Silent heart.
#quadrille, #dversepoetspub.
Worn out and tattered,
Emptied and used,
Abused.
Dilapidation set in long ago,
Threadbare and scuffed,
Molested.
Quietly hoping and praying,
Silent heart still beats,
Battered.
Silence it’s shield,
Protection from over loving,
Surviving.
Worn out and tattered,
Emptied and used,
Abused silent heart.
© 23/03/2026 rog leach
Thanks Lillian for such a provocative word for toady Quadrille for tonight’s season at the @#dversepoetspub.
REVOLUTION. #QUADRILLE
#revolution
Tormented yes, living somebody else’s dream,
Bullied into dying for psychopath’s dream.
Why give psychopaths ruling power!
Love thy neighbours, till psychopath,
Orders you to destroy another’s home.
Revolution time, no more nations,
No more reasons for war,
Transform our thinking.
LET’S END BLOODSHED!
© 17/04/2023 rog leach
Bat twitch.
#quadrille.
The art of the darkness,
Twitches, shudders,
That splash of neon light.
Alive in the blackness,
Demanding Needs,
That splash of neon light.
Reaching from the darkness,
This frantic bat,
Twitching in pink neon.
Trying to fill this void,
Opaque Blackness,
Dressed up as neon.
Feb 2026
Rog leach
Birdbath War.
#quadrille, #reworkedoldy.
Sparrow’s splash and play,
Starling’s shout squark and torment,
Bullied into taking wing.
Starlings puddle bath, mud included,
Red Kite overhead whistles threat,
Frightened travellers taking wing.
Jackdaws seized chance
Splashing in birdbath till dry
Will humans refill?
The dammed concrete puddle after spillage.
1st © rogleach 8/7/2021
2nd © rog leach 09/03/2026
thanks to De for a fun word @ #dversepoetspub favourite form the quadrille.
loved all your song choices to accompany the prompt.
good evening world. Tonight Punam has asked us @#dversepoetspub to pick an opening line from a list of poems to use as a closing line.
A.A. Awesome arsonists.
#dversepoetspub
Outrageously Depraved individuals,
Only beyond this point,
Burn baby, burn,
Barbeque politicians’ assets.
Why?
politicians are Wicked,
Wicked fire starters,
Burning the poor to feed,
their own egotistical needs.
A.A. Awesome arsonists awake,
Come fry its Friday,
Do you have a light boy,
Goodbye dear friends,
It was a pleasure to burn.
Last line was the opening line to Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451.
A book which is still on, my to read list.
Two songs also came to mind while writing this.
The crazy world of Arthur brown’s Fire.
Firestarter by the Prodigy.
The book Firestarter by Stephen King is well worth a read.
24/02/2026 rog leach
perspective poetry 
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