It’s Quadrille Monday on dVerse and I’m actually rather early (for me!) This week it is being hosted by De Jackson from WimseyGismo. This week, De wants us to get salty! So we have to use a variation of the word “salt” in our 44-word poem. And, without further ado…
Winter wind buffets my bare face
forcing tears to stream
a frozen trail down my cheeks
A blazing fire would warm me, yes
But what I truly desire is
the taste of the salty sea
warmed by my lover’s lips in a sultry kiss
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Wonderful sea kissed poem. Thinking of wind and salty tears, reminded me of standing at lands end at Faro Touriñan in NW Spain. The sea was so rough and the winds were strong and constant. I was covered with salt in a matter of minutes.
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Thank you, Tim. Oh man, now what you mean (not that I’ve been there but I have been so sprayed…)
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It’s amazing. When I looked out on the wild Atlantic, I thought mariners of old were crazy to set sail in those waters.
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They were!!
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Having lived the salt life for ten years a kiss is certainly the right way to go. Good one, Dale.
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Thank you, John. Of course you would know 🙂
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😁
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Nice!
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Thank you!
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Seaside romance will always work out so well. Even tears fall in a stream
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I should like to think so. And right…
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Mmmm. This is lovely. Who wouldn’t want just that?
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Thank you, De. I know I would!
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Under those conditions I’m betting the kiss would be twice as warm. Good one, Dale.
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I sure like to think so. Thank you, Lisa.
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You’re welcome.
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Dear Dale,
Sensuous and salty. Well written 44.
Shalom and lotsa seaside hugs,
Rochelle
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PS. Love the photo. Want to be there. 😉
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Isn’t it great? Well, that sounds rather showoffy… 😉 It was in Cuba.
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Dear Rochelle,
Thank you, my friend.
Shalom and lotsa salty waves,
Dale
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Oh, nice one, Dale. A salty kiss indeed.
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Thank you, Gigi. To remind us that summer is coming… 🙂
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Beautiful, Dale! I love the image of a frozen trail of salty tears running down your cheek!
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Thank you, Dwight! I kinda liked that one too 🙂
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You are welcome!
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🙂
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Wonderful, Dale
In one 44 word poetic post and a photo, you have captured: wind, fire, water, salt (as in of the earth), love, and desire. In the photo you offer more of the same. Not to mention all the underlying emotion exuding forth. Excellently and thoughtfully done.
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Thank you so much for your lovely response. Isn’t it funny how we can capture all that without realising it?
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As poets do.
Kind of weaves a lot of life into so few words. 🙂
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So chuffed when I succeed!
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Life is all about being chuffed.😇
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Could not agree more 😉
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Good. 🙂
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Count me in! 🙂
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😊
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Oh Dale that is just beautiful, and so emotional, and only in 44 words…incredible….
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Oh no…sorry about the typo…can you correct?
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Done 😉
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I fixed the typo, then forgot to respond! Thank you so much, Ain. So glad you liked.
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Thanks so much Dale, apologies, will be more careful….yes really liked – I think you write with a magic wand, not a pen!
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Don’t be silly. It happens to the best of us!
And wow, I am chuffed you think so!
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Oh, yes! Who would not desire this on a windswept beach in winter?
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Right? Well… I, for one would! 🙂
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This is so sexy, Dale❣️
❤
David
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Thank you, David! So glad you think so 🙂
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Oh wow, Dale…. and oh wow again! …stirring emotions beautifully!
❤️🙏🤗💗🤗🙏❤️
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Thank you, Marina! So very glad I managed to wow you 🙂 💞🥰
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Very much! 🤗❤🤗🌷
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I like how you went from those frozen tears to a warm beach–and even warmer kiss! I can tell you definitely do want to be there! 💙
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The cold we’ve gotten and will get again was incentive 😉 Do I ever want to be there! 🧡
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I’m sure you do! 💙
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🏖️🌊
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I came Dale, I read, great work my friend — but I am not well. Be back soon.
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Oh, dear. Thank you, Rob. Get better soon!
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I’d like to combine the two. The sultry kiss in front of the blazing fire! Well done Dale.
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That would be divine as well. Thank you, Peter.
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Oh! This is beautiful!
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Thank you so much, Rene!
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You have such a spontaneity, it’s delightful.
