Six-word Essays on Time
By Allan Roy Andrews
Now always dies
in clock time.
Streams of time
eventually dry up.
Life gives, but
Time takes away.
Clocks truly lack
faces and hands.
Has anyone seen
a clock smile?
Moment by moment
time abandons us.
The six-word essay is often attributed to Ernest Hemingway, who took up the challenge of telling a story in just six words.
The form has been popularized in recent years, largely through the online publication of Smith Magazine http://www.smithmag.net/sixwords/ and Narrative Magazine http://www.narrativemagazine.com/.
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