the short short story

Words have a certain beauty about them. It doesn't take a three-hundred page novel or sixty stanza poem to convey that beauty. Using no more than a paragraph, one can conjure the same power as a book, and require the reader to use just as much, if not more, imagination.

This is not a new literary genre but it is relatively unknown. Most of these are original short short stories. Those that are not are credited otherwise. When I think of new ones I write them.

I've included a lot of poetry and songwriting as well, especially recently. I hope you enjoy it all.

a poem, written october first, beginning of dusk

a leaf is caught in a spider's web
   to the spider- sensation under foot
   to the passive onlooker- a leaf in a spider's web
   to the omnipresent observer but a fractal on a fractal
all are real

 a flock of birds swirl against blue
   to the birds it is habit
   to the wind- cause for turbulence
   to those with the mindset- beauty
   to the omnipresent observer but a fractal on a fractal on a fractal
all are real

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