Wednesday, February 25, 2009

3WW: American Sentences (Callous, Interfere, Persistent)

American Sentences: They are haiku-length poems that Allen Ginsburg suggested be limited to 17 syllables, like haiku in Japanese and like the Heart Sutra in Buddhism. The following two sentences are such American Sentences of 17 syllables.

The persistent pup happily interferes with the callous old man.

My calloused foot in his ass interfered with his too persistent sloth.

Interfere and you will not feel the persistent pain of calloused hands.

2 comments:

Tumblewords: said...

These are terrific - love your understated humor -

Thom Gabrukiewicz said...

I, too, like the understated humor. And the persistent puppy - dogs always know who needs a little pestering.