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Hello dVerse Poets! It’s Merril with a warm welcome from cold southern New Jersey! Today we are writing prose, not poetry, in what is called Prosery here at the dVerse Poets’ Pub.

Since it is December and winter in the Northern Hemisphere, I thought I’d pull a line from a winter poem. (Sorry, those of you in the southern hemisphere or tropics.) To me, finding the right line for a Prosery prompt is a challenge.

For today’s prompt, I’ve selected this line:

“I was where I am
When the snow began”

From “The Dead of Winter” by Samuel Menashe. Full poem here.

Samuel Menashe (1925-2011) was born in New York City. He moved to Paris, France and received a degree from the Sorbonne, but later returned and lived in New York City until his death. He published only a few volumes of poetry, but they were highly regarded by critics, who admired his tight wording and concise poems. Poet and critic Stephen Spender wrote: “[Menashe] can compress an attitude to life that has an immense history into three lines.”
Source: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/samuel-menashe

The rules for Prosery:

Your Prosery can be flash-fiction or creative non-fiction, but not poetry. It should be no longer than 144 words in total (not including the title). No versification, line breaks, meter, etc. Most importantly, it must include the given poetry line, word for word, within the prose.

You may break the line only to insert or add punctuation, but you cannot change the words in the line or insert words within the prompt line. You cannot break up the prompt line with sentences or paragraphs.

Please follow the directions for the Prosery prompt–and for all dVerse prompts.

Here’s how to take part in the Prosery Prompt:

*Write a piece of flash fiction or other prose up of up to or exactly 144 words, including the given line from the poem.
*Post your Prosery piece on your blog and link back to this post.
*Place the link to your actual post (not your blog url) on the Mister Linky page.
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*Please visit other blogs and comment on their posts.