Pick this!
#quadrille, #anti-war,
I have a bone to pick,
One huge bone,
To pick with all you,
F£$*&^g war-mongers!
Killing innocence,
Lining you pockets with,
BLOOD MONEY!
Murdering,
Not in my name.
Love and peace accepted,
To be spread around thickly,
Harmony, goodwill and friendships,
PICK THIS!
© rog leach 06/04/2026.
#quadrille time again @ #dversepoetrypub. tonight’s word bone went straight to how I am feeling today.
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.
perspective poetry 
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