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Ooh! I like that 🙂
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That’s is what I love about your writing. It’s like a bubbling brook!
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Ah jeez! You are making my day! 🙂
Best you not read today’s FF, then 😉 I’m positively grumpy!
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How suitable, I’m feeling a bit grumpy too lol!
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Well then, in that case, have at it 😉
Some mornings are just not what we want them to be!
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Spontaneous ranting. Feels great right?
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That it does! I don’t have Marc’s flair but hey…
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Haha! Believe me you have quite a flair and it’s enchanting.
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You are just so darn lovely! 🥰💕
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Ahhh, sweet!
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44 delicious words, Dale
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Dang those WP gremlins! They dared to spam you!
Thank you, Jilly. So glad you thought so 🙂
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Absolutely beautiful!
You went from tears to sultry kiss, I went from kiss to tears.
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Thank you, Punam. We did reverse things, did we not?
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Q
Tears fail me, but kisses never do. I guess it’s all that practice, huh?
44 words with which to sweeten the salt and produce a rapturous smooch, which I call beautifully impressive.
B
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Quite a bit of practice, I’d say…
Thank you, lovely lad. I honestly didn’t think I’d be able to get it done and convey what I wanted to say. Beyond glad you do 🙂
Q
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A bit.
Beyond glad you took it on. So there! 😉
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Hmmm.
Sweet. Looking forward to the salt… So there! 😉
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Win? Win!
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Oh. I can think of an even better Win-Win scenario 😉 😘
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Gooooooaaaaaalllllll!!!!!!
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😘😘😘
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😘😘😘😘
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Coming in from the cold, sometimes a mere fire is not enough. A beautiful salty sweet poem, Dale!
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Thank you, Ms D! Yes, a mere fire will warm the outside… So glaed you like!
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Nice poem, Dale! I would love being by a salty ocean. But maybe not a cold one! To walk along a warm toasty beach—that’s sounding like heaven right now.
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Thank you, Kathy. No, no… right now, I want a warm one! And yes, a walk along, a kiss, a slash in the water, a kiss… sigh…
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Sigh…you romantic you ♥️
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I am 🙂 💕
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This is sigh-lovely! 🙂
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I love sigh-lovely! 🙂
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😀
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Wonderful poetry. 🙂
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Thank you! 🙂
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Love this! well done!
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Thank you, Frank!
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Ah, yes, the warm salty sea beckons in the dead of winter!
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That it does! Particularly strongly right now 🙂
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Salty or sultry? Faudrait savoir. 😉
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Mais les deux ensemble, mon cher!
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I miss the sea so much… we only have brackish water here… a salty kiss always works.
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I am close to the St. Lawrence River but not at the part that feels like it’s the ocean. I long to feel the ocean breeze upon my face.. Salty kisses are delightful.
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Very sexy (salty) poem!
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How dare the WP gremlins put you in spam!
Hope you like 😉
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WP and my new phone have conspired to keep me from commenting and liking and who knows what else!
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Whenever I use my phone on a friends blog, I automatically go into her trash!
WP is not always fun.
I’m glad I did dig you out!
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Wow! This was marvelously put together. I felt every word.
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Thank you, my friend. That means a lot to me!
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I can relate. Both to the salt spray and the sultry kiss.
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I could go for both right now… 😏
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Know how you feel.
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Sigh…
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Lovely, Miss Dale. I’ll stick with the salty sea with a solitary stroll along the shoreline.
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Thank you, Miss Monika. Oh c’mon now… ya never know 😉
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Alas, I think I do at this point. 😈
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Salty words to go with a sea drenched picture.
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Indeed 😉
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Brilliant, yes, fantastic. Gold-star-worthy, Dale 🙂
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Thank you, my friend! 😊
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🙂 🙂 🙂
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🙂🙂🙂
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Wonderful poem.. loved it ❤️
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Thank you, so much!
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Love this!
You excel, Thunder. xoxo
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Thank you dahlink 👸✨ xoxo
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Beautiful.
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Thank you!
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I love the juxtapositions: frozen tears… a blazing fire… salty sea kisses. If I had to pick just one… Lovely versing, Dale.
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Thank you, Eric. So lovely of you to visit and take the time to comment. I’ve been trying to stretch my skillz 😉
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