Worlds smallest poem

**akulion** · 11-17-2005

This is an actual poem written by Mohammed Ali the boxer, it is the worlds smallest work to be classified as a 'Poem"

here it is:

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Me,
We.
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Hope you liked it

the meaning behind it is deep. Mohammed Ali said this poem to denote that - when he was in the ring it was not just him fighting it was all of his fans as well. And that his strength came from the power of his fans. I.e. me = we.

cool huh?

**MetSudaisTwice** · 11-17-2005

salam
lol mashallah a very effective poem with deep meaning
wasalam

**Rabi'ya** · 11-17-2005

ah hah!!! someone was asking me the other day if id heard of this. and i hadnt. they cudnt remember who had said it.

Subhanallah

JazakAllah for posting

Rabi'ya:rose:

**habib** · 11-17-2005

nice poem bro ..
just read it ..

**akulion** · 11-17-2005

wiyaku...i always laugh this poem when i read it...

but its good..

after all he thought of it and we didnt lol

**afriend2** · 11-17-2005

lol! need to show my english teacher and say poems dont need to be really long!

**Khaldun** · 11-17-2005

the question would arise, would i be able to make a poem called "me, you" confessing my love for a brother as an example...

**habib** · 11-17-2005

Originally Posted by nazia

lol! need to show my english teacher and say poems dont need to be really long!

yeah sister ..

**Sahabiyaat** · 11-17-2005

^ i guess u could

phew
how dare u post such lengthy text
are u trying to kill me!
u know how long that took me to read
i now have white hairs protruding between the brown ones

was a good poem though

**Ibn Abi Ahmed** · 11-17-2005

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**aamirsaab** · 11-17-2005

living proof that good things come in small packages. A lot like me then. :brother:

**Sahabiyaat** · 11-17-2005

and me
and yoda

and...off topic

**Halima** · 11-17-2005

Yep your right sister! We should remain on topic inshAllah

great reminder by the way.

**Sahabiyaat** · 11-17-2005

lol

well if u think about it

we all go off topic like hell

and then we just put a lil foot note 'off topic' at the bottom

it looks like were getting away with something

**akulion** · 11-17-2005

now a poem by me...not the smallest but just a lil bigger (considering the letters used)

here it is:

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I
Why?
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By Akulion

This poem is questioning the reason I exist!
lol

**Danish** · 11-17-2005

how touching this open is...makes one wanan pluck out his eyeballs to cry for it

we should all implement the teachings of it in our life

**h1jabi_sista** · 11-17-2005

hahahaha ok since anybody can be a poet let me have my go!!!

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thai?
chai?
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here im questioning the reader on their preferance ...............and.....im also contrasting food with drink!!!!:sister:

**akulion** · 11-17-2005

lool ok I think before the admins / mods arrive and close the thread we should chill

lol

**czgibson** · 11-17-2005

Greetings,

That's brilliant! I've never heard of that one before. Does it have a title?

Great poems by everyone else too!

Poems can really be anything you want them to be. They don't even need to rhyme. Guillaume Apollinaire used to write poems where the lines were arranged to form pictures; Gertrude Stein wrote one which had the words "a rose is a rose is a rose..." going round in a circle infinitely.

Here's a short one that's quite famous, by the American poet Ezra Pound:

In a Station of the Metro

The apparition of these faces in the crowd;
Petals on a wet, black bough.

That's it. It's a bit like a Japanese haiku: a single image presented simply and briefly.

Still not as short as Muhammad Ali's one though!

Peace

**akulion** · 11-18-2005

oh if you watch the movie they made about mohammed ali, If i remember correctly its called "when we were kings" or something.

they mention that in there