Wednesday, June 17, 2009

3WW (Arresting, Rhythmic, Wicked): American Sentences

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.

Arresting the wicked man was made difficult by his rhythmic voice.

Her arresting traits and bold, rhythmic stutter made me think wicked thoughts.

7 comments:

b said...

Okay, you have me...I will try this one day soon. Good!

b

Tumblewords: said...

You're good at these - nice work!

Americanising Desi said...

absolutely neat

My 3WW

Thom Gabrukiewicz said...

You are good at these. I started playing with another prompt, OneWord. The site gives you a word - and 60 seconds to write something. Whoosh. You should try it.

Andy Sewina said...

Yeah, nicely done, tightly!

Jack Webb said...

Very good, I like these better then then three sentences of Haiku. I read once that in Japanese it is written in one sentence

gautami tripathy said...

Both good ones!



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