Just 44 words for Linda's quadrille prompt: Wine
-  which also gave rise to some plant poetry that I'm now adding to my garden blog: Muscari

54 thoughts on “Under the influence”

1. I love this quadrille, Laura, especially those ‘blackthorns, decked in boozy blossom’ and the thought of ‘imbibing miracles’.

   1. such a swell time of year!- I feel quite tipsy so thank you, Kim

2. Laura-your words are beautiful, and the ending is stunning.

   1. the poem came to me on a walk as I was turning over your prompt in my mind – so thanks Linda and also for the challenge of finding a way to include the word!

      1. I’m glad it inspired you. 🙂

3. I love your communion and the imbibing of miracles through it. What would we do without nature?

   1. many thanks – to answer your question – we would surely go mad without it

      1. You’re most welcome, Laura.

4. That first stanza especially made me feel tipsy on spring. I understand! I take walks throughout the year, but spring is really a sensory delight.

   1. glad you felt the celebratory influence! it really is hard not to feel it in Spring

      1. I agree!

5. Oh, how I LOVE that “boozy blossom,” and the idea of “imbibing miracles.” Wonderful!

   1. thanks De – was a little uncertain as to whether that adjective was taking the metaphor too far

6. Well written Laura — some excellent imagery

   1. thanks Rob – had to be judicious with imagery in 44 words!

7. Oh, glorious, Laura. The blackthorn is out, but it’s not as frothy and exuberant as hawthorn. I love your take on the prompt.

   1. thank you for Sarah – I think the Blackthorn can outdo the Hawthorn some years

8. Love the ingesting of miracles and the magical elements of your Quadrille. Enjoyed this sip, Laura.

   1. I appreciate you imbibing here!

9. Nice one
   Happy Easter

   Much💛love

   1. thank you x

10. Great communion with nature. I can fairly smell the sweet fragrance!

    1. alas it only lacks a delicious scent

11. Oh my, such a beautiful weaving of metaphors and imagery. Love it.

    1. slipping in some drink metaphors was a rather cunning attempt to keep the prompt in sight 😉

12. Very well done! The flowers must be on bougainvillea! Thornes and flowers!

    1. no Dwight – our native Blackthorn here is just that

       1. Interesting! :>)

13. This is lovely, but even more lovely is your garden blog which I have only just found, but sadly unable to comment on it. So you are on the move again shortly, to the lovely Derbyshire – which part? I wish you and all your potted plant a safe and happy transfer when the time comes.

    1. I really appreciate you taking the time to visit the garden blog Jude – just realized comments switched off after 14 days on posts (and poem pages) so have now adjusted that
       – thanks for the good wishes. My big pots have gone over already and I still have plenty for company till then – Going probably after July not far from Matlock or Chesterfield

       1. A lovely area. I shall follow your garden blog and see how the new garden develops.

          1. please do – it will be a work in progress starting from scratch and scratches – nettles & briars!!

14. Stunning! How lovely to be ‘drunk’ on Spring!

    1. yes – especially after ‘on the wagon’ days of winter!!

15. Oh this a lush and potent write, full bodied and just delicious to read. I love the use of communion here and the ending is inspiring.

    1. lovely comment – thank you

16. “Still imbibing miracles”…I raise a toast to your quadrille, Laura!

    1. yes joint toast then to communion, Lynn

17. That final line is a true KO, Laura.

    ❤
    David

    1. thanks for being knocked out!

18. I think there are more miracles to be imbibed minus the wine: well said and beautifully crafted!

    1. thank you Ingrid – Spring is the epitome of nature in communion

19. I love boozy blossoms. Wine just goes with everything!

    1. I like the high-spirited grain but Spring belongs to the grape methinks – thank you Yvonne

20. Isn’t that a wonderful influence to be under?! 😉
    Exquisite, my dearest Laura!

    1. yes my dear Marina – am feeling quite drunk on so much vivacity here – except temps dropped to wintry ones today 😦

       1. Weather is rather playful here too! 😉

21. “Imbibing miracles” yes! Lovely!

22. A wonderful quadrille, Laura. I love these words
    “where songbirds syncopate on high,
    fever-flushed with Spring.”
    such vivid imagery and I can picture the songbirds high on spring! 🙂

    1. spot on -you tuned in to that one Lillian – many thanks

23. Fascinating the way you used the sensual aspect in nature to compose a poem about wine … loved it!

    1. thank you, Helen – it all feels as though Bacchus is on the move

24. “Blackthorns, decked in boozy blossom,”

    Love that line, Laura.

    1. thank you – I like the unexpected adjective!

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