The Monostich:

[billy]

First off, Thanks to An (perlygates); here's the low down on a poetry form (though some may disagree) called Monostich

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A monostich is a poem which consists of a single line.
The following is an example by Ralph Hodgson:

'Skunks,' the squirrel said, 'are sent to try us.'

A monostich could be also titled; due to the brevity of the form, the title is invariably as important a part of the poem as the verse itself A. R. Ammons writes:

COWARD
Bravery runs in my family.

Some examples of one-line poems were created by Ancient authors (Martial e.g.). Modern monostich was started in Russia in 1894 when Valery Bryusov published the single line of pretty absurdic essence:

О закрой свои бледные ноги.
(Oh, cover your pale legs.)

In Western poetry monostich was reinvented by Guillaume Apollinaire in his "Chantre" (1914).

So there you have it. basically it a self contained line of poetry. you can title it if you wish but it isn't mandatory and the same with grammar, use it or not, the choice is yours. Anyone; poet or lumberjack should be able to take part in this thread. it's not really here for critique but if you really need to point out something, go ahead. what ever you post that post has to contain a Monostich

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A bit of bull shit and I smell like roses.

[billy]

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[Touchstone]

Monostich? With Apologies to Herman Hupfield

Bollocks: the fundamental things apply, a sentence is just a sentence.

[billy]

End of the line

I wrote a poem and sentenced it to death while thinking of mass murder.

[billy]

My ice caps will soon be too small to wear

[Aish]

Poetic lips scrape the silken ether of my slumber.

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I cannot speak with thorns embedded in my tongue.

[billy]

Goose bumps rise and fall like German helmets.

[parakleseos]

I walk and wear a fancy coat and everything is fine.

(Think about it.)

[billy]

Raccoons don't care who they hurt.

[Aish]

Bliss is the universal solvent.

[billy]

I offered you my eyes and you poked me in the heart.