A cool wind b
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s through the room
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g the papers as if they were leaves
Your letter
long lost
Is not a part of this m
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I look for you in autumn
but summer was truly our season
and I wish to be warm again
Author notes
This form is a mini-saga. I read of this about 13 years ago in a literary magazine and although I've rarely seen it used in poetry there is a longer form used for short stories. A mini-saga is a form that can be about anything and in any style. The only catch is that it must be 50 words exactly, including the title.
Written November 16th, 2005
A contest entry
- 300 Points To Give Away by .
300 points, ended March 16, 2006, 6 entries
Silver trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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This is a fantastic poem!
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Looks like an advert to some big computer company. A few graphics and colors, boom. It would look great on a magazine. Nice job.
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I've never seen this form before... but I like it a lot! Great penning here and looked fun as well! Congrats on your win!
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Makes sense to me...very nice...thank you...
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I was counting "A cool wind brushes through the room" as one
scattering the papers as if they were leaves" as one and
"Is not a part of this movement" as one, so there are eight lines."
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This is beautiful I loved the way it lead the reader onward. I also loved the last line. "and I wish to be warm again" it said so much and yet it left so many echoes. I will have read more of your words. Good luck in the contest. Patti
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This is an intriguing form. Not sure how to count the lines. If I count each cascading line as one, it goes over the 10 line limit..not sure yet how I will count this unless there is a fixed way that you can tell me.
Nonetheless, a great form and thank you for entering the contest.
Sam
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