Monday, September 30, 2024

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[Ariadne giving Theseus string before he enters the labyrinth] image courtesy dVerse poetry pub

 Quadrille String

You plucked the strings of my heart

Carrying a tune like apples in a cart

Ruddy and fragrant and appetizing

Ours was a melody oh so enticing

Days meandered into weeks without dread

Time took its own path on a journey

so well tread

© gillena cox 2024

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16 comments:

  1. ms_liliSeptember 30, 2024 at 5:15 PM

    Gillena, love the prose here. Reminds me of Shakespeare.

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    1. Gillena CoxOctober 1, 2024 at 9:27 AM

      Thank you for your appreciation Lisa

      much-♡love

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  2. Kim M. RussellOctober 1, 2024 at 2:57 AM

    I love the way you describe apples in this poem, Gillena.

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    1. Gillena CoxOctober 1, 2024 at 9:26 AM

      Thank you for your appreciation Kim

      much-♡love

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  3. Laura BloomsburyOctober 1, 2024 at 4:47 AM

    the apple motif rewritten here so cleverly as love

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  4. Gillena CoxOctober 1, 2024 at 9:26 AM

    Thank you for your appreciation Laura

    much-♡love

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  5. K.HartlessOctober 1, 2024 at 10:38 AM

    I love the apple heart, Gillena. How hearty it can be at times.

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  6. TruedessaOctober 1, 2024 at 1:13 PM

    Wonderfully, written and a fine tune of apples in a cart.

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    1. Gillena CoxOctober 1, 2024 at 3:04 PM

      Thank you for your appreciation Truedessa

      much-♡love

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  7. paeansunpluggedOctober 1, 2024 at 2:03 PM

    How lovely, Gillena! A tune as fragrant as apples sounds enticing. ❤️

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    1. Gillena CoxOctober 1, 2024 at 3:05 PM

      Thank you for your appreciation Punam

      much-♡love

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  8. brudbergOctober 1, 2024 at 2:06 PM

    Love the way you incorporate apples...

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  9. Gillena CoxOctober 1, 2024 at 3:05 PM

    Thank you for your appreciation Björn

    much-♡love

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  10. purplepeninportland.comOctober 4, 2024 at 8:26 PM

    I love the apples in a cart. Nice one, Gillena!

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  11. DoraOctober 5, 2024 at 2:55 PM

    A gorgeous love poem, the metaphor of harvested apples says so much!

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