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For at least thirty days, my pen felt dormant. No poetry prompts, no dVerse challenges, no electric back-and-forth with a community of writers who refuse to settle for boring words. If you’ve ever let your creative engine sit idle, you know that quiet, nagging friction—the sense that your mind is gathering dust while the world keeps spinning at full speed.
So, when I finally sat down to tackle dVerse’s latest Quadrille prompt, I wasn’t looking to glide back in softly. I was hungry for the tension that makes Quadrille poetry so uniquely challenging.
Lately, my view of the world has felt strangely filtered—like watching life unfold from behind a pane of thick glass. Cold, observational, a step removed. It’s easy to mistake that kind of detachment for numbness. But when you sit in that quiet space long enough, you realize the distance isn’t empty space.
Through the Glass
So here I am, in this space where
Everything feels a bit detached. It’s like
Watching the world through a pane of
Glass, a step removed, but still present.
There’s a quiet thread running through it
all, something gentle. When
you realize: it’s Care.
In a world drowning in noise, holding a quiet thread of awareness is a radical act. You aren’t tuning out; you’re refusing to look away. Ultimately, Quadrille poetry is a form that reminds us how much meaning can fit in forty-four words.
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