Moonlit Hum

Quadrille #256 – Ho-hum, it’s time to Poem

Eastwards across the Lossie towards the East Beach. by Des Colhoun is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.0

Moonlit Hum #quadrille.

The hum of salt water

Rushing the beach,

Moonshine not only,

By the glass.

The hum of salt water,

Wash down my cheeks,

Moonlit waves,

Rushing the beach.

Moonshine not only,

Reflected in my eyes,

Relief beyond survival,

Better than wine,

By the glass.

Burnt #senyu

Burnt.

#word@thewharf, #senyru, #haiku

Fire of betrayal,

That burnt this heart to cinders,

Still burns with malice!

© 27/08/2026 rog leach.

If I made a list

Quadrille #354: I Protest

the Banksy Tank painted in the Leake street Tunnels under waterloo

a Banksy painting at the Leake street tunnels

If I made a list!

#quadrille

If I made list of things I could protest!

War,

Slavery,

Corruption,

Pollution,

Excess,

And,

And.

It’s a long, long list never ending list (almost)

But who would hear, the politicians?

Direct action protest, does it work?

How about a protest poem? Yes.

thanks #dversepoetrypub for another great quadrille prompt.

Armageddon Orange.

ARMAGEDDON ORANGE!

#wildfires, #hothotsummer

Our road verges reborn, verges reborn,
Cleaned by rain and sunshine,
Birds sing with the joy of rebirth,
Of our clean and pleasant island,
After extra hot summer, after another, after another,
Hot, hot summer.

Armageddon orange skies, Over islands once green
When will they receive their rebirth?
With their own vegetation reinstating,
after extra hot summer, after another, after another,
Hot, hot summer.

How I would loathe to witness
Our green and pleasant island
Under the same Armageddon orange skies.


Do we need to put back the traffic?
On our roads and in our skies,
Polluting skies, seas and land needing to stop.



How I would loathe to witness
Our green and pleasant island
Under the same Armageddon orange skies.


1st © 9/6/2021 rogleach.
2nd © 15/8/2026

Double Whammy #quadrille

FOWC With Fandango — Unclear

Quadrille #353: Jumpstart your Poem

double whammy because I’m writing to two prompts, one word challenge from fandangos page #FOWC to include the word unclear. and #dversepoetrypub have prompted us all to write a #quadrille to include the word jump.

Unclear Quadrille.

#FOWC,  #Dversepoetrypub, #quadrille

Sat watching the darkness,
My mind unclear, foggy.

My top floor window,
brightly lit from behind,
making the darkness deeper,
inviting me to JUMP.

Sat watching the darkness,
My mind unclear, foggy.

A switch flicks off,
From somewhere behind me,
The moons smile defogs.

© rog leach 10/08/2026