Sunset sprawls;
Mother Earth’s
exposed crown
readies for a
careful clipping
weeded and watered,
watered and weeded.
Don’t pour tears
on serrated leaves;
summer season’s slow,
let latent buds bloom.
Carmine, ripened vine,
juicy June,
compose a spell,
sweet Camarosa,
my strawberry moon.
© 2022 | K.Hartless
Quadrille #154: Casting a Poetic Spell: Sanaa is host this stormy evening with the task of a 44-word quadrille that casts a “spell.”
Yard Sale of Thoughts 
Ah yes. Its been a day long rain. Must be the moon.
Happy you dropped by my blog today K
Much❤love
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Thank you kindly, Gillena. Here’s to the strawberry moon arriving tomorrow.
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Languid and lovely, juicy June. Exquisite quadrille, K.
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Thank you so much, Lisa. I think I’m ready for the bounty of summer. 💜
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You’re very welcome.
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Ooooo, I likee!
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Thanks, Carol. She’s to appear this evening. A super strawberry moon in fact.
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Goes perfectly with the music! Mood marriage!
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Thank you, worms. The strawberry (rose) moon is this evening. I do so hope to have the time to savor it. That whole album is super sweet btw.
🍓
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Most especially love the ending of this….I just float there with you!
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Oh, thank you, Lillian. I can always use good company.
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I absolutely love this especially; “Don’t pour tears on serrated leaves; summer season’s slow, let latent buds bloom.” The strawberry moon is upon us 😀 Thank you so much for writing to the prompt, K! ❤️❤️
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Thank you for hosting, Sanaa. A lovely evening last night, and I did get a little glimpse of the lush strawberry moon. Happy summer!
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Very nicely done!
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Thank you, Dwight. I appreciate your comment.
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You are welcome!
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This is lovely K. ☺️💕
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So wonderful for you to say. Thank you, Christine. 💜
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My pleasure ☺️💕
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What a beautiful haunting tribute to the full Strawberry Moon! I love this! ❤
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Thank you. She was a beauty, and with so much creative promise. I appreciate your kind words, Colleen.
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It’s always a great pleasure. ❤
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Nature casts the best spells, beautiful wordplay in this! 👏👏
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Thank you, Tricia. I was lucky to spot her last night. Summer is ever so sweet.
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Won’t be seeing any moon here tonight, I think, but at least I’ve got your fine work to look at instead. Thanks.
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Many thanks, Ron. It looks more cream than strawberry for me here as well, but I’m still hoping for a taste. 💜
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A wonderful vivid piece, penned so beautifully! Can picture the scene perfectly 🙂
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Thank you, Tom. Tonight’s moon, a succulent strawberry treat, or so I hope. 💜🍓
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The delicate imagery in this poem is gorgeous! ❤
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Every time I see your luminous site image, looking at it wholistically, I think it’s you wearing a backwards white baseball cap. But there’s no face so Idk where this notion stems from, but anyways Here is your random comment for today😄
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Yes, you don’t also see my baggy pants and babydoll tee? Lol…maybe it’s Rorschachy and I should ask each reader what they see…like a screening. Thanks for these. Random is good anytime. 😁🧢
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Can’t look away – So Rorschachy!😆
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Let me know what you see next time you blink by…😂 Could be a pattern.
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I can almost see it!.. My (Blink) Oh (Blink) My (Blink) What (Blink) A (Blink) Rabbit (Blink) Hole (Blink)…🤪😂
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🌌well done, viewer. You’ve officially arrived in the hartless hallucinatory galaxy. Don’t bother to take off your too hard, you may need that rabbit soon than you think. 🪄🎩
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“Woahhh” -Keanu
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Adore your second stanza. Let the buds bloom under the strawberry moon.
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Thank you, Grace. I’ve been looking for a glimpse of her…nothing yet.
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Beautiful ode to the strawberry moon – love your rhymes, so discreet you almost don’t see them, just hear them, and the assonance, and the alliteration – oh goodness, yes, I love all of it!
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Such beautiful imagery, K! Lovely poem.
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The flow of words is delightful and delicious, K. The last line is epic.
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It was a beautiful moon, I got the tiniest nibble, a satisfying feeling. 💜 Thank you for reading this poem, Jeff.
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Wasn’t she a beauty! Lovely imagery, K.
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Yes, I only got a nibble here but it was delicious. 🍓
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