Roberta Writes – d’Verse quadrille, Quiet and Esther Chilton’s Writing Challenge #poetry #photography

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This week’s d’Verse Quadrille is to write a 44 word using the word quiet. You can join in here: https://dversepoets.com/2025/05/19/quadrille-224-walk-quietly-in-my-dreams/

Esther Chilton’s writing challenge is to write a piece about water. You can join in Esther’s challenge here: https://estherchilton.co.uk/2025/05/14/writing-prompts-65/

I have combined these two challenges into my 44-word poem, Mist.

Mist

tiny water droplets

suspended in clouds

above the golden veld

gently embrace

the wild hibiscus

shimmer in rows

along strands of web

the bush is quiet

animals all hiding

deep within thickets

the only sound

splashing of wheels

as the vehicle

squelches through mud

Picture caption: A picture of the wild hibiscus flowers on a rare misty day
Picture caption: A picture of the wild hibiscus and a mist drenched spider web
Picture caption: I was excited to get this picture of a black rhino on that misty moisty morning, even though it was from a distance. It is very difficult to find black rhinos. They are endangered and they also hide. Black rhinos have a much bigger dip in their backs than white rhinos as well as being smaller and darker in colour. Their lip is also pointed because their diet is different to white rhinos. Black rhinos live among trees while white rhinos are plains grazers.
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  3. I love the visual images you paint in your poem, Robbie. The bush is a combination of chatter and stealth! The noise we hear, but the silence can be deadly!

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      1. Hi Robbie, that’s interesting to hear how different things are appreciated. We, of course, have no rhinos here of any color, except in zoos, but we often have fog and mist, especially by the river.

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  13. An inspired prompt combo, Robbie, and thanks for sharing the photos. I love mist, which you have evoked so vividly in your quiet quadrille, and the hints of colour in the ‘golden veld and ‘wild hibiscus’. You enhanced the quiet bush with the contrasting squelching of the vehicle.

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  20. I LOVE your poem; I think it’s one of your best. I do love a misty morning, and it was great to experience one in the African veld. (I don’t know why, but I really like the word “veld.”)

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  23. Beautiful, misty photos. Wonderful catch of the black rhino. I see its horns have been cut, so it’s less likely to be poached.

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    1. HI Timothy, thank you. The black rhino was a very lucky shot. It depends on the game reserve as to whether the rhinos are dehorned or not. This park does dehorn because it doesn’t have a robust antipoaching programme. Other parks don’t dehorn but you see the antipoaching units, drones, and airplanes all over the show in those parks. We watched a unit training on one of our trips.

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