One Word Poem

Introduction

While I am of the opinion that writing is the only art form where to can correct and amend as your work progresses, or even when you thought your work was finished, I do like to create difficult literary situations for me to challenge and overcome.

I wrote this poem about seemingly impossible things

but this is about the concept of the one-word poem and I will write a poem about a one-word poem to close this piece. The music I have included is "One" by U2.

So That One Word Poem

Probably the shortest form of poetry that has been used for Vocal Challenges is the pseudo-haiku which contains just seventeen syllables. I thought that was the definition of a haiku but it isn't, that is senryū, haiku is far more complex and this was pointed out to me by my Japan resident friend, Lee Sei-Macfhearchair, and you can read about what a haiku should contain in my piece here.

The word Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is seventeen syllables so could be split thus to create a single word senryū

Pneumonoultra

microscopicsilico

volcanoconiosis

Obviously, that is cheating a little as I just searched for a seventeen-syllable word on Google and found this.

The thing is, I see some single words, as almost poetry in themselves because of the feeling that they can engender within ourselves. It may be a concept, a name, a place or anything that stirs those feeling each time you hear, say or write it down.

The word "Rose" could be a name, or make you think of the love interest in James Cameron's film "Titanic", it could be a flower or a colour, I used it as an inspiration for this visual tautogram.

That is a lot more than one word, but one word inspired this and appears in some form or translation on every line.

I saw this meme about poetry and if a single word can do this then that single word is poetry.

Poems can be short and long, can rhyme or not, can have a recognised form or be free form. Poetry is art made out of words. It can have any shape that you want, and I have done a few like that.

So I will close this with my poem about a one-word poem but will post it in the Vocal Writers group because this is about writing, even if it is focused on poetry.

Addendum

A number of Vocal Creators have dropped in their one-word poems, if I get enough I intend to put them into a Vocal Poetry post. They are collected here

On A One-Word Poem

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One

A Singularity

In Itself, It Signifies So Much

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The First

The Start

What Does It Mean To You?

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Alone

Can It Take You Where You Want To Go

A Number

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A Person

A Friend

An Enemy

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Just One

On Its Own

But There Are More

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More Words That Alone Can Lift Your Spirits

Love

When Someone Calls You That

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Or Tell You They Have Fallen In

Or How They Feel For Something Or Someone

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Love

It Is A Perfect Word

Four Letters Of Contentment

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To Touch Your Heart

Feel The Warmth

A One-Word Poem

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You

The Person You Speak To

The One You Want To Hold

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When You Feel

Love

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Rose

The Colour

The Lover

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The Flower

Words Can Be Short

Or Very Long

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But Every One

Can Be A One-Word Poem

You Can See

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What Every Word Can Convey

The Can Lift

And Break

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Your

Heart

Can You See?

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Is It Clear?

Under That Shining

Moon

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A Celestial Body

That We See

Each Night

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Tell Me Now

What Is

Your

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One-Word Poem

Mine Is

Love

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