This is an exercise from a "Small Poetry Workshop" presented by my friend Katerina Stoykova-Klemer. I started with a poem of less than 50 words:Memory Caller
The night is ominous
with the eerie glow of a full moon;
rays from the nightly orb
light the deserted passageways
calling to distant memories.
(25 words)
Then I had to write the same poem using half the number of words, without losing the meaning:
Memory Caller
Ominous night,
eerie lunar glow,
lighting deserted passageways
calling distant memories.
(11 words)
