YOUR SIX WORD MEMOIRS Already hundreds of you have emailed your own ideas about how to sum up a life in just six words. Below are just a few of them. You can also submit your writing to Smith magazine, which is already working on a second collection.
Three sons, eleven cats, and Yvonne.
Michael Govan
Foetus, son, brother, husband, father, vegetable.
Dick Hadfield Conceived,implored, employed, adored, retired, ignored.
Joy MacKenzie Beginning, gurgly. Middle, sombre. End, gurgly.
Roger Noble Jennie, Emma, Jane, Sophie, Rose, happiness.
Peter Graham Slow lane. Fast lane. Hard shoulder.
Alex Hansen Today. Bantam, Anglia, Midget, Alfa, Volvo Estate.
Neil Feldman. PM. The World Tonight. Sleep?
Stephen Brady Womb, Play, Learn, Work, Decline, Tomb.
Jacquie Smith
Start - programme - error - control - alt. - delete.
Alan Outside lavatory, worked hard, now flush.
Ashley Errington Battered ball-bearing traversing pinball machine.
Nancy Connolly Unravelled career reknitted as baby blankets.
Clare Hobba Started, farted, stood up, faced the wind.
Helen Eclair
Dot, two, six, three, one, wicket.
Tony Powell
Head in books, feet in flowers.
Heather Thomson Trust me, I did my best.
Ray Kemp
via bbc.co.uk
I know its out of date but - but they are wonderful.
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