Disclaimer: Please read this poem under the lighter shadeI’ve added a bit of ginger to give it a slightly warmer tasteNot pointing fingers at any particular person(s) at any stageBelieve me even if I want to, I just really can’tCoz I don’t remember their handles or any namesCoz they haven’t made any kinda impact on… Continue reading REBLOG: ‘The Number Game’ by Navin Manik
An American sentence: Busy blogging, I must not forget to post poems on Twitter too. 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 The modern poet, or: Slave
An American sentence: Ironic that parents at computers tell kids to turn off tablets. 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 Up, up, or: Away
An emoji 'free verse' (best viewed: on a computer screen & not in WordPress Reader) In a moment, 🧗♂️ it would be over again and he'd 🧗♂️ have to start over in the next... no, not this time. Grunting, 🤏 hand over hand, he scaled the 🧗♂️ uneven face of 🤏 the dream cliff, fingers… Continue reading Dreams, or: Stanzas
An American sentence Yesteryear's modernity is today's venerated tradition. 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… Continue reading Tradition, or: Modernity
Bicycle Day There is a fascinating Israeli cultural phenomenon that I would like to share with you, which occurs annually on the day of Yom Kippur, which is the holiest day on the Jewish calendar. Now, without getting into details, suffice it to say that Yom Kippur has very strict religious restrictions, which include all… Continue reading Secular Israeli Yom Kippur
An American sentence Sporting colorful school t-shirts, kids strut Jerusalem's winding streets. 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 Old school, or: New school
An oddquain rocks & string were entertaining once ~ just like today's computer games
The Skeptic's Kaddish 🇮🇱 
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