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communication/words
define : combination of sounds, symbols, or writing that communicates a meaning; talk, speech
describe : a collection of works involving the written word, as used to tell tales, pose prose, or present poetry

Words arranged.

*tales & stories
I prefer Short Stories to other formats of prose because they are a sort of single-serving writing that can be enjoyed comfortably within a sitting, and a good story need not be long to be good.
To me, there is a certain charm to being able to do just that - read a decent story in a single read. The short story is also probably the most appropriate form for the internet, as time reading at a computer is optimally brief.

~poetry?!
I am fond of poetry, and occasionally I write poetry, but considering the ease with which one can write poor poetry, I rarely show anyone my writings.
Thankfully, on the internet, I can be to my readers a mere name flickering on the screen or a writer, depending on how they take to me. There's some comfort in that.

~haiku/nishi haiku
I love haiku. I find that their bite-size size makes them easy to engage. This is not to say they are easy, because anyone can write in haiku form, but it takes much more than that to write a good haiku.
I have separated these into two sections: haiku for more traditionally themed/spirited haiku writings, and nishi haiku, where "nishi" roughly means "Western", for a more Westernized take on haiku form for less traditional haiku. Where haiku tends to take a thing or happening and ball it up into one short, poignant set of words, with some seasonal or other temporal reference, I would say nishi haiku would focus on something more irreverent, humorous or absurd, even random, without any need to adhere to certain haiku criteria beyond the haiku form of syllable and line arrangement.

More to come...

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