Shortest poem ever?

Question

People say that the poem 'fleas' is the shortest but I think I found a shorter one. Prob is I can't remember where I read it.

It's called 'Ode to a Goldfish'

'O Wet Pet'

Thus The shortest poem ever written!!

Fleas has four syllables - this has only three.

Answer 1

HAHAH thats the funniest poem ever! its great!!! its the shortest i've ever seen!

Answer 2

The shortest poem I've ever written actually won second place in my high school's literary fair. It was submitted along with 15 others of mine, but the judges liked the shortest one best. Go figure. Anyway, here it is: "You turn around, then so do I. You look back, then so do I. You ignore me--so do I." That's all there is to it. -IMP ;) :)

Answer 3

O Wet Pet

Answer 4

My dog is wet sometimes, but yes that is an ode to holdfish here is my ode to racism

'O racist people, shut up and hate each other silently like everone else'

it isn't short but kind of true

Answer 5

Yvor Winters wrote a number of well-regarded, serious (that is to say, actual) one line poems. For example, God of Roads: "I, peregrine of noon."

Answer 6

There's a poem called "Light" that's literally just the one word. A lot of minimalistic, can they even CALL that poetry?!, pieces are like that. (they're published, even)

see: http://dbqp.blogspot.com/search/label/minimalist%20poetry

Answer 7

no thats not the shortest poem i read one that said "adam hadem"

Answer 8

Define poem.

"No Way!" is two letters shorter than your poem.

"B$" is shorter yet!

Answer 9

nice and short

Answer 10

You,
Me,
We.