler

    Love how you’ve used the rain as the focus of the protest. Almost channeling it through the downpour of emotion. So often rain is portrayed as a calming influence but here you’ve cleverly flipped it into a raging torrent that cannot, and will not, be ignored.

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  3. Stephen J Frankenberry Avatar
    Stephen J Frankenberry

    Thanks so much Paul, I love your read of this!

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  4. paeansunplugged Avatar
    paeansunplugged

    Stephen, I love this acrostic Q! Protests are like a downpour. Great analogy.

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    1. Stephen J Frankenberry Avatar
      Stephen J Frankenberry

      Thanks Punam. You and David (up top) both have helped me there as I knew there was probably a name for the sort of thing I did there, I just didn’t remember what it was. So glad you liked!

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  5. pvcann Avatar
    pvcann

    This is a stellar piece Stephen, the imagery, the use of the reverse or end acrostic (clever) I especially love – you will see us!

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  6. Stephen J Frankenberry Avatar
    Stephen J Frankenberry

    Thank you Paul!! As I replied to Punam, I knew what I did (and in reverse) was a thing, I just couldn’t remember what. 🙂

    But I knew I didn’t want “protest” as one singular word here, I wanted to stretch it out, cover more if I could so …

    Thanks again my friend.

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