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An American paragraph* (an experimental form) He wished that not everything had to be so challenging all the time. Clearly, it didn't matter whether he combed his beard thrice; he knew that. Plus, why wake up each morning at seven twenty-seven on the dot? Why should he leave the crust on only one side of… Continue reading The worse it seemed to get…
An American sentence: Some writers produce pretentious, banal sentences. Just ignore them. 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… Continue reading Tongue, or: Cheek
A two-by-four EPIGRAPH: Of all sad words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these, 'It might have been.'-John Greenleaf Whittier (1807 – 1892) Death might have been what he really wanted.
A two-by-four EPIGRAPH: In three words, I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.-Robert Frost (1874 – 1963) Life might go on, but humanity might not.
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