What is the shortest poem? [Video]

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humanodon · 4242 days ago

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Interesting question, especially since short poems tend not to garner much respect. One of my favorites is called Hair Poem, by Bill Knott:

  Hair Poem

  Hair is heaven's water flowing eerily over us
  Often a woman drifts down her long hair and is lost

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notknott · 4242 days ago · link ·

anybody can read all my short poems and all my other poems for free at:

http://knottcollectedpoems.blogspot.com/2013/05/collected-sh...

the complete texts of all my books are posted there for open access

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