the cat’s curled up
purring in my lap
in my mind’s eye
a curl of butter
on a Bournemouth
guest house breakfast plate
the bob of your curly head
as you built sand castles with moats
the curl of waves
and your contented smile
Kim M. Russell, 2017
My response to dVerse Poets Pub Quadrille
The first Quadrille of 2017 is hosted by Björn, who started the new year by sharing an extract from a poem my grandfather used to recite to me when I was a child:
There was a little girl
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
There was a little girl,
Who had a little curl,
Right in the middle of her forehead.
When she was good,
She was very good indeed,
But when she was bad she was horrid.
Björn would like us to write a poem of forty-four words exactly, including the word ‘curl’, which can be used as a noun , a verb, an adjective (curly) or we might even want to write about curling.
Love the way you progress with curls here… love the image of the curls of hair.. so very sweet.
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Thank you, Bjorn.
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I love how you found curls from butter to waves & contented smile ~ Happy new year Kim ~
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Thank you, Grace, and a happy new year to you.
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A very comfortable poem. Well done!!
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Thank you!
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There seems to be curls every where.
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Kind of like a curlicue…
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Love this listing of curls…..somehow especially the curl of butter strikes my fancy! And the gentleness of the bobbing curly head……Sweet! Just oh so sweet! 🙂
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I think I’m hungry for happy memories at the moment, Lillian.
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I understand, Kim.
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lovely curls, winding back through memories
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Thank you, Sarah!
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Such warmth in this piece!
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Thank you for reading and commenting.
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All those lovely curls!!
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🙂
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Such beautiful delights.
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Thanks Dorna!
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I see this piece is filled with lovely curls. Just beautiful.
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Thanks Maria!
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You have a lovely collection of curls here.
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Thank you, Mary!
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I am eating up that last stanza, girl. So cute!
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Thanks for reading and commenting!
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Lovely quadrille.
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Thank you!
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All beautiful images to contemplate.
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Thank you, Rosemary!
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Lots of lovely curls make for a perfect day.
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Thank you, Walter, it was!
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Takes me back to when the children were younger, you have captured the seaside holiday so beautifully.
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Thank you, Alison. That was a particularly lovely couple of days away, nearly thirty years ago, just the two of us, and we spent most of our time on the beach building sand castles.
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I love how you move from a ‘cat curled up’ to a ‘curl of butter’ to ‘curly head’ and to ‘curl of waves’. Such a lovely way of reminiscing the past.
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Thank you!
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A lovely curl running all the way through along with the soft purr of your cat, beautifully done Kim :o) xxx
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Thank you, Xenia, and a happy new year!
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Thank you Kim, a very happy New Year to you too :o) xxx
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your curls so well-crafted Kim – butter pat particularly evocative with its mouth of the Bourne associations p.s. coincidentally we both did Bournemouth
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Thank you, Laura. I haven’t read any posts since this morning – I’ll go and ready yours now!
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I enjoyed reading about the “curls.”
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🙂
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This is so pleasing. A contented sigh here.
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Thank you, Jennifer.
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Love ALL these glimpses of curls.
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Thank you, De!
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I love that you repeat the motive of curling and curled things, so to say, to create a sort of juxtaposition. I really love how you executed it and that the poem can be read as more than 1, smaller poems.
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Thanks Oloriel!
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I agree, this is so incredibly beautiful, Kim 😀 Especially love “the curl of waves and your contented smile” ❤️
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Thank you, Sanaa!
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The progression of that curl through this poem is very clever. The photo is well suited to your piece, also. Very nice, Kim.
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Thank you, Misky!
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Love all the different uses of curl! Your poem sounds like a perfect vacation.
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🙂
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Delightful scene you create with varied curls!
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Thank you, Lynn!
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Nice one, Kim 🙂 Curls upon curls.
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Thank you, Jane 🙂
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So many wonderful takes on curl. My favorite has to be the last stanza.
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Thanks Victoria!
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Curling through time. Lovely feel to this. Happy New Year Kim.
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Happy New Year to you too, Paul! Thanks for your comments 🙂
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