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.
He crushes knick-knacks – the lumberjack – with varied types of tamarack.
The crushed man felt varied emotions; he didn’t have a knack for love.
She had an odd knack for using orange crush to make delicious drinks.
He crushes knick-knacks – the lumberjack – with varied types of tamarack.
The crushed man felt varied emotions; he didn’t have a knack for love.
She had an odd knack for using orange crush to make delicious drinks.
4 comments:
It's been awhile since I've written An American Sentence.
Are you participating in any National Poetry Month challenges?
I'm doing the 30 poems in 30 days and to say I'm freaked out is an understatement.
Thanks for getting me to think about using the form.
nice usage..
and something new to learn!!
Yeah, dead good! love that word tamarack!
You do a fine job with these - glad to see some more of them...
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