140 SHORTIES III might seem to be positing, over and over, the possibility of magnificence in a relatively trivial and silly private format. That format not only includes relative brevities. It also includes clumps of titles that rhyme with each other and includes a rather special back-&-forth way of moving from one versification to the next. The entire group of 140 pieces ultimately must be more of a verbal success than that same group ever could be any fount of real news or of anything like real 'info'. The following couple of examples might seem about averagely illustrative: LIFT Lift us above hate and love. We remain quiet regarding life's diet of infinite passions in endless fashions. Tending to sense no recompense worth much while, I hereby style toward neutral smile. DRIFT Drift upon drift of new-fallen snow has given us dreams. A brave recalling would be of scenes seemingly lost. Those scenes would shine beacons. Every shining might seem almost informative. | 140 Shorties III by Bruce Howard Hamilton, Paperback | Indigo Chapters