short poems

[ash_nite1]

About a month ago during class we were asked to write a poem that was no longer than 6 lines, this was pretty difficult for me, as I prefer longer poems. This is what I came up with.

A tortured soul I am no longer
For even though these chains cling to me
My mind has been set free
By an emotion no body could contain

(I know its bad, but we only had 5 minutes)

What I'm getting at here is that I wanted to know if there was anyone out there who wanted to try writing 2-6 line poems. It's not as easy as it seems. To get and entire idea or feeling into such a compact space is fairly difficult.  

[Semiremis]

That's not too bad at all and five minutes is not enough time to force a poem out of someone, regardless of the length it is supposed to be. I mean sometimes I get inspired and could just sit down and put it on paper in that much time or less but not when someone says "write it now, you have five minutes." It's not a bad idea as an exercise though.

I actually like writing short poems, I use to work a lot on Haiku's. It was good practice for me in more than one way because I would write them in Spanish which I'm not exactly fluent in.  

[ash_nite1]

that sounds cool, and thanks. Do you want to try writing one.