140 Shorties

<I>140 Shorties</I> 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.</p><P>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:</p><P>DOGS <br>Dogs daily seem<br>to have managed. <br>From the earliest<br>of life's moments<br>a dog's howl<br>emanates fiercely. <br>In the lust<br>and luxury<br>ruling the planet<br>few canine barks<br>might be unperemptory.</p><P>HOGS<br>Hogs that were called<br>became appalled. <br>The human condition<br>implied sedition. <br>To be a pig<br>stayed rather big <br>but snout on snout<br>wanted out. <br>A true main sorrow<br>was mere tomorrow.</p><P>