Short Cuts - Short Form Poetry

 Last week I shared a rather lengthy Rant poem. This week I am journeying to the opposite end of the poetry terrain and presenting some much shorter poems. Variety is good for us...

During my school days I loved athletics. I built a reputation as a sprinter. I could run run quickly over short distances, but longer forms of running such as cross country were very much a personal challenge. Maybe that's why I enjoy short poems so much...

When we write short poems they require a certain sharp focus. The writer has less time and words in which to deliver the desired outcome. The aim is to be pithy and engaging within a few lines and leave the reader both satisifed and surprised. 

So here are few examples of recent short form poems I have lifted from my notebooks and polished for readers to consider.  They quite unashamedly lean on wordplay and deal with totally unrleated subjects and have arisen arose organically in recent times. 

They currently sit in my poetry vault awaiting further consideration and possible assignment onto a broader stage. I urge every one to occasionally take a short cut and see what it leads to...

Hyenas Ha Hugly

They’re quite unattractive

There’s few creatures meaner

So I really do think

The laugh’s on the hyena.

Alan j Wright

Gratitude 

When the penniless farmer

Was gifted two books

By a friend

He responded with produce

Which was a turnip for the books.

Alan j Wright

Montecristo Island

there’s a three year wait

for approval

to visit

the island of Montecristo

where visitor numbers

are capped at one thousand

per year

a sanctuary for goats

they check those numbers carefully

i ponder the question-

is this the real count of Montecristo?

Alan j Wright

It is once more Poetry Friday and this time our gracious host is Catherine Flynn at Reading To The Core. Catherine rises to the challenge of writing a poem that answers an unasked question. Visit Catherine to learn more and find out what a host of poets are currently writing about.