Not Another Poem!
Nothing personal, just one person's opinion.
Not another poem.
This can’t be true.
Every new story notice I get,
Leaves me disappointed and upset.
I hope for a story,
600 words or more,
But what I uncover is 50 to 100
Rarely higher than fourscore.
With poems of old
The words would at least rhyme.
Unfortunately, that’s no longer necessary,
Why bother?
Why take the time?
Spend 20 minutes and get a top-story pay
Or spend 2 or more hours and watch your work fade away.
I’m not whining,
I’m just stating a fact.
Please, please, please, bring the prose back!
About the Creator
Mark Gagnon
I have spent most of my life traveling the US and abroad. Now it's time to create what I hope are interesting fictional stories.
I have 2 books on Amazon, Mitigating Circumstances and Short Stories for Open Minds.
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The Voyeur's Incandescent Reasoning
The woman sat nonplussed, in the Waiting Room. In a sort of daze, looking straight ahead patiently. She had already had three small breakfast's that morning and a nip of sherry, this was not unusual she would typically wait until an hour after she took her anti-depressant and was her morning routine. She was merely following instructions she assured herself, shifted slightly in her seat and feeling a little heart burn thought, maybe she should skip lunch. Dom had said to have the task done this week. She was well used to his methods and desired to get this over and done with soon. She glanced at her watch, smiled weakly at the Receptionist who was there for a moment and then gone.
By Canuck Scriber L.Lachapelle Author4 days ago in Fiction
Comments (8)
I can meet you in the middle with short prose 😁😊🤔🧐
Should I take this personally? ;) Okay, I promise prose professionally processed post-haste!
I prefer stories too but always have to take a stab at some of these poetry challenges. It does seem like it's the dominating genre on here. Which I guess isn't a terrible thing. So yeah, Bring back the prose!!!
For what it's worth, I spend the same amount of time to write and proofread my poems, stories and articles. They all take me 1 week, sometimes more 😅 Anyway, looks like you're in luck because my next piece is a story. Unfortunately it's only 366 words, not 600 or more. Sorry Mark hehehehe
The contrarian poet. Well, I write mostly prose and often longer than 600 words. If you're a sucker for prose punishment I even wrote one with 10,000! I have written a poem here and there, so you may want to avoid them since they don't rhyme (mostly).
well, well, well.... look who got into the poetry game!!! Looks like you had some fun with this one!! I love the nah-sayer but also show off kind of attitude this presents with in my mind!! Great work Mark!
I am bit baffled by the mercurial tastes of the contemporary reader: a 3000 word analysis of Shelley's fiction, influenced by the ideas and arguments of Aristotle? Too long, boring and pretentious. A haiku? Laughably brief and banal. I am about to post an ekphrastic sonnet, but in your honor, what follows it will be a short story.
I will see what I can do! lol