Quaternion Poems | Examples

Premium MemberWoman

Woman

A breast upon her body; 
all men they do adore. 
When you think they have enough, 
they always ask for more. 

A breast upon her body; 
its pleasure is unbound, 
for only in a lover’s arms, 
there beauty can be found. 

A breast upon her body; 
all covered laid in silk. 
When in time they ripen, 
they give you mother’s milk. 

A breast upon her body; 
a beauty to behold. 
A pleasure to every man, 
whether young or old.

By
Josehf Lloyd Murchison
Categories: quaternion, beautiful, beauty, love, lust,
Form: Quatern

Premium MemberFOUR by FOUR a quaternion

quaternion looks poetically (using any form)at a topic from 4 aspects -

in this example seasons 

WINTER
in
anger-
whips up the waves,
pounds the shingle
shore
SPRING
in
action-
brings to life
and feathers its
nest
SUMMER
so 
lazy-
rests the soul
and flowers the
land
AUTUMN
so
mellow-
scents and sounds
in the harvest
home.
Categories: quaternion, seasons, word play,
Form: Lanterne


Premium MemberQUATERNION explained

WINTER
in
anger-
whips up the waves,
pounds the shingle
shore
SPRING
in
action-
brings to life
and feathers its
nest
SUMMER
so 
lazy-
rests the soul
and flowers the
land
AUTUMN
so
mellow-
scents and sounds
in the harvest
home.
Categories: quaternion, poetry, seasons,
Form: Didactic

Premium MemberHiku Quaternion 4x4

shadows lengthen
chestnuts roast-
winter betides
Categories: quaternion, winter,
Form: Haiku

Premium MemberHiku Quaternion 3x4

flower presses
fruit preserves-
autumn frays
Categories: quaternion, autumn,
Form: Haiku


Premium MemberHiku Quaternion 2x4

bluebells chime
wasps picnic-
summer stays
Categories: quaternion, summer,
Form: Haiku

Premium MemberHiku Quaternion 1x4

catkins
   murmur
spring bides
Categories: quaternion, spring,
Form: Haiku

Premium MemberVerse Freed To Quaternion

FOUR SEASONS
May
breezes
in the trees
High summer
lightens
long
Fall
tints red
Autumn's stall
Asleep,winter
acts as
dead
Categories: quaternion, seasons, word play,
Form: Didactic

Premium MemberMy Choice Quaternion

WINTER
in
anger-
whips up the waves,
pounds the shingle
shore
SPRING
in
action-
brings to life
and feathers its
nest
SUMMER
so 
lazy-
rests the soul
and flowers the
land
AUTUMN
so
mellow-
scents and sounds
in the harvest
home.
Categories: quaternion, poetry, word play,
Form: Lanterne

Premium MemberQuaternion An Example

F   O  R   E   S   T
F   U  N   G   A   L
F   O  R   A   Y   S
L   I   T   T   E   R
A  U   T   U   M   N


A   R   C   T   I   C
F   R   E   E   Z   E
W  A   R   M  E   R
B   R   E   E   Z   E
W   I   N   T   E  R
F   L   O   O   D  S


G   O   L   D   E   N
Y   E   L   L   O   W
C   A   T   K   I   N
W   I   L   L   O   W
G   R   E   E   T   S
S   P   R   I   N   G


B   O   N   F   I   R   E
B   U   R   N   I   N   G
C   O   M   P  O   S   T
T   U   R   N   I   N   G
S   I   G   N   A   L   S
S   U   M  M   E   R   S
P   A   S   S   I   N   G 




Quaternion is a poetry style where the theme is divided into four,the word being derived from 
the Latin word quaterni,meaning four by four.The poem maybe in any poetic form
Categories: quaternion, poetry, word play,
Form: Didactic

Premium MemberQuaternion

DECEMBER festive in evergreen
MARCH trumpets a Springtime scene
JUNE'S high moment,too,too soon
SEPTEMBER bedecked in Autumn's  bloom
Categories: quaternion, seasons,
Form: Didactic

Premium MemberA Quaternion Quatrain

FALL beheld
      WINTER withstood
SPRING becomes
      SUMMER without
Categories: quaternion, autumn, seasons, spring, summer,
Form: Quatrain

Premium MemberLanterne As a Quaternion

WINTER
in
anger-
whips up the waves,
pounds the shingle
shore
SPRING
in
action-
brings to life
and feathers its
nest
SUMMER
so 
lazy-
rests the soul
and flowers the
land
AUTUMN
so
mellow-
scents and sounds
in the harvest
home.
Categories: quaternion, seasons,
Form: Lanterne

Premium MemberFibonacci As a Quaternion

re-post inspired by Constance contest

Fibonacci-Life quaternion

Me-
so
many
emotions
in one syllable

In
our
public
personna-
private passions glow

A
well
within-
images,
pictures in the mind

To
be
or not-
crucial
heart of the matter
Categories: quaternion, poetry,
Form: Fibonacci

Premium MemberA Couplet Quaternion

re-post inspired by Constance contest

AGES OF MAN

AGES OF MAN

Winding brooklets filled narrow streams
into rivers of his childhood dreams

Youthful romance begins with a kiss
concluded in a lifetime of bliss

Love,life-long,ever-lasting
with moments,so tender-tasting

Not for  second,did he regret his choice
Each minute now,he missed her voice
Categories: quaternion, life, loss, love, youth,
Form: Couplet

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