An American sentence
Sporting colorful school t-shirts, kids strut Jerusalem’s winding streets.
What’s an ‘American Sentence’?
Allen Ginsberg, inventor of the American Sentence, felt that the haiku didn’t work as well in English. Ginsberg decided to remove the line structure of the haiku, maintaining the requirement of 17 syllables total. He felt that removing the line count freed the American Sentence up for the idiosyncrasies of English phonemes.
The requirements:
- Composed in one line;
- Syllabic, 17 syllables;
- Condensed, written with no unnecessary words or articles;
- Complete sentence or sentences;
- Includes a turn or enlightenment.
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🤗 Eleanor 🤗
Jack K, his buddy, believed anything in three lines would be a Haiku. I like Jack K’s better, closer to American English phrasing.
That’s an interesting take!
Thanks for sharing, Phil 🙏🏻
-David
I like the poem! Ginsberg was a genius and friend to all poets.
He r0xx3rs my b0xx3rs 😌
Don’t worry, that’s not a medical condition. I think the only way forward for you is to keep reading Ginsberg—and if you decide you like your b0xx3rs being r0xxer3d, so much the better. Either way, this issue should get s0rt3d out quickly. 🙃🥴😂
Lovely.
It’s quite sweet in my eyes 😍
Great American sentence!That situation’s reflected here too!All roads bustling with the traffic of kids hurrying to school 😛
yep – and after school they’re still hanging out in those colorful shirts from school 😀
Yupp, and after school, they’re getting an earful from the teachers, who dutifully shoo them away 😁
are they not supposed to wear their t-shirts outside of school in India?
Nice one!
🙏 Thanks, DD 🙏
First day? First day jitters, parents watch kids’ school colors run toward a bright future.
It’s a real thing here. They don’t have a uniforms, per se… But they all wear their shirts with school symbols around everywhere.
Nice one! Well penned, David
🧸 Thanks, Suzette 🧸
My pleasure David. Have a great Friday and blessed Sabbath. Cheers