Poems condensed into single lines, with titles!

[the stranger]

Factory Gates:

Wrought.

Black:

Matted-morning eyeliner, thick as oil.

PG Tips:

Don’t believe superior teas come from Yorkshire, I’ve yet to stumble across a tea farm in the Dales!

I leapt:

A grey-tonne mass against my face, my nose a fossil.

Partridge Farm:

Fat flightless broods, blunt yellow necklace beaks.

A Seaside Town in winter:

The Sea, sharp-paper-points; such desolate energy.

Gypsy:

Hair sprung black, fingernails of ruddy iron.

Ant:

The little anvil headed communist.

Plagiarism:

so much depended upon the dead thrush speckled by mites unsubstantial under the umbrella

Bingo:

A blank dank street corner out-stages the rages held within.

Cul-de-sac:

All things mediocre, end. Then begin again.

Valentine Topiary:

Heart shaped pubic topiary, what did you talk to the hairdresser about?

Lighthouse:

abandon yourself upon a craggy rock, then take stock…

[elotrooso]

Quite enjoyed this, stranger.

Not sure zi got the Plaguarism. The specificity of the speckled bird etc is what gave the game away?

Fun.

[xanadu]

Zany and funny.Is there any connection between each poem or are they just random thoughts?
Maybe the PG tips one is more a one line quip than a poem but overall quite a quirky and fun piece.

[the stranger]

Thanks guys.

Is there any connection between each poem or are they just random thoughts?

They are all poems I've written (in full) and got to thinking would a single line actually summarise the whole poem? Were the other lines actually superfluous?

Just a thought I was playing around with.

And yes the PG tips was more of a gag really.

Cheers
TS

[KevJ]

An entertaining exercise I think. And certainly made me smile. Particularly liked the Ant.


Kev

[ray miller]

I like The Ant and Plagiarism. I hate that wheelbarrow man and that's any day of the week depending on nothing. But I'd like to see the original ant poem.

[cynwulf]

An excellent conceit, very enjoyable.
regards,C.

[John G]

Like the concept and looseness of this. The surreal juxtaposition between each set is great. Not sure if there is a narrative running through it or an overriding idea but great all the same.

Love the line about the communists.

[oranggunung]

Hi TS

I think there’s an art to summarising poems/ideas/stories so briefly. I can’t say I’m familiar with the originals, but I find your summaries very pleasing.

I suspect you’d write very good haiku, especially if you allowed yourself to depart from the strictures of a 5-7-5 format. Maybe you do, already. Or maybe haibun would be of interest – a combination of descriptive prose and haiku?

enjoyed

og

[Gbn]

Criticism
The voices of strangers ring in my ears and fears

I like the concept and the deceptive simplicity of the exercise...