{"id":1702,"date":"2015-05-06T12:07:23","date_gmt":"2015-05-06T16:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/?p=1702"},"modified":"2015-05-06T12:07:46","modified_gmt":"2015-05-06T16:07:46","slug":"creativity-breadcrumb-55-six-word-poems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/2015\/05\/06\/creativity-breadcrumb-55-six-word-poems\/","title":{"rendered":"Creativity Breadcrumb 55: Six-Word Poems"},"content":{"rendered":"<script>fsg_json['fsg_post_1702'] = [\n{id: 1706, image: 'http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2015\/05\/elasforyaba.jpg', extlink: '', thumb: 'https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2015\/05\/elasforyaba-290x290.jpg', permalink: '<div class=\"galleria-layeritem\"><a title=\"Permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/2015\/05\/06\/creativity-breadcrumb-55-six-word-poems\/elasforyaba\/#0\"><div class=\"galleria-link-bookmark\"><\/div><\/a><\/div>', layer: '<div class=\"galleria-infolayer\"><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\" style=\"padding-right: 20px;\"><h1>elasforyaba<\/h1><\/div><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\"><a title=\"Permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/2015\/05\/06\/creativity-breadcrumb-55-six-word-poems\/elasforyaba\/#0\"><div class=\"galleria-link-bookmark\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\" style=\"padding-right: 20px;\"><\/div>'},\n{id: 1703, image: 'http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2015\/05\/sixwordmemoirs1.jpg', extlink: '', thumb: 'https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2015\/05\/sixwordmemoirs1-290x290.jpg', permalink: '<div class=\"galleria-layeritem\"><a title=\"Permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/2015\/05\/06\/creativity-breadcrumb-55-six-word-poems\/sixwordmemoirs1\/#0\"><div class=\"galleria-link-bookmark\"><\/div><\/a><\/div>', layer: '<div class=\"galleria-infolayer\"><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\" style=\"padding-right: 20px;\"><h1>sixwordmemoirs1<\/h1><\/div><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\"><a title=\"Permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/2015\/05\/06\/creativity-breadcrumb-55-six-word-poems\/sixwordmemoirs1\/#0\"><div class=\"galleria-link-bookmark\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\" style=\"padding-right: 20px;\"><\/div>'},\n{id: 1704, image: 'http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2015\/05\/sixwordmemoirs5.jpg', extlink: '', thumb: 'https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2015\/05\/sixwordmemoirs5-290x290.jpg', permalink: '<div class=\"galleria-layeritem\"><a title=\"Permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/2015\/05\/06\/creativity-breadcrumb-55-six-word-poems\/sixwordmemoirs5\/#0\"><div class=\"galleria-link-bookmark\"><\/div><\/a><\/div>', layer: '<div class=\"galleria-infolayer\"><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\" style=\"padding-right: 20px;\"><h1>sixwordmemoirs5<\/h1><\/div><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\"><a title=\"Permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/2015\/05\/06\/creativity-breadcrumb-55-six-word-poems\/sixwordmemoirs5\/#0\"><div class=\"galleria-link-bookmark\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\" style=\"padding-right: 20px;\"><\/div>'},\n{id: 1705, image: 'http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2015\/05\/sixwordmemoirs13.jpg', extlink: '', thumb: 'https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2015\/05\/sixwordmemoirs13-290x290.jpg', permalink: '<div class=\"galleria-layeritem\"><a title=\"Permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/2015\/05\/06\/creativity-breadcrumb-55-six-word-poems\/sixwordmemoirs13\/#0\"><div class=\"galleria-link-bookmark\"><\/div><\/a><\/div>', layer: '<div class=\"galleria-infolayer\"><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\" style=\"padding-right: 20px;\"><h1>sixwordmemoirs13<\/h1><\/div><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\"><a title=\"Permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/2015\/05\/06\/creativity-breadcrumb-55-six-word-poems\/sixwordmemoirs13\/#0\"><div class=\"galleria-link-bookmark\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\" style=\"padding-right: 20px;\"><\/div>'}\n];<\/script>\n<p><em>food for creative making, doing, and thinking<\/em><\/p>\n<p>One of Ernest Hemingway&#8217;s most famous stories contains a mere six words. They read:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1706\" style=\"width: 475px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a data-postid=\"fsg_post_1702\" data-imgid=\"1706\" href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2015\/05\/elasforyaba.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1706\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1706\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2015\/05\/elasforyaba.jpg\" alt=\"Source: dangerousminds.net\" width=\"465\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2015\/05\/elasforyaba.