140 Shorties III

"140 SHORTIES III" might seem to be positing, over and over, the possibility of magnificence in a relatively trivial and silly private format. That format not only includes relative brevities. It also includes clumps of titles that rhyme with each other and includes a rather special back-&-forth way of moving from one versification to the next. The entire group of 140 pieces ultimately must be more of a verbal success than that same group ever could be any fount of real news or of anything like real 'info'. The following couple of examples might seem about averagely illustrative: "LIFT

Lift us above

hate and love.

We remain quiet

regarding life's diet

of infinite passions

in endless fashions.

Tending to sense

no recompense

worth much while,

I hereby style

toward neutral smile. DRIFT

Drift upon drift

of new-fallen snow

has given us dreams.

A brave recalling

would be of scenes

seemingly lost.

Those scenes

would shine beacons.

Every shining

might seem

almost informative."