Milkmaid & Tattoo

Reminds me of a conversation I had the other day with an old classmate; she'd just had a baby and all she could about was allegedly how lovely he was whilst whinging about all her new responsibilities. Clever and politically acute poem.

..story of a million wasted lives.

I like this one very much. Carved down to minimalist perfection

S

Thanks for the feedback tijean - I kinda feel a bit guilty about a short post like this - it's actually 45 words if you include the title. But you're spot on - I felt the minimalist thing to - in this stripped down world there isn't much more needs to be said.

'I've written quite a few haiku
             But
don't have the will to publish them'

I think quite often, when a few words are selected correctly, they say far more than rambling, pointless, endless, monotonous text......

That's interesting, tijean because this was one of my "unfinished" scribbles - but then I thought why should I flesh it out. The message was the important aspect for me here and if that's important enough then it can standalone without too much embellishment.

...thanks for breathing some life on to the problem with me, Jack.

You have given beautiful expression to the story so many, just so many to name! I love it A.

Thanks for your kind words, Priya.

...and depressingly accurate observation.  The playfulness of the first line belies the razor sharp satire.  Good work.

It depressed me when I found out that in the UK we're the schoolgirl pregnancy capital of the world. Your comment shows keen perception regarding what I hoped to achieve when writing this poem - which makes me doubly grateful for your feedback. Thank you!