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2015\/05\/elasforyaba-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 465px) 100vw, 465px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1706\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: dangerousminds.net<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In 2015, flash fiction and micro-fiction are popular writing forms, and contribute to the blurring of lines between prose and poetry. Literary magazines often put out contests or even submission guidelines for entire issues that ask for prose or poetry containing a specific amount of words.<\/p>\n<p>In a similar fashion, in 2006, Larry Smith dedicated\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smithmag.net\/\">SMITH Magazine<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>to exhibiting very short poems. He poses the question, &#8220;What&#8217;s your six-word memoir?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A recent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brainpickings.org\/index.php\/2013\/01\/09\/six-word-memoirs-students\/\">article <\/a>from Brain Pickings features a variety of great work that came out of this project. The writers of these poems and prose range from grade-schoolers to graduate students. Many of the poems are accompanied by an accompanying illustration or image. Check out this hilarious poem from an eight-year old!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1703\" style=\"width: 447px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a data-postid=\"fsg_post_1702\" data-imgid=\"1703\" href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2015\/05\/sixwordmemoirs1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1703\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1703\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2015\/05\/sixwordmemoirs1.jpg\" alt=\"By Charlotte 'Charley' Berkenbile, age 8,  Florence Elementary School in Keller, Texas Source: Brain Pickings\" width=\"437\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2015\/05\/sixwordmemoirs1.jpg 437w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2015\/05\/sixwordmemoirs1-300x232.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 437px) 100vw, 437px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1703\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">By Charlotte &#8216;Charley&#8217; Berkenbile, age 8, Florence Elementary School in Keller, Texas<br \/>Source: Brain Pickings<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8230;or this powerful image from a thirteen year old<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1704\" style=\"width: 447px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a data-postid=\"fsg_post_1702\" data-imgid=\"1704\" href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2015\/05\/sixwordmemoirs5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1704\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1704\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2015\/05\/sixwordmemoirs5.jpg\" alt=\"By Rehana Ottalah, age 13, J.D. Meisler Middle School in Metairie, La. Source: Brain Pickings\" width=\"437\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2015\/05\/sixwordmemoirs5.jpg 437w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2015\/05\/sixwordmemoirs5-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 437px) 100vw, 437px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1704\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">By Rehana Ottalah, age 13, J.D. Meisler Middle School in Metairie, La.<br \/>Source: Brain Pickings<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8230;or this one from a Parsons student<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1705\" style=\"width: 449px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a data-postid=\"fsg_post_1702\" data-imgid=\"1705\" href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2015\/05\/sixwordmemoirs13.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1705\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1705\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2015\/05\/sixwordmemoirs13.jpg\" alt=\"Elizabeth Kay Oh, 23, Parsons the New School for Design, NYC Source: Brain Pickings\" width=\"439\" height=\"582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2015\/05\/sixwordmemoirs13.jpg 439w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2015\/05\/sixwordmemoirs13-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 439px) 100vw, 439px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1705\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elizabeth Kay Oh, 23, Parsons the New School for Design, NYC<br \/>Source: Brain Pickings<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>SMITH<\/em>\u00a0is also divided into several sections, including a &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sixwordmemoirs.com\/teens\/\">Teens&#8221;<\/a> section, in which one can search for a work is sorted into a variety of topics, ranging from love to family to war, as well as a &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sixwordmemoirs.com\/schools\/\">Schools<\/a>&#8221; section, which is devoted to work coming from classrooms.<\/p>\n<p>I encourage you to explore\u00a0<em>SMITH<\/em>\u00a0Magazine, and maybe share a six-word memoir of your own!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>food for creative making, doing, and thinking One of Ernest Hemingway&#8217;s most famous stories contains a mere six words. 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