d’Verse 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?
d’Verse prosery is flash fiction with a beginning, a middle and an end, in any genre of the author’s 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
–Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (1809 – 1894), from ‘The Chambered Nautilus’
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So nicely done, David…and I’ll bet your 7-yr-old is a lovely blessing!
❤ Leyde ❤ ~ she's a little chatterbox! And very, very precocious!
My kinda gal!!😊 She’ll be brilliant, maybe a writer….or inventor💙
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Who knows…maybe I just gave a prophetic word.💙
The quotation so seamlessly incorporated into your story – fabulous write.
❤️🙏🏻 Marion 🙏🏻❤️
The ‘essence’ of you shines thru! I love this.
💗🙏🏻 Helen 🙏🏻💗
Made me smile, no level of brilliance can supplant a seven year old.
🙏🏻🤍 Paul 🤍🙏🏻
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.
💙🙏🏻 Tanmay 🙏🏻💙 ~ highly recommended 👌
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.
💚🙏🏻 Mary 🙏🏻💚
This is beautiful David! I didn’t see the heartwarming ending coming! Clever use of the prompt. Very meta!
💓🙏🏻 Nitin 🙏🏻💓
You’ve made me chuckle, David. I’m off to see my grandson soon and I expect I’ll come home humming some Disney tunes. Last time I came back singing ‘Under the Sea’ from ‘The Little Mermaid’!
🙏🏻🧜♀️ Kim 🧜♂️🙏🏻
Smart clever dad.
🙏🏻💕 Lauren 💕🙏🏻
Irresistible moments David
Humming you out of that zone
The sweet attention you needed
💗🙏🏻 Abi 🙏🏻💗