: Re: How short can a poem be until it can no longer be a poem? I am on a small journey to help me understand what the definition of a poem is to different people, what poems mean to them.

I know.
So go.

Doesn't that qualify? It rhymes, keeps a meter, and "says" more than it says. That's pretty much my definition of poetry. Not saying it's any good, though. Even more minimal:

Hi.
Bye.

(Wow, that's soooo deep. The minimalism powerfully evokes the impoverishment of social interactions in a technological society, especially with regard to oppressed minority groups.)

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