Still a bit long for my liking Dave, could do better! Ha, cheers good to see you last night, Jeff

Much fun!

Thank you one and all. It's been interesting to get a variety of reponses. The serious purpose (if there was one - it's tongue in cheek really) was to draw attention to what researchers tell us is a real phenomenon.

19th century newspapers and epic poems illustrate the point. Huge banks of tiny text which people cheerfully ploughed through, we are told, employing attention spans most of us can only marvel at.

I still find it all difficult to believe, but apparently it's measurable. And I would go along with Cynthia and Anthony in holding that there is nothing wrong with a long poem - rather the reverse, often - it creates a space to move around in and explore.

Hmmm. This comment is longer than the blinking poem - sorry!

Hi Dave,

Methinks you're wrong
- prefer them long!

Regards,
A.E.

liked this little ditty
Winston

Succinct

I kind of know where you're coming from here.
It'd be much simpler and quicker if all poems were shorter to be able to read and comment but life isn't like that and poets have a choice. :-)

It is witty and i like it.
Janet.x

No, they're not, and no, they shouldn't ... generally speaking.

Well you couldn't get much shorta than this Dave! Very witty - let's hope folk, find time to place a comment on your rhyme......