High Impact- Selected Short Pieces

Each entry has 14 words or less

                 1) irony

 

   Meditating-

I practice

universal compassiontruth

Waking-

I still

despise him.

 

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        2) rage   (true story)

 

"I guess it's your problem"

he said,

handing me a

metal coat hanger.

 

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              3) Wanted

 

Wanted:

A good man

who can laugh

at Dostoevsky

with me.

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        4) 'Tis the season

 

          Yo, Dad, this all

you an dat b***h givin' me

for Christmas this year?

 

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5) Why I love you

 

When we met

I saw

my weakness turn to strength

in your gaze.

 

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6) someone I left in 1993

 

He was the type

moved, 

upon viewing fragile things,

to crush them.

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7) for Jess

 

I'm sorry that

when growing up

you only got hugged

when you were ill.

 

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8) Standardized Testing

 

Why can we not let

our children

just be geniuses?

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9) Connecticut Drivers

 

Use of turn signals

might

give away

state secrets.

 

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10) The frustration of cats

 

Because you have declared

 you need any spot

upon which

I was gonna sit.  

 

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11) Why she'll never be content

 

"I'll be happy

when someone rescues me

and hands to me

all I want."

 

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12) Self-importance

 

A critic

getting her Master's

in sophistry and rigidity-

creating not.

 

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13) The Most Hopeless Feeling in the World

 

When I can do nothing

to comfort

a tiny creature dying in my hands.

 

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14) Writing Aspirations

 

You have

a very bright future

writing

other people's

rejection letters.

 

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15) Why I'm Quitting

 

I'm tired of harpoon points

enfolded within your

"Good Morning"

 

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16) What PETA and The Tea Party Have in Common

 

Half-truths and oversimplification

exalted

as the reason

for distrust of knowledge

 

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17) To my stats prof

 

Please-

don't let today's lecture

be such boredom. I'm

just that tired. Amen.

 

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18) Chastising a NY ex

 

Terns migrate

22,000 miles each year.

You wouldn't drive

to Pennsylvania

to visit Mom.

 

 

 

 

                   

 

Author's Note

Instead of posting singly, I will update this list as they come to me.

I cannot seem to get the formatting to work correctly... am going to try to copy into Word, and then paste back as one piece. If itdoesn;t work, we may have to live with one line being off.

all were inspired by real life and real people

Reviews

[emmajoy]

Such an ingenuous way of putting each of your ten words .. from no. 5 down it's set perfectly.

To be able to plant a tiny seed then let it grow into a ten word plant is quite something, and each having quite a profound meaning or clear picture. Your snatches of humour are great, smiled at, ' You have a very bright future ~ writing other people's rejection letters. ' (ouch!) and 'Because you have declared you need any spot ~ upon which ~ I was gonna sit.' ... and then i felt sad to read, 'I'm sorry that ~ when growing up ~ you only got hugged ~ when you were ill.'

Not sure about the sub-heading of this but the ten words are superb English, 'Half-truths and oversimplification ~ exalted as the reason ~ for distrust of knowledge'

Looking forward to reading more ..

[Vesa Lee]

Amen to #8! :)
I really love this. Keep me on the update list.

I might actually be inspired to try this myself...*smile*

[LeeLee Ryder]

Good going... ran thru a near complete emotional gamut..
Love 'em all .... especially 2,3 & 5.. # 4 could be stronger....
thanks for sharing
Leelee

[bob, small b. aka invs]

i've always enjoyed poetry that pares thoughts down to the least number of words. literary surgical strikes. these are great examples of that.

[Vesa Lee]

I like it. :)
Send me a request each time you update.
I like this sort of autobiography.

[Avoiry]

I kinda like this as it seems to be one of those things where you are looking for a state beyond human means and in the end it is something you can not escape at all. Very ironic indeed but that is human nature, never quite strait forward as we hope it to be. Nice work.

[cest la vie]

I love this.. Yes, brilliant!!

[An owl on the moon]

What a brilliant use of ten words! Your search for peace and compassion, moving through you. And yet, there is still pain that inflicts your heart and hasn't yet let go. This is such a remarkable write.

[*~Kristy~*]

I liked the line "waking- I still despise him." It was very good. Beautiful.

[Jibey]

Irony indeed... a neat composition that makes its point perfectly... though 'compassiontruth' seemed like cheating on the number of words lol