I have a small book entitled Six Word Memoirs. It is a fascinating collection of offerings from scores of people, famous and unknown, summing up their life experience in six words.
This rings the “fixed format” bell in my head. I loved the idea, and I’ve toyed off and on with my own six words. Here are some random scribblings:
Breakfast Lunch Dinner
Love Laugh Play
Older bigger more
Younger smaller less
Reader Writer Printer
Young Old Dead
Be patient—I am still learning.
I yearn for peace and quiet.
What’s your six words?