Amidst
an army
of slim
trunks
and
branches,
starkly
silver
across
the bruise of swollen clouds,
a shimmering shaft
of optimistic sunlight
explodes with April drizzle.
Ephemeral
rain-shadows
dissolve into prismatic bows
and rippling puddles
sparkle with liquidity,
intensifying spring
and her growing
pellucidity.
Kim M. Russell, 2017
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My response to dVerse Poets Pub Quadrille # 30 – Drizzle
Mish has brought us this week’s quadrille prompt. She says that the weather in her part of the woods has been very unpredictable, with winter coats one day and summer shorts the next. She is sharing a bit of that with us today, giving us the word DRIZZLE. We can use it as a noun, verb or be creative and get drizzly. We can dabble in words about the weather, share a drizzle of our emotions or our best recipe drizzled in lemon icing or olive oil. The mood can be a drizzling of darkness or light. It’s up to us! We just have to remember our quadrille should be exactly 44 words in total not including the title and must include the word drizzle or derivative of the word.
writing in north norfolk 
Hi Kim! Seems like our weather here. Love this burst of rain showers:
a shimmering shaft
of optimistic sunlight
explodes with April drizzle.
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It’s been chilly here but plenty of sunshine – and my washing is mostly dry!
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I really enjoy your work, Kim. Your use of language speaks to me!
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Thank you for dropping by and reading, Diana, and for your kind comments!
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Beautiful work, Kim. I really like the contrast in the top section being “thin” with the bottom being wider and more rounded or curved. It’s a very effective technique.
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Thank you for reading and commenting, Emilie!
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I liked the “bruising” of the swollen clouds and the sunlight described as “optimistic”.
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Thanks Frank! Luckily, we had no drizzle today 🙂
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Love how you stretched out the format, almost tricked me into thinking it wasn’t a quadrille! Your beautiful words have given drizzle a more distinguished feel.
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Thank you, Mish!
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Beautiful.
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Thank you!
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Nice one, Kim. There’s something about your word choice that tinkles, like light rain.
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Thanks Jane!
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Send that shimmering shaft of optimistic sunlight my way. I’m looking out at storm clouds gathering! I love your hopeful poem!
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Thank you, Bev!
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Really enjoy the shape and appearance of this poem!
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Thank you, Jilly!
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Excellent Q44–so Springy, it makes me blossom with hope & verdant dreams. Your last word sent me off to the dictionary; great lesson for me.
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Thank you, Glenn! Stay pellucid!
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Pellucidity.I was reaching for the dictionary too. This is like being drizzled on with words.
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‘Drizzled on with words’ – that could be from a poem!
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Maybe it will ‘drizzle’ it’s way into one.
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Spectacular description. And you made me look up a word: pellucidity. I love learning new words. This one’s a keeper.
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Thank you, Linda, and I’m pleased you’ve adopted a new word!
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I love the images this one evokes!
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Thank you, Rachel!
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Beautiful imagist poem..catches color, mood, and atmosphere perfectly.
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Thank you, Gay!
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“Prismatic bows” – I love that! I had a prism as a child. Even though I couldn’t see the colors, the idea has always fascinated me. 🙂
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Thankyou, Crystal! I love prisms and rainbows; that was my favourite part of physics lessons at school, and magnetism, which was fun!
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This line really jumped out at me, as we have had days of rain and the sun finally came out again. It does make one feel optimistic.
a shimmering shaft
of optimistic sunlight
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Thank you!
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bruise of swollen clouds… oh that’s a great expression.
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Thank you!
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You are quite eloquent. And I’ve learned a new word: pellucidity. Thank you!
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Thank you!
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‘bruise of swollen clouds’ – one of many exquisite phrases that make up this poem.
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Thank you!
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Beautiful image and drizzling words!
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Thank you, Sreeja!
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i love rainbows but this must be the most exquisite description I have ever read –
“Ephemeral
rain-shadows
dissolve into prismatic bows”
Lovely Kim ,just right for the soul seeking coloured rain.
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Thanks Gina!
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Such a PERFECT rain poem, Kim. Sigh.
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Thank you, De!
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Excellent!
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I love your explosion of April drizzle. Far too lovely for the usual mizzly drizzle we get round here…
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Thank you, Sarah!
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I love the rain, and we need some. Your line …’Ephemeral rain-shadows dissolve into prismatic bows…’ is especially pretty. 🙂
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Thank you!
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Lovely words for spring showers…pellucidity was a new one for me 🙂 I like how your first stanza looks like one of the tree trunks you describe.
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Thank you, Janice. I might try using more shapes like that. 🙂
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A vivid picture!
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Thank you, Rosemary!
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Love your explosion of words drizzling into spring. “Sparkle with liquidity” is an especially beautiful visual. ❤
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Thanks Olga!
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It’s beautiful…love the choice of words…
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Thank you, Sujata.
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