For dVerse Poets Pub – Dora here from Dreams from a Pilgrimage to invite you to join us in writing for Prosery Monday. Prosery is unique to dVerse in that we incorporate a given line of poetry without any alteration, except in punctuation, into our 144 words (or less) of prose.
Today’s topic :
I’ve chosen the following line from “King of the River” for you to use in your prose:. . . and the iridescent image swims through a mirror that flows. ”Stanley Kunitz (The Atlantic, 1970)
Prosery—Luminous Accountings
Between Two Shores
At dusk, I walked where the Atlantic folded itself onto the shore. The tide had left shallow pools between the volcanic rocks, each holding a piece of the darkening sky.
I leaned closer.
For a moment, the reflection was not mine.
A familiar shape shimmered beneath the surface, impossible to hold, yet impossible to dismiss. I did not call out. Some encounters vanish when we demand explanations.
The water trembled beneath the evening wind, and the iridescent image swims through a mirror that flows.
Then it was gone.
Only stars remained, scattered across the pool.
I stood and continued home, strangely comforted.
Perhaps those we have lost do not always return as voices or footsteps.
Sometimes they borrow light, water, and one quiet moment when we are willing to notice.
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