140 Shorties: [Verse Bits] Contributor(s): Hamilton, Bruce Howard (Author) |
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ISBN: 0595365760 ISBN-13: 9780595365760 Publisher: iUniverse OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2005 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General - Humor |
Physical Information: 0.36" H x 6" W x 9" (0.52 lbs) 156 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 140 Shorties has a way of bobbing and weaving along, from item to item. Each versification is truly brief, relatively speaking -- no longer, usually, than about 35 words. A special little approach or 'recipe'] was used in terms of the actual composition of the entire aggregation, so, for one thing, an evident rhyming between some titles might very readily be seen to exist. Maybe about half of the included 140 pieces are rhymed and about half unrhymed. Aspects of rhythm may be detectable, but blatant meter generally seems unlikely. Here are a couple of perhaps representative samples: DOGS HOGS |