"The Skinny" Poetry Journal (TSPJ) seeks new poetry that has humor as its heart--as in "funny," as its heart--as in: Moms Mabley; Wanda Sykes; Dave Chappelle; Richard Pryor; Redd Foxx; George Carlin; Ellen Degeneres; Chris Rock; Margaret Cho; Jerry Seinfeld; Gabriel Iglesias; Bernie Mac; D.L. Hughley; Ali Wong; Shalewa Sharpe; David Letterman; Russell Peters; Aparna Nancherla; Dick Gregory; Trevor Noah; Emma Willmann; Lenny Bruce; Ricky Gervais; and countless other greatly gifted folks.
“The Skinny” is a short poem form that consists of eleven lines. The first and eleventh lines can be any length (although shorter lines are favored). The eleventh and last line must be repeated using the same words from the first and opening line (however, they can be rearranged). The second, sixth, and tenth lines must be identical. All the lines in this form, except for the first and last lines, must be comprised of ONLY one word. The Skinny was created by Truth Thomas in the Tony Medina Poetry Workshop at Howard University (© 2005).
The point of The Skinny, or Skinnys, is to convey a vivid image through richly imagistic, figurative language-filled, poetry, using as few words as possible. Note: Skinnys can also be linked, like Haiku, Senryu or Tanka.. To submit your Skinnys for publishing consideration, email:
theskinnypoetryjournalATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to .)
with your poem, or poems, copied into the body of your email.
To see examples of this new poetry form, go to:
The Skinny Poetry Journal
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