Sunday
Of course, there are Hemingway's famous six-words: "For Sale: Baby shoes, never worn."
º
There is also "The Dinosaur" by Augusto Monterroso: "When he woke up, the dinosaur was still there." (Analyzed here.)
º
I've always liked Margaret Atwood's "You Fit Into Me":
You fit into me
like a hook into an eyea fish hook
an open eye
º
Michael McFee has a collection of one-line poems, The Smallest Talk. Two of my favorites of his:
A SHEET OF PAPER
Blank mirror I've broken a million times
INCLUDING WORDS
What comes out of the body is warm, and mostly waste
º
The Beatles' "Her Majesty" clocks in at :23 (according to my iTunes playlist). It's a great 23 seconds though.
Her Majesty's a pretty nice girl,
but she doesn't have a lot to say
Her Majesty's a pretty nice girl
but she changes from day to day
but she doesn't have a lot to say
Her Majesty's a pretty nice girl
but she changes from day to day
I want to tell her that I love her a lot
But I gotta get a belly full of wine
Her Majesty's a pretty nice girl
Someday I'm going to make her mine, oh yeah,
Someday I'm going to make her mine.
º
And what of you? Any famous, favorite (very) tiny things that come to mind? Be sure to list them here.
From Cezarija Abartis
September 6, 2009 at 5:01 pm
I’ve always been fond of these very short poems.
Western Wind
Western wind when wilt thou blow
the small rain down can rain
Christ, if my love were in my arms
and I in my bed again
Anonymous (early 16th Century)
Robert Frost — “The Span Of Life” (1936)
The old dog barks backwards without getting up.
I can remember when he was a pup.
From Randall Brown
September 7, 2009 at 10:27 am
These are cool, Cezarija.