A chance tweet caught my eye today: poet Ty Gardner was promoting his latest work, "A Thousand Little Things," which contains 1,000 monostich (or "one line") poems.
This is not unlike the popular "six word stories" that have always intrigued me.
As I post images on Instagram lately, I find that less is more when writing captions, and I have even been playing with using haikus as captions to accompany images of New York City.
But tonight, inspired by Mr. Gardner, I thought I would try something new: post seven images, with six word captions that tell their story.
Why seven? Because seven times six equals 42. And 42, according to the writer Douglas Adams, is "the ultimate answer to life, the universe and everything."
Here goes.
Unfinished by Dad, before he died.
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I stood alone, surrounded by history.
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Returning March 2020, never to leave.
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Remembering our town's 51 Covid deaths.
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First Avenue promised infinite possibilities ahead.
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We traveled in threes, for protection.
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Art is shallow; love is whole.
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