Microstories

When 50 Words Is Enough

These precisely fifty-word prose poems are original, personal, and true, often metaphorical, yet incomplete. No backstory is provided for context. Some are dehydrated previously published haiku quintets; others are newborns. Each is the tip of an iceberg. Vast regions are left to your imagination—that dream-like fluid that rehydrates and completes the 50-word story-stems provided here. Unlazy readers, without even trying, create the unseen subsurface portions, emerging Rorschach-like from your own rich mental underworld. How? Simply notice the image that appears to your mind's eye, the tug at your heart, the punch to your gut. They are your stories, too, esteemed coauthor.