Short 23 July 2025

I crafted short poetry.
Cut it off, kept it brief.
Longer, curt, A thief.
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Money & Resources
Short on cash
Running short
A little short this month
Caught short
Come up short
Short-changed
Short end of the stick
Short supply

Time & Deadlines
Short on time
Time is short
Cut short
In short order
Short notice
Short window
Short-lived
A short fuse
Physical Height
Short stature
Fell short of the mark
Short man syndrome
Came up a bit short
The short one
Vertically challenged
Patience, Emotion & Behavior
Short-tempered
Short with sometimes
Short patience
Short shrif
Short fuse
Give someone short shrift

General / Other
Sell someonei short
Stop short
Shortn-sighted
A few cards short of a full deck
Short memory
A day late and a dollar short
Shortfall
Short circuit
******(((((
Drew up this brief word tree.
Condensed, went ai bee.

Below are eleven Buson haiku
beginning with the phrase
'The short night--'


The short night--
on the hairy caterpillar
beads of dew.

The short night--
patrolmen
washing in the river.

The short night--
bubbles of crab froth
among the river reeds.

The short night--
a broom thrown away
on the beach.

The short night--
the Oi River
has sunk two feet.

The short night--
on the outskirts of the village
a small shop opening.

The short night--
broken, in the shallows,
a crescent moon.

The short night--
the peony
has opened.

The short night--
waves beating in,
an abandoned fire.

The short night--
near the pillow
a screen turning silver.

The short night--
shallow footprints
on the beach at Yui.








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The short night-
a watery moon
stands alone over the hill

     Maggie



The short night--
just as I'm falling asleep
my wife's waking up

     Larry Bole

What is short,
I mean what short is short,
I can't tell whatever is short ,
Can you tell me what is short ?
Can short be short?
Because everything can be short.

I hear people say life is short,
Other say problems live short,
Lies can be uncovered short,
But I don't think short is short ,
Long can be short?
Can long be short?