Written for dVerse Prosery – Luminous
Accountings. Our host, Dora, invites us
to write a piece of prose in no more than
144 words incorporating the following
line from “King of the River” by Stanley
Kunitz: “…and the iridescent image
swims through a mirror that flows.”
Category: Prosery
I Am What Waits
Written for dVerse Prosery: “Of Jaguars
and the Night”. Our host, Merril, invites us
to write prose in 144 words incorporating the
line below from “Jaguar Song” by Arthur Sze.
What Remains
Written for dVerse Poets Prosery –
Paul Laurance Dunbar. Our host, Dora,
asks us to include the line below from Dunbar’s
poem, “Sympathy” in a 144-word piece of prose.
Here’s where the prompt took me.
“And the faint perfume from its chalice steals–“
Continue reading “What Remains”The Threshold
Written for dVerse Prosery Pub – Publication.
where our host, Melissa, has asked us to write a
144-word piece of prosery incorporating the lines
from Emily Dickinson’s poem: “Publication – is
the Auction of the Mind”. Here’s my response.
Quietly
Written for dVerse Prosery – “Winter Lull” – hosted by
Merril who has asked us to write a 144-word
piece of prose, including the poetic verse
shown below. This is my response.
“It all belies our existence; we wait, and are still denied.”
from “Winter-Lull” by D.H. Lawrence
The Trench
Written dVerse Prosery Monday – Bury Me.
Our host Lisa asks us to write a 144 word piece
of flash prose incorporating the line “Bury me
with the lies I told” from the song “Bury Me” by
Alejandro Escovedo. Here’s where the prompt took me.
In Papa’s Garden
Written for dVerse Poets Prosery: Yvor’s
“Time and the Garden”. Our host, Sanaa, asks us
to write a short piece of prosery of up to 144 words
and include a complete line from the poem
“Time and the Garden”. Here is my haibun.
Into Oblivion
Written for dVerse Prosery: Walcott’s Dark August.
Our host Kim asks us to write a piece of flash fiction
of up to or exactly 144 words, including the line shown
below by Derek Walcott. Here’s where his line took me.
The Elephant's Trunk 