An American sentence:
Retrospect teaches that not seeking death differs from desiring life.
What’s an ‘American Sentence’?
Allen Ginsberg, inventor of the American Sentence, felt that the haiku didnโt 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!
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Nice
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~David
Agree! Not seeking death is a very low bar! โค
๐๐๐ป Cheryl ๐๐ป๐ ~ yep!
True
๐ฟ Dolly ๐ฟ
Wonderful. It has been a while since I saw one of these.
๐๐๐ป Molly ๐๐ป๐
Definitely true.
๐๐๐ป Brandon ๐๐ป๐
Great idea. Iโm up for it.
๐๐๐ป Henry ๐๐ป๐
A true statement but depression colors even the truth…
could you say more about that, Muri? โค
This pretty much sums up 2022 for me.
๐๐๐ป Tanmay ๐๐ป๐
Life! โค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธ
๐๐๐ป Filipa ๐๐ป๐
Indeed.
๐ ๐๐ป Sadje ๐๐ป ๐
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