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What's the shortest possible poem?
I think that if you put a lot into a title, the body of the poem itself could get away with being very short. But of course, the smaller it gets, the easier it is to argue that it is no longer actually a poem. Examples:
"Upon Having Looked at What I Am"
no
"The Greatest Illusion"
I
Even these can be double entendres or cause a person to think deeply. Thoughts?
3 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
It seems to me the title becomes part of the poem, and even the poem itself. Which makes it not so short. And ridiculous.
Next thing you know someone will be trying to get away with a poem called "When I looked inside the deep space of my head this is what I saw" with absolutely nothing underneath it. Poetry becoming modern art--I don't want it.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
A drop of guinness where a're ye stop, but tisn't fun untill ye drop
