The dVerse Poets Pub today prompted poets to produce a poem in the quadrille form, which is 44 words, using the word “hint”. I went for “hinterlands” as well as “hint”, because I love the definition of hinterlands as being “inland areas behind a coast or river”. Hinterlands are homelands to me!
My topic is winter storm Enzo, who brought record-breaking snows to the South along the Gulf of Mexico. Wowza! We had snow here at Glover Gardens, which happens once or twice per decade, and there was even snow at the little cabin we call ‘Gumbo Cove’ in Mississippi.
Enzo in the Rearview Mirror
along the
I-10 corridor
winter storm Enzo
raced
hinterlands
became winterlands—
the entire Gulf Coast
braced
blizzards froze
our gizzards
emergency services
outpaced
closed motorways
school holidays
snowmen with carrot-nosed
faces
hints of what
the North feels
for a few days
we embraced
The video below is from our Ring camera at Gumbo Cove in Mississippi, in ‘the hinterlands’.
Brrrr! Stay warm!
© 2025, Glover Gardens
We got a lot of frigid temps and snow up here in NC. Carolina Beach (near Wilmington) got 9” 😎🥶
9 inches of snow on the beach!!!??? That’s crazy! I bet it was beautiful, though. Did y’all make a snowman?
Oh yeah, it was fun! It was crazy 😎
ingenious use of the prompt word – turned in winterland
Thank you!
Yikes! It would be a bit shocking when you’re not used to it. I enjoyed the fun rhyme such as “blizzards froze our gizzards”.
Thank you! And yes, we have no idea how to handle snow and ice, particularly on the roads. We basically just shut everything down and wait for it to be over.
Wow, your photographs are amazing, especially the striking shot of snow at poolside! I lived in San Antonio for 6 years and it never snowed once. I remember one Christmas just wearing a tee shirt.
Thank you! And yes, I can remember a few Christmases growing up at the beach where T-shirts were all that was needed.
Love what you did, I also included the hinterlands in my poem… 🙂
I just read it – love your poem, too!
Brrr…that gives me the shivers! Love your verse with all the internal rhymes, Kim.
Thank you! Internal rhymes make me giggle, for some reason.
My pleasure, Kim. Giggles are good. 🤭
My favorite stanza:
“closed motorways
school holidays
snowmen with carrot-nosed
faces”
Thanks, Melissa! I keep wondering if carrot prices went up in the South last week. 😃
Beautifully written, Kim. I love all the slant rhymes.