My response to dVerse Poets Pub Quadrille 3 – a quadrille in 44 words
Congealed crud has set on last night’s dishes
And yet, as the steaming water gushes
Detergent swirls with a globule of grease
Until a lava of foam is released
One tiny bubble escapes and floats free
A tiny transparent orb, fleeting flight of fantasy
© Kim M. Russell, 2016
Image found on thatsinteresting.scienceblog.com
writing in north norfolk 
How delightful. A housework poem 😊
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Yes – you h ave to escape from it somehow!
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I agree.
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There are days when I do enjoy the feelings of those suds… just imagine if we could just clean the worlds with such wonderful greatness.
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Some bubbles work miracles, but even those bubbles yearn for a pleasant escape at times! Smiles.
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🙂
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Bubbles seem to elicit alliterative words. Yours float light and airy. We all yearn for that quick escape!
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My washing up is still waiting for me in the sink! 😉
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Oh! I LOVE this take! And I adore those teeny tiny perfect bubbles that escape the Joy bottle after filling the sink. 🙂 Wonderful!
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Thank you – I’ve just finished my washing up 🙂
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a lovely bubbly take…
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I see myself washing & blowing away those bubbles ~ And daydreaming while doing it 🙂
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Love this.
Thank goodness for fantasy; I don’t know how else I would get through the dishes, or anything else, without it.
This is really the mark of a true poet: he/she can write about the most mundane tasks and yet make them interesting and engaging. Well done.
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Thank you, Em, for your very kind comment.
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Quite beautiful, really, Kim–the Zen of dish-washing. Makes me look forward to doing dishes tonight, almost.
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Thank you, Victoria. I got mine done in the end!
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Ha, you remind me of something I read as a child, to the effect that one is blessed if one sees the rainbows rather than the dishes in the soapy sink.
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I love those little bubbles that find the courage to leave the sink.
The last line is wonderful….”A tiny transparent orb, fleeting flight of fantasy”
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oh NO..! terrified
of dish washing bubbles
am i.. but only ’cause
i can’t touch manmade
stuff including
soap
no joke..
tactile sensitivity..
free ticket
to never
washing
clothes or dishes..
as long as there is Wife..;)
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I sympathise – I get eczema and rubber gloves seem to irritate it more, so I use a very gentle detergent.
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SMiLes.. Thanks.. My friend..:)
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