A Short Political Ditty for the Times

September 21, 2026September 21, 2026lillian

Hum-diddly-dee
hum-diddly-dum.
Sing out with glee,
beat that drum!

Add words to your tune,
“sycophants be gone”!
Revile the buffoon,
use your brassiest song.

Come November third
rise up, Land of the Brave.
Drown this theater of the absurd
in a tsunami blue wave!

Written for dVerse, the online pub for poets around the globe. Today, De asks us to write a quadrille including the word “hum” or a form of the word.

Quadrille: a poem of exactly 44 words, sans title, that includes a particular word provided in the prompt.

whimsygizmo September 21, 2026 / 3:42 pm

Loving your rhyme-chant feel here, Lill.

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lillian September 21, 2026 / 3:54 pm

Glad you enjoyed~ 🙂

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thetigressawakens September 21, 2026 / 4:12 pm

Let’s paint it blue! I like your humdinging political ditty, Lillian1 Very nice👍

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Gillena Cox September 21, 2026 / 4:31 pm

luv your rhyming quadrille

much love

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Jaye September 21, 2026 / 5:09 pm

love, love this!

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Ron. September 21, 2026 / 5:30 pm

Amen! Now, if only…

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Maggie C September 21, 2026 / 5:38 pm

From your lips to voters’ fingertips!

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