Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Simple Poetry....

Simple Poetry . . .

Pearls slipping off,
a mouthful

of affection, like candies—
three in one hand

two in the other

*

I am having some
trouble with Shakespeare.

Every night
I've prayed to be able

to put all that poetry
in just six words.

*

That woman in Paradise,
she did not believe

how God sees
she started along

the path to trouble.

*

A little bit of porridge
every morning

is better than a night
without poetry.

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These simple pieces were created using words from TweetSpeak Poetry's post "Top 10 Anne of Avonlea Quotes" (February 25, 2016). Several others are in the comments on the post.

1 comment:

Eric K. said...

I love these very concise forms. The essence of poetry, to me, is its brevity and economy -- putting as much meaning and craft into the tiniest vessel possible.