Bitter Antarctic star blanket above.
Five men stoic at the end of the earth.
Time, food, water, sanity all gone.
Screaming blizzard snow blanket.
Frozen corpses yellow waxen taut.
Scott’s diary, blanket marketed,
has never been out of print.
Undying Glory blankets any error.
dVerse Blanket Challenge
Merril at Dverse https://dversepoets.com/2020/10/05/quadrille-113-blanket-us/ is hosting a blanket challenge to create a 44 word Quadrille Poem. Her prompt is to include the word ‘blanket’.
It is always fascinating to read what others have done with the same prompt. https://www.blenza.com/linkies/links.php?owner=dversepoets&postid=03Oct2020b&meme=12540
TELLING STORIES with pictures and words 
You capture so much in few words. I can’t imagine what it must have been like to be there.
LikeLiked by 1 person
For me it is a story that never looses it’s power; so alien. Thank you for the prompt, Merril. The quadrille structure really forced me to edit rigorously.
LikeLiked by 2 people
I’m so pleased you enjoyed it!
LikeLiked by 1 person
“Undying Glory blankets any error” – grim irony! I truly felt the chill of this poem. Well done.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you Dora. It is certainly a complex story. A quadrille really forced me to condense and simplify. Merril set a great prompt.
LikeLiked by 2 people
You did a great job, and you’re right, I liked the prompt too but I did end up chopping out a lot 😀
LikeLiked by 1 person
What a thought-provoking and original take on the prompt! It is a haunting and fascinating tale.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you Ingrid. It is such a multi-facetted story.
LikeLiked by 2 people
You used blanket as a multi-purpose tool here, which those in the Antarctic probably could have used. Nice work on the quadrille.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you. I liked the prompt very much.
LikeLiked by 2 people
You’re welcome.
LikeLiked by 1 person