dโVerse prosery
My cleverest limericks take me significant effort to write; and I’m never satisfied with the results. Once I’ve produced one, I read through it again multiple times, endlessly tweaking the lines’ wordings and syllable counts. And I certainly can’t think through potential word choices or hear the music of my inchoate verses if anything or anyone is competing for my attention.
Today, while writing a particularly brilliant limerick in response to Sadje’s #WDYS prompt, I am sailing into the horizon of my otherworldly verse zone. Suddenly, through the deep caves of thought I hear a voice that sings, “Cause way deep down inside, I’ve got a dream,” right out of Disney’s ‘Tangled’, which I happen to adore.
Sighing inwardly, I remove my fingers from the keyboard and smile at my seven-year-old; I’ve long since learned that she won’t be ignored when she wants attention.
Prosery?
dโVerse prosery is flash fiction with a beginning, a middle and an end, in any genre of the authorโs choice, no longer than 144 words. This very short piece of prose must include an assigned line from a poem, within the 144 word limit. Writers may change the punctuation of the assigned line, but they may not insert words within the quotation.
Through the deep caves of thought I hear a voice that sings
โOliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (1809 โ 1894), from ‘The Chambered Nautilus’
The Skeptic's Kaddish ๐ฎ๐ฑ 
So nicely done, David…and I’ll bet your 7-yr-old is a lovely blessing!
โค Leyde โค ~ she's a little chatterbox! And very, very precocious!
My kinda gal!!๐ She’ll be brilliant, maybe a writer….or inventor๐
๐ค
Who knows…maybe I just gave a prophetic word.๐
The quotation so seamlessly incorporated into your story – fabulous write.
โค๏ธ๐๐ป Marion ๐๐ปโค๏ธ
The ‘essence’ of you shines thru! I love this.
๐๐๐ป Helen ๐๐ป๐
Made me smile, no level of brilliance can supplant a seven year old.
๐๐ป๐ค Paul ๐ค๐๐ป
I found this so amusing, David. I’ve got to say that I really like your limericks, so it’s nice to read about their background. I’ve only watched bits and pieces of Tangled. It’s about time I watched the whole thing.
๐๐๐ป Tanmay ๐๐ป๐ ~ highly recommended ๐
David, I love how you processed through this one! No, we are never satisfied with the end results. Because there is no end, I believe, to words or word choices. And a 7-year old is far more important than words of a poem.
๐๐๐ป Mary ๐๐ป๐
This is beautiful David! I didnโt see the heartwarming ending coming! Clever use of the prompt. Very meta!
๐๐๐ป Nitin ๐๐ป๐
Youโve made me chuckle, David. Iโm off to see my grandson soon and I expect Iโll come home humming some Disney tunes. Last time I came back singing โUnder the Seaโ from โThe Little Mermaidโ!
๐๐ป๐งโโ๏ธ Kim ๐งโโ๏ธ๐๐ป
Smart clever dad.
๐๐ป๐ Lauren ๐๐๐ป
Irresistible moments David
Humming you out of that zone
The sweet attention you needed
๐๐๐ป Abi ๐๐ป๐