Tag: Facial hair

Errant hairs, or: Beard trimmer

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An American sentence: He trimmed his beard before and after rinsing off, pruning errant hairs. 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… Continue reading Errant hairs, or: Beard trimmer

Poet dude, or: Symbol

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A 'Magnetic Poem' tanka Wanna try? Click here. masculine mouth smiles that smooth sensuous mustache more symbol than style sexy face a mystery poet dude's alluring ode Notes Last time, I attempted to write a poem with the 'Geek Set' for the first time; and for this poem, I decided to try out the 'Mustache… Continue reading Poet dude, or: Symbol