8-word poem: THE HALLOWEEN 2009 STORY

Year's scariest
Costume:
Still life with
Electric truss.

8-word poem: THE NOW ALL MY NIGHTMARES HAVE COME TRUE TOO STORY

Saw
Looked away
Quickly
Won't ever
Forget
It.

8-word poem

Heavy is
The head
That wears
Prince Albert.

8-word poem

Please open
Another door,
God,
This one's
Slamming.

8-word poem

Understanding life:
I'm still
Waiting
For the
Subtitles.

8-word poem: THE CUTTING TO THE CHASE STORY

Nothing restores
One's vim
Like a
Saw flick.

350 Poems

350 Poems?

350 Poems is part of 350.org's international day of climate action on October 24th. On this site, 350 writers will each contribute a poem responding to climate change (in a language of their choosing) in the days leading up to the 24th. As an additional constraint--mirroring the real political obstacles and shortage of time we face--each poem must be 3.5 lines in length.

Mine, #304, is here.

8-word poem

Meant to
Write this
Days ago.
My bad.

8-word poem

The only
Right moment
Is always
Right now.

8-word poem

Eight, nine,
Five, seven—
Hell no;
Yes: heaven.

8-word poem

One of these
Days
This war's gonna
End.

8-word poem

Why does
Sad
Got to
Be so
Love?

8-word poem

How much
Did you
Pay
For this
Poem?

8-word poem

While my guitar
Gently has a
Nervous breakdown.

8-word poem

Public peaking
Should never
Devolve into
Public shouting.

8-word poem: THE IF I WASN'T LAUGHING I'D BE CRYING STORY

The Universe
Occasionally throws
Sterling entertainment
Our way.

8-word poem: THE OBAMA WINS THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE STORY

It's never
Too early
To win
A prize.

8-word poem: THE MENU OF MY LIFE STORY

I'll have
Shame
With a
Side of
Regret.

8-word poem

I think
I thought
I loved
I sought.

8-word poem

Life is
Like an
All-you-can-eat
Day-old seafood
Buffet.

8-word poem

The difference
Between
Been there
And
Is there.

8-word poem

Are you
Too old to
Trick or treat?

8-word poem

Happiness
Is a healthy
Cat
Among other
Things.