To break the record
for the world’s shortest pantoum
you must make every word
feel like the prettiest girl in the room.
For the world’s shortest pantoum
you must make almost every word
in every stanza (Italian for room),
repeat like a broken record.
Tom C. Hunley is the author of three full-length poetry collections, four chapbooks and two books of prose about poetry. He also published the recently released Scotch Tape World from Accents Publishing.