The itch grinned just a scratch away
Like monsters edging up my skin
Who wanted in perhaps to play
Perhaps to lead my mind astray
And if I let the itch proceed
What would it need to turn today
Into a dVerse birthday wish?
Text: Linked to dVerse Quadrille where Grace is hosting and we are celebrating dVerse’s seventh anniversary. The quadrille word is “itch”. The poem is also a septet, a seven-line poem on any topic, which I will be featuring on Thursday to keep the party going.
Photos: “Colorado Springs Garden of the Gods”, above, and “On the Road to Cripple Creek”, below. They are an itch to travel back there someday.
Poetry, Short Prose and Walking 
Nice! LOL!
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Thank you!
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Damn those monsters who want to play; a pox on the gaggle of them. Nice to be back at the Pub & out on the trail.
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Glad to see you back, Glenn!
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That itch would lead my mind astray and crazy too ~ Happy anniversary and thanks for being part of the team~
I admire your itch septet and will certainly try my hand with this form Frank ~ Your photos certainly makes me itch to travel to your country (when Trump is done, ha) ~
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There’s a lot of beauty along those mountains. I only see them rarely. Happy anniversary, Grace!
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Excellent quad Frank!
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Thank you, Toni!
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Very nice!
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Thank you, Jo!
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Very distracting to say the least. Look forward to the septet.😊
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I still have to write it which I promised myself to do tomorrow. Thank you, Kathy!
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Very nicely done, Frank. As always!
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Thank you, Charley!
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yes, the itch continues. Fun and well done.
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Thank you, Sascha! Can’t get rid of those itches.
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Yay for playing monsters
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Thank you, Sabio!
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You have to watch when they start grinning at you. Pretty soon you will be talking to them!
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They may want me to start talking to them. Thank you, Dwight!
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I think it does lead the mind astray when you are using all your will power not to itch.
I love the photo – I really need to get there one day!
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It does. Those are beautiful places to visit. Thank you!
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kaykuala
And if I let the itch proceed
What would it need to turn today
Into a dVerse birthday wish?
Yes, why not! An anniversary is once in quite a while! It is worth to give it some dignified offering!
Hank
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Happy anniversary or birthday. Thank you, Hank!
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Great photos Frank and nice verse. Seven years is a long time blogging and well-worth celebrating with this fine quadrille.
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It is a long time with many more years to come. Thank you, Peter!
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A beautiful photograph Frank and such a fun quadrille! I love the idea of an itch grinning ‘just a scratch away’ 😁
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Thank you, Xenia! I am glad you like the photos and that grinning itch.
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Nice work Frank,
great analogy and great pictures too !
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Thank you, Ben!
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Marvelous quadrille, Frank!💜💜
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Thank you, Sanaa!
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Hah! Just itchin’ to say….happy anniversary!
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Yes, that’s all it’s itching to do. Thank you, Lillian!
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Well done Frank. Happy anniversary!
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Happy anniversary! Thank you, Linda!
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oh where will the pesky itch lead?
perhaps this is the more important question (too bad Hamlet didn’t consider this)
love the fun and lyrical aspect of this quadrille! and to travel and explore, well – if not literally, then in the mind –
sometimes you just have to scratch!
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I wonder what Hamlet would have said. Thank you, Pat!
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LOL – I don’t know, but maybe it’s an idea to consider? 😉
cheers Frank and Happy d’Verse anniversary 🙂
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NICE ONE!!! Frank
much love…
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Thank you!
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Isn’t the Garden of the Gods gorgeous. I have a cousin in C.S. When you have that itch it’s hard to ignore it.
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It is a beautiful place to visit. Thank you, Victoria!
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I can understand the itch to return there. Beautiful photos.
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I am glad you like the photos. It is a beautiful place to visit. Thank you, Merril!
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Fun Birthday Card for dVerse! 🎉🎈💥🎵🤡🎂 🍰
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Thank you, Lona!
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Love the birthday wish, and photos. Glad to see you back, Frank!
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Thank you, Sara!
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Nice birthday wish, Frank. I grew up in Colorado…awesome photos!
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It is a beautiful state. Thank you, Lynn!
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I like the idea of an itch, of any kind wanting to play or lead our mind astray…there could be good itches and bad ones. The photo looks like a really good itch to scratch. Beautiful scenery.
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That place is a good itch to scratch. Thank you, Mish!
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Just for the
Sake
oF
RhyMe
i’m Wondering
if Witches Itch
if so the Broom
Handle and Brush
Might Come in HanDY..:)
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🙂 That might be a good use for the broom handle and brush. Thank you, Fred!
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Except
For
Splinters..;)
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🙂
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I love this, brilliant.
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Thank you!
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This feels like math to me. Makes me a little nervous.
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Interesting idea that it feels like math. It is a strange poem. I’m not sure what it means. Thank you, Laura!
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Love the descriptor of the itch grinning. Those darn things do feel like they are gleeful in their pestering of our skin! :))
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They do feel gleeful. Thank you, Jo-Anne!
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And if I let the itch proceed
What would it need to turn today – These lines scratch a particular spot!
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Thank you, Jay! An itch can go on and on.
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