Make of it a parka
For your soul.
— Alice Walker, from
Before you knew you owned it

Greetings to all Poet Pubsters assembled here today. Lisa here, as host who is serving up a prompt, goodies, and liquid refreshments. Today will be a Prosery prompt, where you write a prose story instead of a poem, using a given line of poetry to inspire you. Word limit is 144 words, not including title, and the given line must be used without adding or taking away any words in between. Punctuation may be changed.

Lifted from wikipedia:

Alice Malsenior Tallulah-Kate Walker, aka Alice Walker (born February 9, 1944) is an American novelist, short story writer, poet, and social activist. In 1982, she became the first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, which she was awarded for her novel The Color Purple. Over the span of her career, Walker has published seventeen novels and short story collections, twelve non-fiction works, and collections of essays and poetry.

Ever since reading The Color Purple, I feel Ms. Walker near, always ready to listen, to advocate, to speak out for the voiceless, the powerless, and the mute, to let us know we will never be forgotten again. I went on to read, In Search of Our Mother’s Gardens: Womanist Prose, and The Temple of My Familiar. There is poetry in these works, but mostly in prose. Today’s quote is taken from an actual poem of hers.

Staying warm in what feels like an increasingly cold world can be a challenge. Today’s prompt challenges you to look deep and imagine in prose how one may build a parka for the soul.

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.
• Don’t forget to check the little box to accept use/privacy policy.
• Please visit other blogs and comment on their posts – reciprocation is the life of this challenge!

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