I completely understand what you mean by the second two sentences - but the first one baffles me just a little. Is it purely that it's an oxymoron, or does the phrase itself have a hidden meaning that I'm not seeing?
Regardless, a lovely concept, well executed.
I love Hemingway's, and I love yours. The accompanying image is beautiful also, I've sat here for the last couple minutes thinking how it relates to your poem, and I've somehow come to personify the mountain as a big, hot oddball in a sea of snow, who is unexpectedly content about it. Haha :) Nice poem.
To my dear reader unaware of the history of the six word story, here it is.
The original six word story.... In the 1920s, Ernest Hemingway’s colleagues bet him that he couldn’t write a complete story in just six words. They paid up. Hemingway is said to have considered it his best work. His six word story was as follows
Well done. There is little more to be said than that. Truly brings to light the power of the written word. For it invokes so much thought through so very little.
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