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Haiku Nation–SMITH Mag in Time

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

SMITH Mag and the Six-Word Memoir project lead a story in Time magazine called “Haiku Nation.” “Like traditional Japanese poetry, the new pop-culture haiku says a lot with few words,” writes Jeremy Caplan. “These days digital eloquence is defined by pithiness. … In the book world, a surprise hit this year has been Not Quite [...]

Above and Beyond: A Six-Word Memoir AND a Haiku

Monday, April 28th, 2008

This arrived by email from contributor (and my new hero) C.C. “Lived like no tomorrow; tomorrow came” Keiser. Count it as many times as you like—six words, 5-7-5 syllables. Pure genius:
Unexpectedly,
however belatedly,
accepted at last!