An American sentence
In warm embrace, my context dissolves. It’s thus I encounter myself.
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.
the author I mention is Robert Aitken btw – I like the nerdy emoji – very much so 😀
✨💟 Barbara 💟✨
Wonderful. And an additional joy, we’re on a similar theme this week 🙂
✨🙏✨ Paul ✨🙏✨
🙂
Very beautiful. 🙂
💓 Terveen 💓