He was tall with brylcreemed hair
Sixteen // a new driver’s license
She was petite // a spring flower
Fourteen // hormones tingling
Her cute irresistible smile drew him.
In the shadows of the church hallway
A first kiss // never to be forgotten
…Though so long ago
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, so today De asked us to write a Quadrille of 44 words that included a reference to a kiss. I wrote this one in memory of my first kiss!
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Brylecream hair, now that is a flashback. I never used it, but many of my friends couldn’t do without it. Just like Fonzie.
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Yes, it worked very well when I had hair!! Thanks!
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I had to go back and look up how to spell Brylcreem!!
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Oh those teenage church romances! 😊❤️ Mine resulted in a 33 year marriage and counting! 👍🏻😁
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Good for you! That is wonderful. I moved on to college and found my lasting romance there. It is now going on fifty!
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They say first kiss and first son always go away! Sweet!
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This one did as well!
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Mine too!
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I looked up quadrille and could only find its reference to square dancing – but it’s got five parts or movements, each complete in itself. Is that what the // represents? The definition also referred to “rule in squares.” Is that the shape of the poem? I want to try a quadrille. Help me understand the form, will you?
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The Quadrille is a made up poetry form that originates with d’verse poetry pub. It is not in the searches. I did the same thing when I first came to d’verse. It is a poem of exactly 44 words not counting the title.
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Thank you for the explanation. So, it’s just a coincidence that the // lines divided it into 5 parts?
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Those are something I picked up there as well. They are to represent a pause or a break in the flow…. similar to a comma or semicolon.
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Oh, so you were the brylcreemed sixteen year old who stole a kiss from that pretty young lady.
Is she the one you married?
Just curious.
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Yes! No, I eventually went off to college and it never really got off the ground!
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Such is life. 🙂
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Aw, this is so sweet.
I love it!
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Thanks Maysa!
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That first kiss is certainly unforgettable! 🙂
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Thank you HA! Yes it is!!
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Oh those naughty church hallways – stolen kisses, stolen hearts. Like this Dwight!
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Thanks Rob! The excitement of new adventures!
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I remember a bit of fumbling for my own, but the hormones definitely were tingling on my end.
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Ha Ha! I am sure they were!
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This is a sweet memory, well told. But as the mama of a 15-year-old daughter I also can’t help but think Noooooo! 😉
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I don’t think she every knew!!
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Oh … smiling I am. LOVE the detail of the Brylcreem 🙂 You’ve captured that first innocent kiss so well!
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Thanks Lillian… we were just kids back then!
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This sounds like a time before I was born… the brylcreme especially.
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It was the time of Elvis and Pat Boone and DA haircuts with that long wave around the side!
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In the church!? Holy cow, Dwight 🙂 Sweet bit of 44ing
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Can you believe that! My father was the preacher!!
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Hahaha!!! Completely believable!
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:>)
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Ah! Such sweet memories 🙂
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Thank you Vivian!
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😊
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I like the association of the church hallways with that first kiss.
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Thank you! An interesting contrast!
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aw, so sweet. firsts are never forgotten, no matter how long ago. Great memory to look back on and describe in a poem.
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Thank you so much!
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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I’m 18, still haven’t had m first kiss , but reading this seems it would be a good memory….. 😉
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When the time is right it will happen! Enjoy it when it does…
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