Thorny climber dog rose
meanders among hedgerows:
in springtime flaunting blushing flowers,
where insects devour sweetest nectars;
in autumn, a birds’ banquet of scarlet hips
and a source of healthy syrups.
The Bard stole the name for his constable
in Much Ado, comically irresponsible.
Kim M. Russell, 18th May 2026
It’s Monday and, at the dVerse Poets Pub, time for writing Quadrilles with De, who says “This One’s Gone to the Dogs”.
This week we’re writing poems of precisely 44 words, including one word provided by our host, which is ‘dog’.I enjoyed the examples of poems and titles with that word in them, especially one of my favourite books, Love That Dog by Sharon Creech, which I used a lot when I was teaching. By the way, the Mark Twain quotation also applies to cats!
writing in north norfolk 
Aha! Had to look up the name of the constable in Much Ado! You’ve blended reference to the bard so well with your wonderful imagery of the garden. You’ve a beautiful way of making gardens for your readers, Kim!
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Thanks so much, Lill!
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Dogberry… had to look it up, I love all those colorful berries that maybe are more for show than for eating…
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Rose hips are full of vitamin C, Björn, and we were given rose hip syrup as children.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_hip_soup
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I love the color, the scent, the tastes in this Q, Kim. Dogberry thrives, in the Bard’s verse as well!
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