Lady Lucretia was a model of decorum.
But that summer’s eve the minstrel arrived,
Her dignity skipped merrily away,
With prudence and pride at its side.
With petticoats aflounce and feet aflight,
Showing more pantaloon than propriety,
Her
ladyship was no lady that night.
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Written for dVerse Poet's Pub, where Toni serves up "skip" as the prompt for Quadrille Monday. In case you are like me and don't know what a quadrille poem is, it has exactly 44 words.
Wonderful!
ReplyDeleteThank you! It was fun.
DeleteWhat fun and merriment she is having ~ Love the terrific response Patti ~ So lovely to see you (more regularly now) ~
ReplyDeleteThank you, Grace, for your kind words and your welcome back.
DeleteI mainly really like how there is a sense of form to this poem. And propriety.
ReplyDeleteHa, or lack thereof, propriety, that is.
DeleteHa! "Showing more pantaloon than propriety" is perfection! ;)
ReplyDeleteThank you, De.
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ReplyDeleteHa...I love this and that last verse! Good for her!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Gayle!
DeleteAh....me thinks Lady Lucretia is quite the jekyll and hyde! Pantaloons and crinolines for all to see. Love it! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you. I imagine quite a few "proper" ladies had a wild child inside waiting to break free.
DeleteA delightful write...smiles and chuckles.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Lynn! I'm so glad I could make you chuckle.
Delete!!! i can't believe you were able to incorporate rhyme and similar lines into such a short poem. masterfully done - this felt like such a delightfully flippant poem.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much! Flippant is exactly what I was going for. That and a touch of naughty!
DeleteAbsolutely a true delight. And the illustration just makes it perfect. Thank you for responding to the prompt!
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome. And thank you for hosting and your kind words!
DeleteHa this was wonderful. Nothing more to hide after such excitement
ReplyDeleteThank you. I'm sure her ladyship will be back to her proper self in the morning.
DeleteSo many 'ladies' were happy to throw propriety to the winds. Love it!
ReplyDeleteHi, Jan! Thanks for visiting.
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All of us need to drop the lady thing now and again. This was perfect for Cinco de Mayo which is when I read it.
ReplyDeleteI agree. Being a "lady" 24/7 is over-rated. And not much fun!
DeleteOh geez. I thought I'd seen you around but you comment on an old blog. Glad you're here.
ReplyDeleteFor some reason, WordPress insists I comment from my WordPress blog on Wordpress sites. Very proprietary of them! I use the Blogger blog for creative writing, which is mostly what I do now. I haven't posted to the WordPress blog in quite some time.
DeleteHa ha ha, good one!
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