𝗔 𝗣𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗶𝗿 𝘈 𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘰

October 7, 2026

A Pocket of Air: a quadrille poem and audio

A Pocket of Air

In a gust
the mast
tipped
then the hull
her boat capsized in the squall
sea engulfed them all

deep below
the inverted craft
between the fore and aft
inside the caverned lee
there in the violent sea—
was
a pocket full of air.

_{—Lesley Scoble, September 2026}

Audio — A Pocket of Air

A Pockets of Air | Words, Sound Design and Editing©️Lesley Scoble | Performed by AI Actor

D’Verse Poets
I wrote A Pocket of Air to Whimsygizmo's prompt for d'Verse Poets' Quadrille #257: A Pocket in Your Poems, where the challenge is to write a quadrille poem of exactly 44 words featuring some form of the word pocket.
Feature Image credit: A Pocket of Air | Digital ink©️Lesley Scoble

Thank you
Thank you, Whimsgizmo, for your pocket of inspiration. 
And thank you to you, the reader, for stopping by.