An American sentence:
Oft, one sentence takes me hours to write. How could I hope to write a book?
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!
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I’ve been wrestling with that same feeling! So far the decision has been to just keep writing on the blog…
💜🙏🏻 Muri 🙏🏻💜 ~ likewise
He wrote enough poems to fill an autobiographical tome. 🙂
He delved into the vast depths of an autobiographical tomb.
BT, DT. 🙂
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I wouldn’t even consider a novel. (K)
💓🙏🏻 Kerfe 🙏🏻💓 ~ how about a book of poems?
To publish? The world has way too many poetry books already. In fact it has way too many books of all kinds, but I would never discourage anyone else from pursuing their dream. I’m not that good. I’d like to make one for myself with illustrations though. It’s the making that I enjoy.
That would be amazing 👏🏻
I’ve been working at it. But it’s slow.
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I feel that way too sometimes. The task seems daunting.
🤎🙏🏻 Brandon 🙏🏻🤎 ~ right⁉️
This is so me hehe
❤️🙏🏻 Maria 🙏🏻❤️