Remember straining to write a haiku? Severe boundaries (from another - Japanese culture) sometimes bring out beauty and eliminates BS.
If you want to laugh and maybe even find a tear in your eye, try I CAN'T KEEP MY OWN SECRETS, SIX WORD MEMOIRS by TEENS FAMOUS AND OBSCURE edited by Smith Magazine. (Some of these are actually memoirs.)
A selection:
Jesus saves, my ass, comma justified. - Hali H.
Afraid I'm crazy, Bell Jar style. - Annikka T.
I found hope in clinical depression. - Jonathan E.
Read the thesaurus on the toilet. - Dan R.