Inconstant,
the magnetic north roams
to Siberia
under rocky plates it riffs, shifts, reverses course
in search of answers
we all seek–
but encompass me in moonlight,
(not) polar opposites,
we spin, sing, bodies electric,
attracted, charged,
surging, urging—so, star-dusted cling–
luminosity bring.
A quadrille for dVerse, where De asks us to use some form of the word magnet.
Yesterday and today: Merril's historical musings 
I like your calling attention to the roaming nature of magnetic north. Throws “true north” into another light.
Thank you. Yes, it’s very strange to me, but apparently it happens.
You’re welcome.
This is SO beautiful, especially:
“to Siberia
under rocky plates it riffs, shifts, reverses course
in search of answers
we all seek–”
This speaks to me in looking to nature for answers, but instead finding understanding in someone else that just GETS you. Really beautiful piece from start to finish. ❤ ❤
Thank you SO much, Lucy! ❤️
I just read yours, and we both perhaps view nature that way–alive, within us, and yet apart, too.
My goodness this is good! The quadrille sings of clarity with a douse of confusion tha t makes for a profound experience. Yes, it happens. And you describe it gorgeously, Merril 💝💝
Thank you so much, Sanaa! I guess we both had that mix today. 😀
You’re most welcome! 😍
Beautifully written, Merril! ❤
Thank you, Jill!
Love the way you’ve incorporated science and speculation in the poem, pole shifts et al.
Beautiful images here. I feel like it’s a search for truth and not confusion (the polar opposites.) I like the ending the “luminosity bring.” Feels like enlightenment here.
Thank you so much. It could be. 😀
Really like this Merrill. It had a passionate sensual edge to it, at least for me it did. Maybe I’m lonely because my wife has been out of town 🙂
Thank you very much, Rob. I think it did have a sensual edge, too.
I hope your wife returns home soon.
This reminds me of the phrase “I sing the body electric.” Love it.
Thank you–that was intentional, so I’m pleased you picked up on it!
Moonlight in juxtaposition to magnetic north is just the right imagery for the grip of sensuality the persona is wrapped in. Beautifully done!
Thank you so much, Dora!
I love the direction of the spinning, charged passion, bringing luminosity:
in search of answers
we all seek–
Thank you very much, Grace!
I like how your poem moves from the physical world to the physical soul connection!
Thank you, Dwight. I’m glad I got it all to work. 😀
You did this challenge proud, mixing science and nature and human nature all together. Beautiful.
Thank you very much, Dale! 😀
You know it!
Quadrillically sumptuous, Merril. I was drawn in.
Thanks so much, Ron! 😀
I love this! Yes, I would love to be encompassed in moonlight.
Thank you very much, Liz! It does sound lovely, doesn’t it? 😀
It sure does. 🙂
This really packs a punch in 44 words and I especially love the ending, like a plea to unite into clarity….
“surging, urging—so, star-dusted cling–
luminosity bring”
Thank you so very much, Mish! I’m pleased you found this had so much power.
This has a raw, elemental power – I can hear the whole earth shift beneath the pattern of your words!
Wow–thank you very much, Ingrid!
Lots of us were drawn to the mysterious magnetic north. I like this questioning. The Oracle obviously has a soft spot for anything mysterious 🙂
Yes, I suppose since she’s a magnetic being herself, she’s interested. And she does like mystery. I didn’t consult her directly for this, but we know she’s always there. 😀
She has a way of getting into our poems without being consulted 🙂
She does!
🙂
I love the description of magnetic north as ‘inconstant’, Merril, and the internal slant-rhyme ‘riffs, shifts’, the way you pin that inconstant lover down in the moonlight – and the play on the word ‘encompassed’!.
Thank you so much, Kim. I appreciate your close reading, and I’m pleased you saw the wordplay in “encompassed.”
The answers do always seem just beyond our reach…but the light of the night sky is a constant comfort. (K)
Yes. Thanks so much, Kerfe.
Splendidly expressed
Thank you!
I’m putting a new “spin” on your spinning post. I think you have taken a spinning class at the gym. My Pilates class has moved to Zoom.
Free association from me today, Merril!
Hahahaha. So I see! Thank you, Marian.
Yes, pre-pandemic, I used to do a spin class at the gym a few times a week.
So lyrical. I enjoyed your wordplay and your internal rhyme.
Thank you so much!
Really enjoyed this one! Like especially these words
“but encompass me in moonlight,
(not) polar opposites,”
juxtaposed to us all spinning and twirling, surging and urging.
Life is like that! 🙂
Thank you so much, Lillian! I’m so pleased those lines caught your attention.
I do love this… the fickleness of the magnetic needle vs the knowledge of human attraction always leading to the true north
Thank you very much!
What a lovely piece Merril.
Thank you so much, Linda!
Though you start with the shifting of magnetic north, I see this as being brave, to not be locked down. Rather, to be open to taking a chance when opportunity presents itself.
Oh, interesting. I’m not certain I thought of it exactly that way, so thank you!