Wednesday, April 8, 2009

3WW: American Sentences (Flirt, Ploy, Stunning)

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.

His ploy to flirt with the stunning gal backfired because she was a he.

His stunning ploy to flirt with a bear ended with him being dinner.

The bad cop’s ploy, by stunning the good crook, was to flirt with the crook’s girl.

6 comments:

Thom Gabrukiewicz said...

Sly and witty all the way around.

Tumblewords: said...

Cleverly done - this Sentences are stories, for sure. Very enjoyable read.

Lucy said...

haha LOVE that second one..VERY much!

sudharm baxi said...

Completely agree with Tumblewords, they were very funny..

Anonymous said...

Still chuckling over the first two. Great sentences.

Rinkly Rimes said...

My ploy is to comment on something I have never heard of before in my long life!

Your word verification is CUTSWAVE! Are you a hairdresser?