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How informative can a single sentence be?

 2021年6月30日

The UK held a microfiction contest that allowed only six words. I’d like to share with you some of the winning entries from the contest, which have touched countless people despite their simplicity.

  • Finally spoke to her,left flowers.
    Finally spoke to her,left flowers. (in front of the grave)
  • Jumped.Then I changed my mind.
    Then I changed my mind.
  • Birth certificate. death certificate. one pen.
    Birth certificate. Death certificate. One pen.
    (Some people understand it as a death at birth, others as the birth of a newborn and the death of the mother)
  • Sorry soldier, shoes sold in pairs.
    Sorry soldier, shoes sold in pairs.
  • I met my soulmate.
    She didn’t. I met my soulmate. She didn’t. But she didn’t.
  • Siri, delete Mom from my contacts.
    Siri, delete Mom from my contacts. Strangers.
  • Strangers. friends. best friends. lovers. strangers.
    Strangers. Friends. Best friends.
  • Introduced myself to mother again today.
    I introduced myself to mother again today. (Alzheimer’s disease)
  • She loved cigarettes.
    More than life.
  • Painfully, he changed ‘is’ to ‘was’.
    Painfully, he changed ‘is’ to ‘was’.
  • You’re not a good artist, Adolf.
    You’re not a good artist, Hitler. (We all know what happened later)
  • The smallest coffins are the heaviest.
    The smallest coffins are the heaviest.
  • She was lovely.
    Then things changed. Then things changed.
  • One candle, unattended.
    One candle, unattended. Only ashesremain.
  • I leave. dog panics. furniture sale.
    Furniture sale. Dog panics. Furniture sale.
  • Imagined adulthood. Gained adulthood.
    Imagined adulthood. Gained adulthood. Imagined adulthood.
  • Cancer. onlythree months left. pregnant.
    Cancer. Three months life. I’m pregnant.
  • Nothing todeclare. much to remember.
    Nothing to say. Too much to remember.
  • New start. new you. not you.
    New start. New you. But not you.
  • Relationship expires; leaves a bitter aftertaste.
    Relationship expires; leaves a bitter aftertaste.
  • She’s his love; he’s her wallet.
    She’s his love; he’s her wallet.
  • They livedhappily ever after.
    They livedhappily ever after. Separately.
  • First Friends. then Lover. lost both.
    Then Lover.
  • Two wives, one funeral.
    His funeral, two wives, no tear.
  • Tow lovers. one parachute. no survivors.
    One couple. One parachute. No survivors.
  • ‘I love you too’ she lied.
    “I love you too.” She lied.
  • He loves her, they’re just friends.
    He loves her, they’re just friends. They’re “just friends”.
  • Then he never called.
    Fantastic weekend. Then he never called.