An American sentence:
Unversed in girls’ clothes, I pulled the leotard over my daughter’s pants.
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.
Let’s write poetry together!
When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option. You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.
–Ben Harper (b. 1969)
Would you like to create poetry with me and have a completed poem of yours featured here at the Skeptic’s Kaddish? I am very excited to have launched the ‘Poetry Partners’ initiative and am looking forward to meeting and creating with you… Check it out!
The Skeptic's Kaddish 🇮🇱 
David, never having had a daughter and not even sure what a leotard is, I’d say: Easy mistake to make. So there – 🙂
💛🙏🏻 Barbara 🙏🏻💛
what would be really bad if the other parents poked fun at you or the other kids at your daughter. That would require assertive action, like buy them all an ice cream and let them their story each what was the stupidest thing they’d ever don. 🙂 ha
nobody gave us a hard time, but I noticed some of the other parents looking at her oddly… I definitely learned my lesson!
perhaps a good time to read pipi longstocking to/with her to immunise her against potential bullying? 🙂
she’s read all of the Pippi books in their entirety more than once!
good immunisation 🙂
I love the story where pl passes a pharmacy with a note in the window saying ‘do you suffer from freckles?’ – so she goes in and says NO to the shop assistant 🙂
😀
🤣 I found this very entertaining
Sometimes the truth is funnier than fiction! 😀
Thanks, Jordyn!
❤
David
Sweet parent, you’ll be well-versed in no time 💜
I love this poetic form! 💜
💖🙏🏻 Tea 🙏🏻💖
Excellent sentence.
💖🙏🏻 Molly 🙏🏻💖
dancing pants
leotard over
could be verse 🙂
😂 CES 😂 ~ you are too funny!
hi Cog 🤣 you have squeezed the juice … thanks for writing, ehm composing 😉
Fashion statement!
🤪 Annette 🤪
[…] Leotard, or: Pants […]
💞
😂,
Don’t tell me that
I don’t believe you are unversed in all issues when it comes to clothing.
But i do have understanding for the writer’s thrill to write something like this.
❤ 😀 Abi 😀 ❤
This is a true story! In my defense, The pants were very thin, and I thought they were supposed to be like tights. But I only really realized my mistake when we arrived at the gymnastics class and the other girls were dressed correctly.
Ok then I’m sorry for the things I said😊
no offense taken ❤
❤
the sentence itself (the one I wrote in this post) was poking fun at myself to begin with!
A nice way to laugh at yourself.
Good shot!!!
That is quite the fashion statement!
😅🙏🏻 Suzette 🙏🏻😅