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Hello wonderful word wizards!

Michelle Beauchamp (aka Mish) here as your host.

***First off! Mark your calendars! For dVerse Open Link LIVE, Thursday, October 12 from 3 to 4 PM (EST time) AND also on Saturday, October 14 from 10 to 11 AM (EST time). Come join us to read a poem or just to listen. Hope to see you at one or both!

Welcome to Prosery, your opportunity to write a short piece of prose, (not prose poetry and not a poem) that includes a given line from a poem. You are allowed to break up the line with punctuation and capitalization but you may not insert within the chosen line. Your prose may be flash fiction or creative non fiction with a beginning, middle and end. It must not exceed 144 words.

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I decided to delve into the work of Helen Hoyt, also known as Helen Hoyt Lyman after marrying fellow poet, William Whittingham Lyman Jr. She was born in Norwalk, Connecticut in 1887. As a well-known American romantic lyric poet, Hoyt’s career consisted of her own collections as well as inclusions in notable anthologies of her times. She was an associate editor of the literary magazine, “Poetry” and also edited an issue of “Others: A Magazine of the New Verse” (1916). In that particular issue she expressed that poetry provided a much needed space for women’s voices. I was struck by her quotation – “At present most of what we know, or think we know, of women has been found out by men. We have yet to hear what woman will tell of herself, and where can she tell more intimately than in poetry?” Much of her poetry focuses on women, gender and descriptions of the human body. Helen Hoyt passed away in 1972.

A few of Hoyt’s most loved poems are Ellis Park, Memory and Rain at Night. However…perhaps it was the season that drew me to her poem, October Letter.

http://www.poetryfoundation.org

This is the line I have chosen for you to include in your prosery this week.

You cannot pluck moonlight to bring in your pocket!

Helen Hoyt – October Letter

Here’s how to join in:

  • Write a piece of flash fiction or other prose of up to or exactly 144 words, including the given line.
  • Post your prose on your blog or website.
  • Click on Mr.Linky to add your name and direct url to your prose.
  • Provide a link to dVerse so others can join in too.
  • Please visit the work of fellow poets to read and comment.
  • Drop into the pub to say hello. We are a friendly bunch.
  • Enjoy!