At dVerse De is hosting the Quadrille (44 words) with an invitation to use the word bother or some form of it.
dVerse Poets – Quadrille – Bother
“The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.” Sun Tzu
Want Some Bother? The bar humming good, a well oiled crowd humoured up, but you know how it is, a slip, a nudge in innocent times, he went off, threatening all in his path until one leaned in with a steely eye, "ere', you want some bother?" ©Paul Vincent Cannon
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It is a much better idea to drink than to get into a fight.
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I’ll drink to that 🙂
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This is exquisitely drawn! I could visualize the “well oiled crowd humoured up,” and that slip, that brief moment that often lead to things getting heated. 💝
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Yes, that’s it – when it gets heated, sadly been there in a pub when it kicked off. Thank you so much Sanaa.
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Cool quadrille!
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Carol thank you so much for that.
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Liked the idea 😊 of using ‘ bother ‘ at the end!
Nice!
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Thank you very much 🙂
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It is good to have a brother who will bother to step in and hold back the inflammation. Good poem Paul.
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Yes, I’ve had to do exactly that in the past, it is good when someone does it, a game changer. Thank you Dwight.
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You are welcome! It does change the situation.
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🙂
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An interesting glimpse into the male psyche . . .
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One way of putting it Liz, I have been there in my youth, but now looking out at the community it has become a real issue, I keep hoping for change. The politicians seem to have no interest in dealing with social issues, sigh. Thank you Liz.
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You’re welcome, Paul. I don’t hold out much hope for change in the US from the politicians. One step forward and two steps back.
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Self-serving and self entitled, I wonder that we’ll ever get back to integrity in politics.
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Sadly, I doubt it.
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Awesome, Paul!
Makes me want to go to a bar 😀
❤
David
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Men seem to have a near-monopoly on this aggressive behavior, although I have seen women make fools of themselves after indulging in too much alcohol!
Great poem, Paul! ❤
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And, in my experience, men don’t need alcohol to be aggressive, sadly it’s a monopoly of the gender either way, sadly. Thank you so much Cheryl.
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🙂
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How the wordings fit. Like the drunken comment…
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Thank you for picking up on that, much appreciated, thank you 🙂
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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Rumble 🙂
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😊😁✨👍
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A good one and the a accompanying photo perfect😊
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Thank you Cheryl 🙂
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This quadrille comes to life as it’s read ….. bam, pow, right in the kisser!!!!
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Duck 🙂 thank you very much Helen.
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A lively quadrille, with more than a hint of “character”! Enjoyed it. :>)
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Yes, I like that, character indeed, thank you so much Dora.
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I like the line “You want some bother?” I’ve never heard that before. But I guess I don’t hang out near barroom fights much. 🙂
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Oi, you want some bovver mate? This brought back memories from way back when Paul! Thanks for the laugh Paul 🙂
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“You want some bother” is somehow such a cute phrase, I feel it would disarm my own anger, immediately. 😉
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😉 That sure brought a smile, thank you De, yees – I think it would.
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everyone is so fragile just now as fear of the unknown bubbles and boils … a highly likely scene skillfully drawn!
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You just can’t bother people with impunity. Good lesson!
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Here in France, all the bars have been closed for a while and we all miss it. “Bars don’t hum anymore.”
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I think that’s difficult, community needs places and spaces to socialise for health, I hope we all see a turning soon.
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A wonderful quote, by one of the military strategists who had only been rediscovered a few years ago. As a German, I have to write about it now, alongside Von Clausewitz. Lol
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Yes, a few of them had very interesting things to say. Enjoy your dive into Clausewitz – an interesting guy, lol.
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So true & well crafted!!!!!✨😀
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Thank you for that 🙂
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Welcome 🤗
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Love it
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Many thanks
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