Share this postSherman AlexieHumanismCopy linkFacebookEmailNotesMoreHumanismthe shortest poem that I've ever writtenSherman AlexieJul 06, 2023155Share this postSherman AlexieHumanismCopy linkFacebookEmailNotesMore708ShareArticle voiceover1×0:00-1:28Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade.Photo by Artyom Korshunov on UnsplashText within this block will maintain its original spacing when published People are my steeple.
Love this, Sherm! Takes discipline to be brief. Mark Twain once said, “I didn't have time to write you a short letter, so I wrote you a long one.”
This is great, Sherman. Very short poems often pack the biggest punch, I think.
I was going through my screenshots this morning and found this short beauty you wrote:
“Those who believe
that words are violent
are the same ones
who'll cut off
your tongue
to keep you silent.”