by 74 members Short form poetry. Anything with 4 or less lines with 20 or fewer words. Many other types of short form poetry fit this criteria and are welcome; for example, haiku. 4 lines with 5 words in each line, or simply 4 or less lines with 20 words total. This group is geared towards honing the skills of this form so that you may then seek to get your 4+20 poems published in the literary magazine "Four and Twenty." The magazine regularly publishes poets who take on the form and send them submissions. Here's the link: http://4and20poetry.com/submissions/ ; give it a try!
the wind takes the leaves now curled dried and brown on the oak sapling the leaves shake loose their mantra calling Oṃ maṇi padme hūṃ to bless this wood with their compassion