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Six Word Memoirs

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Six Word Memoirs

One of Ernest Hemingway's most well-known works is also his shortest. It is said that the writer was once "dared" to craft a six-word short story to try and move people in such few words. For Sale: Baby shoes. Never worn showed the world that the most influential pieces of writing don't have to be the size of a book.

Based off of Hemingway's six-word story, I have complied a few of my own six-word memoirs.


I am more than six words.

Believe what you see not hear.

People are more than what's visible.

She sees invisibility as a power.

Shoes were new but worn out.

If I could then I would.

I promise this is my best.

All I can do is try.

Why is walking away so hard?

Hurt but I can't look away.

It hurts but I can't feel.

I'm constantly feeling painfully numb.

I'm a sentence, not a number.

Feeling everything and nothing at once.

I just need a little space.

How could something right feel wrong?

Feeling right sometimes hurts you too.

I am running. Time is too.

Window drawings end up faded.

I promise I care a lot.

Some things are better left unsaid.

I'm constantly living in a nightmare.

I've finally realized I'm not sorry.

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