Ideas – The Skeptic's Kaddish 🇮🇱

Helpless, and/or: Intimate

June 18, 2022June 17, 2022 ben Alexander26 Comments

An American sentence: I'm having an intimate encounter with your brain through your eyeballs. Another American sentence: Your brain is helpless to my words' advances. Imagine a green cow. 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… Continue reading Helpless, and/or: Intimate

The wisest of words, or: Zero syllables

June 11, 2022June 10, 2022 ben Alexander27 Comments

An American sentence: I wonder whether the wisest of words are zero syllables long. 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… Continue reading The wisest of words, or: Zero syllables

Back then, or: Hours later

November 22, 2021 ben Alexander29 Comments

Sevenling (Hazy wisps of) Hazy wisps of last night's dream sequences lit upon the faintest glimmers of reflections swirling around fantasies beyond the reaches of my consciousness. I rubbed the sleep from my eyes this morning; savored the aroma of my coffee with a contented sigh; stepped out and breathed in Jerusalem's crisp autumn air.… Continue reading Back then, or: Hours later

Conceit, or: The Highlander

November 4, 2021November 4, 2021 ben Alexander30 Comments

Hundreds of millions of thoughts - Spray streaming from the soul - Into yielding, strong, slick channel - T'wards vision's luring hole. Doubts acidic dissolve many - Many more - flow away - Still, coated with self-confidence Some swim on - undelayed. Slick inspirations fluid Rippling muscles creative - Aid - thousands - although only… Continue reading Conceit, or: The Highlander

Out, or: The box

August 23, 2021August 23, 2021 ben Alexander14 Comments

An atom poem limit letters lik so p'raps it's good to try u don't rly need each 1 smthg to think about Atom Three line stanzas=tercets;Count letters: 5-7-5;This form links tercets under title;No punctuation or capitalization.

Light, or: Pale

August 23, 2021August 23, 2021 ben Alexander36 Comments

An atom poem light morning skies ideas flicker again moved to share today as the pale orb harks Atom Three line stanzas=tercets;Count letters: 5-7-5;This form links tercets under title;No punctuation or capitalization.