Monday, October 18, 2021

Monday WRites 320

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You've heard about the Monday Blues well this is  Monday WRites  (musing on the definition here of rite, as any customary observance for eg the rite of afternoon tea).
Welcome to Monday WRites # 320: A Happy Monday to all. Be Safe.


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Challenged to  Write a quadrille which included any form of the word ash
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Her ashen countenance, matched well her fear; 
Perched at her scared window view.
What was the matter,
With the day's overcast was, its silence.
No words spoken in warning to anyone,
Just this ominous hue,
Of lies already told, not now to be repeated.
 A Halloween Dread © gillena cox 2021

REVISIT
18 October 2017
...with ashes
...ashes might soothe...

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29 comments:

  1. sarahOctober 18, 2021 at 3:25 PM

    Gillena, this is much darker than your usual poems - October must be getting to you. I love the weight of silence in this. It packs an ominous punch.

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  2. brudbergOctober 18, 2021 at 3:35 PM

    The ominous hues makes that last line even stronger. A lie is a genie in a bottle, once out you cannot put it back...

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  3. Gillena CoxOctober 18, 2021 at 3:39 PM

    Thanks for your appreciation Björn

    Much💜love

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  4. Ken / rivrvlogrOctober 18, 2021 at 3:43 PM

    This sounds quite ominous.

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  5. ms_liliOctober 18, 2021 at 4:05 PM

    Sounds like unwholesome things are afoot. Good job of building your atmosphere.

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  6. lillianthehomepoet.wordpress.comOctober 18, 2021 at 4:13 PM

    The ominous hue.....ashen countenance....scared view.....the overcast gloom....all set the mood here so well. Lies told....lies hidden....a way to doom a relationship and make the ominous hue become the reality of a doomed or lost relationship.

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    1. Gillena CoxOctober 18, 2021 at 5:14 PM

      Thanks for your appreciation Lilian

      Much💜love

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  7. Jane DoughertyOctober 18, 2021 at 4:21 PM

    I anticipated a volcanic eruption. It's still rumbling.

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  8. Merril D. SmithOctober 18, 2021 at 4:32 PM

    Very ominous atmosphere--I'm not sure if it's a relationship. Halloween, or Covid.But spooky, Gillena!

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    1. Gillena CoxOctober 18, 2021 at 5:15 PM

      Thanks for your appreciation Merril

      Much💜love

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  9. GraceOctober 18, 2021 at 4:57 PM

    Dark and ominous vibes. Must be the coming Halloween mood.

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  10. Gillena CoxOctober 18, 2021 at 5:15 PM

    Thanks for your appreciation Grace

    Much💜love

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  11. Sanaa RizviOctober 18, 2021 at 6:46 PM

    I can the ominous vibes here so much. A dark and poignant write, Gillena!

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  12. TriciaOctober 18, 2021 at 8:11 PM

    Very atmospheric! The "ashen countenance" is a vivid image!

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  13. Gillena CoxOctober 18, 2021 at 11:45 PM

    Thanks for your appreciation Tricia

    Much💜love

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  14. IngridOctober 19, 2021 at 12:47 AM

    Charged with mystery and Gothic elements - I love the atmosphere, Gillena! ❤️

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  15. David BogomolnyOctober 19, 2021 at 5:50 AM

    Those last five words, and that entire last line actually, are perfect, Gillena. I loved this.

    -David [ben Alexander]

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  16. Marion HortonOctober 19, 2021 at 5:57 AM

    A sense of doom hangs in the air - and I'm wondering, what were 'the lies not now to be repeated'?

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  17. Gillena CoxOctober 19, 2021 at 7:26 AM

    Thanks for your appreciation Marion

    Much💜love

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  18. KerfeOctober 19, 2021 at 10:26 AM

    Words can indeed recolor our view of things.

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  19. K.HartlessOctober 19, 2021 at 12:47 PM

    That heavy hue of lies. I hope to steer clear as I've been lost in those woods before. This is a very vivid quadrille.

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  20. Gillena CoxOctober 19, 2021 at 6:25 PM

    Thanks for your appreciation K

    Much💜love

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