As we grow older, we cling to the familiarity of rooms.
We are apprehensive of black holes that swallow words, details that snag.
But occasionally, the intellect’s lens voluntarily zooms.
Don’t you love it whenever your brain lets a feline out of the bag!
Kim M. Russell, 3rd April 2023
Image by Milad Fakurian on Unsplash
Today is day three of NaPoWriMo. It is also Quadrille Monday at the dVerse Poets Pub and we are writing zoom quadrilles with De, poems of 44 words, not counting the title, and including one word provide by our host: ZOOM.
De says that, back in the day, zoom was simply an onomatopoeia and something we might find in the pages of a comic book. But, in 2020, that changed, when all our meetings, classrooms, and even family interactions went online for a time. It’s also a word used in common camera phraseology.
Our example poem is ‘Zoom; by Simon Armitage, together with a link for further poetic inspiration from Poetry Soup.
I thought I’d try a quatrain of American sentences.
writing in north norfolk 
Oh, how I love this:
we cling to the familiarity of rooms.
All too true, for me!
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I’m just finding my way out of the house and I’ve visited my daughter a few times, which involves a three-hour train journey.
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I love the thought, and also to be able to zoom out every now and then
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I like zooming out, as long as it’s voluntarily.
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Zoomeriffica!
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Cheers Ron!
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I wish I could zoom out voluntarily a bit bit more often
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Smiles.
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A quadrille within a quatrain will train the brain…good one, Kim!
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Thank you, Lynn! Sudoku and poetry keep the mind fresh.
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Yes I do… great use of the prompt, Kim.
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Thanks Dwight!
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You are welcome.
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I really like this take on the prompt. Nicely done.
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Thank you, Maria!
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Those black holes seem ever more threatening! Interesting quadrille, Kim.
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The weird thing is that the black holes occur when I try to express myself verbally. When I write they’re not so bad.
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I understand that perfectly. I don’t know if you have migraines, but I find it impossible to get the words out in speech. Writing is no problem, but there’s a disfunction in whatever electric impulse links brain and tongue.
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Oh, how i love the idea Kim and your last line is simply adorable “Don’t you love it whenever your brain lets a feline out of the bag!”
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Thank you Mich!
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I was starting to quote my favorite phrases and lines, but it’s one after another. Excellent piece.
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Thank you Shawna!
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