Deborah chose to wear her best chiffon blouse

[EileenGreay]

Deborah chose to wear her best chiffon blouse

For her cremation.

[ChristopherSea]

Ha, ha... She may have a reason, that poofy stuff appears highly flammable!

[Leanne]

This does rather imply that she had many more chiffon blouses to select from...

[EileenGreay]

This does rather imply that she had many more chiffon blouses to select from...

Undoubtedly she did, Leanne!

I first came across this form of short poem in a collection by John Ashbery, and thought that they are such fun - just a sentence and an utterly bathetic follow-up! I've been enjoying experimenting with the idea.

[billy]

sounds like fun. ...is chiffon see through

[ScurryFunger]

Deborah chose to wear her best chiffon blouse

For her cremation.

Some Deborah's can only aspire
to owning
chiffon.

(and looking good and thus pulling it off)





Sadie chose to weave a web of
misguided intrigue,

then ended up dead.

[billy]

somebody turned the light on

billy had an idea at last

[ChristopherSea]

This does rather imply that she had many more chiffon blouses to select from...

Undoubtedly she did, Leanne!

I first came across this form of short poem in a collection by John Ashbery, and thought that they are such fun - just a sentence and an utterly bathetic follow-up! I've been enjoying experimenting with the idea.

Oh yes, I have read John Ashbery. These short forms look like fun! Coincidently, I found an imposter on this site trying to palm off one of John Ashberry's metapoems. That's how I earned my moniker 'Rat Catcher' beneath my watercolor avatar! I'm going to try one of these.