by 12 members A 10 word poem has no restrictions other than it can only have 10 words. Recently, I sponsored a contest at another site, attempting to have many depart from their more verbose forms (I am very guilty of verbosity) and try a terse form such as this. Several rose to the challenge. Think William Carlos Williams, Red Wheel Barrow (a 16 word poem) when trying to get the smell and taste of this form.
by spysgrandson
Somewhere in Wonderland
I never know what to put in these things . . . Let's just go with: I like reading, writing, painting, comic books, classic novels …
Lebanon/Ghana
I love Bukowski, Rumi, Hemingway, Hesse, and Kahlil Gibran. I meditate regularly and run when I can sense the rain coming down. I finally get …
26/F/The 2nd star to the right
Unfolding tangled thoughts and feelings into lines of poetry and reality,Unknoting folded secrets of the universe. That's what I do.
Austria & Spain & UK & US
Retired after 40+ years from teaching U. S. literature, film, and culture at a large Austrian university, now enjoying occasional visits to members of my …