Quadrille Poem – Vampire

Hurrying through the ages of reason,
Considering the dark dreams of seasons,
Any creature will get tired.
But not a vampire!

Trying to see without gazing,
And catch without chasing,
Any life can be bored.
Except for cruelty’s sleek lord.
Time and time again.

© 2024, soulmary

Written on the amazing prompt suggested by dVerse – a poem consisting of 44 words, containing Vampire in its body, no further rules. Check their website to read some awesome pieces!

The Loneliness of a Toddler in a Children’s Corner

Bouncing
like erratic balls
given to a child to hush
his displeasure with his coffee-sipping mother
who left him in the nursery
Where it doesn’t matter
that the place is full of colours,
toys and noise.

Gaping loneliness is bouncing –
millions of coloured balls.

(c) 2018, MK

This weird quadrille was written for d’Verse – Quadrille #48 – Bounce. It was my first quadrille, and I’m not sure I did it correctly. For example, what do you do with “a” or with hyphenated words? The obvious solution – check fellow poets’ approach and adopt it. It was a nice challenge.