A quadrille
fidgets between
fingers and beneath
the skin,
itches to be free
with scratch of pen
or fricative of key.
A peculiar
gnat-bite tingles
with heat and buzzes
with sounds and rhythm,
has the poet
wrangling with words
in a vexation of stanzas.
Kim M. Russell, 16th July 2018
My response to dVerse Poets Pub Happy Anniversary and Quadrille #60: itch
Happy seventh anniversary dVerse! Grace is our host for the first Quadrille after the break and she has chosen the word ‘itch’.
writing in north norfolk 
A fun quadrille Kim, I love how it fidgets and ‘itches to be free’ :o) xxx
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Thank you, Xenia! 🙂 xxx
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Had me scrambling for the old dictionary–“pruritis” being frantic itching of the skin. You weaved a lovely metaphor locked in Quadrille; artist’s do feel the itch of suppressed creativity.
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Thanks Glenn!
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This is a fun quad and yet, there is wisdom in your words….”itches to be free”. How true of the poems inside of us.
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Thanks Toni!
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Yep! The poem just comes out like an infestation… the itch to inspire, celebrate, berate, eulogize, hypnotize…. And the poet just keeps scratching.
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🙂
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I feel your pain! We’re all suffering the same tonight 😊
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🙂
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A poem that perfectly encapsulates the weather and the feeling of those poems that just demand a page.
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Thank you, Carol.
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I love the sounds most specially with: gnat-bite tingles ~ I can hear that vexation with words and stanzas ~ Happy anniversary Kim ~
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Thank you, Grace. Happy anniversary!
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A lovely contrast of images that describe perfectly a Poet’s itch when writing a poem 😉
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Thank you, Sanaa 🙂
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With a scratch of pen or keyboard that itch wants to be satisfied.
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The problem is, once you start you can’t stop!
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I love your quadrille, particularly this line — “in a vexation of stanzas”.
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Thank you, Jo.
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The photo is great, Kim…a double entendre.😊
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Thanks Kathy! 🙂
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So fun and really, that’s what it’s like sometimes. LOL at the photo.
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And the title, just perfect.
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Thank you, Victoria. It was hard to find an image for this one!
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ha, I can relate to that fidgeting itch.
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🙂
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kaykuala
has the poet
wrangling with words
in a vexation of stanzas.
Sometimes one feels somewhat challenged looking for the right word to be at the right place. Somehow it makes it more interesting in such a situation, though!
Hank
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Sometimes a thesaurus is the only balm!
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PleaSure
Itch to Write From:
SmooThes Time out
to:
NoW..;)
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🙂
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:)!
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I hadn’t realised that a group of stanzas was a “vexation” (!) – perfect. Lovely take on the prompt and the urge to creativity.
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Thank you, Sarah. I’m just about to read and comment. I was so tired last night, I slept through this morning. It’s the heat!
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That’s not like you! You’re usually up with the lark. Is it still hot with you? It was 16.5 degrees as I drove to work – positively icy.
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I’ve had a few really bad nights, diverse tickly lighthouse (diverticulitis) pains and spending the night in a very uncomfortable bed that was not my own on Saturday night didn’t help. It’s still hot here. We’ve had crop fires, which I’ve never known before. The funny thing is that family came up from London and thought Great Yarmouth was chilly!
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Wonderful Quadrille! The nice thing about this form and the dVerse game of word prompt is that it does indeed cause something to come to the surface, and it is not always comfortable. A nice Ars Poetica too. dVerse, the poetic hive-mind.
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Thank you, Lona.
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Perfect! Lovely!
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Thank you, Ayala!
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LOVE the photo and the very anniversary-fun post! Ah that fricative of key!!
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Thank you, Lill!
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What a great interpretation of the prompt Kim.
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Thanks Linda!
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most wonderful use of the word “fricative” – now that’s poetry – and what a great poem this is – compliments the hilarious image ….
I like how you’ve wrangled this idea, the “itch” to create and the vexation it sometimes Is – but in such an imaginative way Kim! Cheers!
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Thank you, Pat!
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WOW!!!! nice on Kim
much love…
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Thank you and much love to you, Gillena!
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A clever and wonderful use of words here, Kim. I think we’ve all had this itch! 🙂
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Thank you, Merril! 🙂
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Oh I have felt the itch of the quadrille. Just love the phrase…”vexation of stanzas”.
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Thanks Mish!
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