dVerse Poets – Quadrille – Peeling
Mish at dVerse has invited us to write a quadrille (44 words) on the subject of peel.
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“We are all engaged in the task of peeling off the false selves, the programmed selves, the selves created by our families, our culture, our religions.” Anais Nin
A Peel To Life
Thin, worn metal strikes at flesh
seeking linear planes,
a redemption of flawed living,
smoothing the blemishes of
disappointment, the scratches
of indulgence so neatly scored,
circumcising the fibre of experience
for the juice of possibility,
sacrificial peeling to the
gods of new life.
©Paul Vincent Cannon
Paul, pvcann.com
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Perfect quote and graphic for your poem.
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Many thanks Pat
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The metaphor in this works beautiful and resonates well after the last line. Thanks for sharing.
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Thank you so much.
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Core beliefs tell the true story.
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Nice pun, thank you for sharing that Ken.
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🙂
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Succinctly penned truth! So well done! ❤
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Thank you so much Deborah for those encouraging words.
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My pleasure! ❤
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I like the wordplay in the title, Paul, and the ‘swordplay’ with ‘thin, worn metal’ in your quadrille. I like ‘smoothing the blemishes of disappointment’ and ‘circumcising the fibre of experience’.
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Nice phrase: “juice of possibility,”
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I always try for it, it seems so inviting. Thank you Frank.
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I wonder if it helps… I think in real life it helps a lot with a thicker skin.
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Sometimes I feel that way too, other times, when I risk it all, it seems good too, never easy.
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I’ll never peel a carrot in quite the same way again. Very nice use of metaphor!
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Lol, yes, never the same – so glad the metaphor was clear.
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🙂
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Peeling away toward renewal. Excellent poetry!
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Reblogged this on Art, Photography and Poetry.
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Thank you very much indeed 🙂
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My pleasure,
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Very effective comparison. I suppose sometimes we peel our way back to our true self but I love this…”sacrificial peeling to the
gods of new life”.
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Thank you Mish. Yes, I was wrestling with how to get that across, thank you for picking up on that.
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Another great poem
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Thanks Lyn.
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