Mort Castle

WHY PROSE WRITERS NEED TO READ POETRY

Very recently, I began reading the 865,000 word prologue to a rather long novel, and then stopped.

Hemingway once wrote a six word story:

“For sale: baby shoes, never worn.”

Here’s a story, Mort’s UNPLUGGED for this month.

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DESPAIR

“Can I help?”

“No.”

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Five words if you count the title.

O Brevity.

O Basho.

“The rest is silence.”

Hamlet,” Act 5 scene 2

“And so often should be.”

                  Mort Right Here and Now