Well, it's Poetry Friday and this week our host is Tabatha Yeatts at The Opposite Of Indifference. Tabatha's post is about Scheherazade, a character from The Thousand and One Nights (also known as The Arabian Nights). I freely admit I love variety in my poetry- a variety of forms, indeed, but also a variety of line lengths. I find it stimulating to mix up my approach to poetry on a regular basis. It helps to keep my attention sparked. This time I'm sharing a bit of short stuff. When writing short verse there is an everpresent need for pithiness. I immediately think of poets such as Edward Lear, Ogden Nash, Spike Milligan, Shel Silverstein who were great exponents of short verse. When writing short verse each word seems to carry an increased load. You do not have the luxury of time and words when making your pitch. Those limitations become an engaging challenge. I have noticed within myself a tendency to wander in the direction of humour and wordplay when making short
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