An American sentence:
Waiting for my child’s birthday to give her this magic set ain’t easy.
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)
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Aaah. How wonderful!
💖🙏🏻 Misky 🙏🏻💖
Often the best gifts for a child are the ones we want to share.
💓🙏🏻 Lauren 🙏🏻💓 ~ 100%
Happy birthday to your daughter! And many more!!
💕🙏🏻 Annette 🙏🏻💕
Interesting concept! The American Sentence sounds like a challenging form of poetry that requires the poet to be concise and precise with their words. The idea of having a turn or enlightenment within the 17 syllables is intriguing, as it adds another layer of depth to the form. It will be interesting to see how poets utilize this form and what kind of creative works come out of it. Thank you for sharing this information.
💟 🙏🏻 Deepak 🙏🏻 💟 ~ my pleasure; thanks!
~David
Aww, you can do it, David! 🙏🏾💙
💘 🙏🏻 trE 🙏🏻 💘 ~ I’m trying…
A happy birthday to your daughter 💖
🧡🙏🏻 Sadje 🙏🏻🧡
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How cute you sound as excited as she must be David! 2 ki! 💗
❤️🙏🏻 Cindy 🙏🏻❤️
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the freedom in this is interesting, but I so love the original structure of this form. as an American, I’ve never heard of the American sentence.) always learning –
💙🙏🏻 Beth 🙏🏻💙 ~ there are tons of Western spin-offs of the Eastern haiku!
no idea )
So then why not created two ceremonies
One for handing over the sword
Then the fan and boom on her actual birthday.
Put them together and what have you got?
Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo…
💚🙏🏻 Abi 🙏🏻💚
And book it should read.
Only just seen what I wrote.
Happy Birthday to your daughter 💚
“Nope, it ain’t I reckon!”
💛🙏🏻 Richard 🙏🏻💛 ~ hahaha 😆
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Oh I can relate 🥴😂we more excited or them 🙃
Lovely David🤍
🖤🙏🏻 Destiny 🙏🏻🖤 ~ exactly 💯
Hehehe keep patience, David!
Trying, M Jay❣️