Tag: Spice

Pungent bouquet, or: Just a friendly chat

ben Alexander50 Comments

A Choka just "a friendly chat" an impossibility given your wholly uncompromising sense of deeply self-righteous (false) monopoly on truth *coff* ... could you please pass those savory crisp garlic- roasted brussels sprouts perfect in small quantities for intense pungent bouquet Choka? The most intricate Japanese Poetry form is the Choka, or Long Poem. The… Continue reading Pungent bouquet, or: Just a friendly chat

Delicious, or: Nutritious

ben Alexander22 Comments

An American sentence Hints of spice add flavor to heaping spoonfuls of hearty, boring words. 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 Delicious, or: Nutritious