A legend makes a good story.
To win a ten-dollar bet,
Hemingway wrote a six-word story.
“For sale: baby shoes. Never worn.”
Peter- a pondering mind – wrote another:
Less painful and poignant, here’s mine
Seagull swoops.
Off go
my chips.
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Oh I love those. Men of few words that paint a whole picture. And that painting is fabulous.
It's a great picture and portrays the sense of Wells very well.
Norfolk is the place to dwell
Norfolk is indeed a very wonderful place,
Catnip Temptations his favorite - cat gone.
Your six word biography:
"You tell it like it is. "
A few from Gert:
One million iron rivets.
One iceberg.
Dog seeks owner scared by thunderstorm.
Yo never meet my eyes.
I have just seen a painful photo on another blog featuring a Palestinian father cradling his dead son . It could almost be an illustration of this poem .....