upside down

Quadrille #239: Smile!

Upside down!
#quadrille.

Turning frowns upside down,
Always, always a good friend.

Sweet treats upside down,
Sticky, sticky sour shoes.

Turning my black brain upside down, 
Smile, you sick f****s.

Sweet treats upside down,
Sticky. Sticky sour shoes.


Turning frowns upside down,
Always, always a good friend.

© 12/01/2026 rog leach

welcome back #Dversepoetrypub. trying to smile through a scrambled head after returning to work after to long a break. where i sat not doing much for longer than I normally  do.

Heading home, #quadrille.

Quadrille 237: Zero

Heading home.
#dversepoetrypub, #wordatthewharf, #quadrille.

Heading home, warm bed awaits,
Hibernation craved,
Zero till home.
Tired.

Two-mile snow 🌨 tunnel,
Beckons me through,
Muted world.
Hush.

Footprints lead the way, into darkness
Who’s’, I wonder?
Another adventurer?
Perhaps.

Swallowed by silent obscurity, 
Calmness descends,
My footprints added,
Zero fear.

© 01/12/2025 rog leach

Thanks Melissa for a fun word for tonight’s quadrille @ #dversepoetrypub. I have also included hibernate from Decembers writing prompt for a monthly spoken word evening called word at the wharf. The pic was taken a few years back when I had to walk home in the snow.

coaxed away #quadrille

Q236 – Coaxing Is As It Does

Coaxed.

Noisy demands of rat-race,
No longer appeal to my,
 Sense of belonging.

The sound of the sea 🌊.
Coaxing me to salty breeze.

Noisy demands vanquished,
By waves lapping over,
My toes, even on icy morn.

The sea shore coaxing,
Away from inevitable madness.

© 17/11/2025 rog leach

hello all . how are you all. tonight @ #dversepoets pub we are discussing being coaxed into something over being coursed into something. here is my 44 worded quadrille using the word coax.

man up #quadrille

Quadrille #235 Take Your Poem for a Whirl Around the Block

Man up.
#manup

My mind whirls like van cough’s stars,
Tired, tired mind swirls and twirls,
Trying to get a grip,
Man up.


My emotions swirl around my heart,
Tired, tired heart breaking,
Trying to get a grip.
Man up.


No, I won’t man up,
Pain released.

© 04/11/2025 rog leach

dark night #qudrille

Quadrille #234: A Sparkler of a Day

Dark tonight.
#quadrille, #dversepoetrypub

 Stars tonight’s sparklers,
Laying in my heart’s darkness,
 Hearing her singing our love.

Our sparklers my only light,
Her ghost’s bearing here,
Keeping me company.

My sparkle leaving,
 No live since her leaving,
Our Tomb of memories,
 All that is left.
I join her.


© 20/10/2025 rog leach