For the Love of God, Shut Up! - A Quadrille

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dVerse #229

Just pen us a poem of precisely 44 words, not counting the title, and using some form of the word jabber.

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Stop your jabbering,
chattering drivel.
When in public 
you must speak civil. 

You run off at the mouth,
babble and yak.
You sound like a duck
the way you quack.

You mummer and mutter
all the day.
Stop the yapping,
you’ve nothing to say!

©2025 Lisa Smith Nelson. All Rights Reserved   

#quadrille #dverse 

Comments

  1. brudbergAugust 11, 2025 at 12:10 PM

    I know the kind.... alas they have become more and more common, while the rest of us grow silent.

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  2. AJAugust 11, 2025 at 12:15 PM

    This made me laugh 😃

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  3. Kathy Labrum McVittieAugust 11, 2025 at 12:30 PM

    Short and snappy! Deliciously done.

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  4. JadeLiAugust 11, 2025 at 12:31 PM

    Public jabbering is the grease for the wheels of social networking -- no matter how duck like it is.

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  5. Arcadia MariaAugust 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM

    Well said.

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  6. shaun/tenzenmenAugust 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM

    We all seem to know a jabberer

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  7. Rosemary Nissen-WadeAugust 11, 2025 at 6:05 PM

    Ha ha!

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  8. Gillena CoxAugust 12, 2025 at 9:18 AM

    Ha ha ha
    NICE ONE
    much♡love

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  9. ben AlexanderAugust 13, 2025 at 4:14 AM

    This made me grin, Lisa — it feels like a playful schoolyard rhyme with a sharp wink. 😄

    Much love,
    David
    SkepticsKaddish.com

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  10. Melissa LemayAugust 14, 2025 at 10:07 PM

    More people should take this advice.

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