Brevity...
Ding
Dong!
Does this count as the shortest poem ever, ever, and if so, to which genre does it belong?
Commments
Sounds a bit like the Leslie Phillips genre, Uilleam (defunct now, I'm sure).
Thanks, Ray.
Apparently it's a thing up in Birmingham, the streets are full of it, a cultured lot they are.
BTW.
Readers may be questioning the relevance of the picture of a Cumberland Sausage to my poem?
An ancient Pythagorean formula holds that the length of a metrical foot should ideally be inversely proportional to the length of a sausage.
Indeed, Odysseus, whose early poetry received scathing reviews from his contemporaries was forced to admit:
“My wicked belly always gets me into trouble”.
Enjoyed the alliteration.
…und das ist kein Bild von Bratwurst, das ist eine Cumberland-Wurst.
Nein, ich bin ein Berliner!
Is bin a genre?
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Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh
Tue 21st Apr 2026 09:58
Carry on Writing! Stephen😃