For the dVerse quadrille prompt “stand”:
My mistake, I stand corrected…
Well, no, not stand,
I sit dejected.
In fact, I’m prone,
as I’m being vivisected.
Go on, use your scalpel,
dig in deep with that probe,
see what you unravel.
Am I role model or martyr?
Or cautionary example?
A quadrille is exactly 44 words, and it must include the prompt word or a variation thereon, in this case “stand”.
anotherKate 
Great use of the prompt – love your rhymes in this (not an easy thing to do in a quadrille).
Thank you 🙂 Dissected came naturally after corrected, and then I felt obliged to continue the rhymes.
this is fantastic, but I can’t answer the question without further information 😉
❤
David
Bit of (a), bit of (b), mostly (c) 😀
Lol wow what a. Interesting quadrille. I love the playfulness of stand sit prone, and was shocked by the dissection. Or maybe it’s an autopsy?
Thank you 🙂 It was about facing a promotion panel. We have a system with up-or-out contracts, a promotion process that literally takes weeks to prepare for and requires many pages of documentation, and then you face the panel, which feels like a vivisection. Hmmm… actually that works better than dissection. Just going to change that… 😀
Brilliant. I feel the panel’s eyes!!! Interrogation. Trial by eyeball.
ooooh…. trial by eyeball is really good! I may borrow that, cited appropriately of course. 🙂
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i told the truth
now what a lie
and here is why
cos my mommy told me too
such a ghett
and yet a mommys buoy
This is splendid, Kate! The rhymes, the imagery…everything.
Thank you! 🙂
My pleasure.
Oh, I feel this one!!
Sorry to hear that… but I guess many of us do. 🙂
That was a fun ride … though terrifying
Thanks Phillip 🙂
I like the medical framework you use for an unhealthy dialogue (or monologue aimed at someone.) I also love the fluidity of its seamless rhyming scheme. Excellent!
Thank you so much Lisa! ❤
You’re welcome.
I’m guessing role model!!!!!
Nah, too much pressure. I’d rather be a cautionary example. 😀
I love the progression of this, especially “In fact, I’m prone,
as I’m being vivisected.”
Thank you 🙂
This is great! Love vivisection imagery
I’m glad it’s not too gruesome. It was initially “dissected”.
Sometimes sharp, gruesome, violent metaphor is just what a poem needs! But no, I don’t think it was too much. I think it is spot-on!
Okay, maybe my suggestion to sing your last poem to your class was a bad idea. 😁 But on the bright side, you got another great poem! (Yes, I know. I read the other comments. Not related. But I couldn’t help myself.) Well done, Kate!
Thank you Stephen. ❤
…and the EA has looked up the chords and is going to sing it, accompanying herself on the ukulele! 😀 But so far she has not agree to sing it in one of my lectures.
I thought the pairing of “stand corrected” and “sit dejected” was such an interesting lead into the poem. How true that can be! A panel of judgement would be very intimidating…to me, anyway.
Me too 🙂 Thanks Mish!
This sounds like a particularly nasty interview scenario to me!
🙂 That was the idea.