American Sentence #1

I discovered American Sentences on the blogs of Scot Young and Nathan Moore. The American Sentence is a poetic form created by the late Allen Ginsberg. According to the American Sentences website, they are “haiku-length poems that Allen suggested be limited to 17 syllables, like haiku in Japanese and like the Heart Sutra in Buddhism”. Inspired by Scot and Nathan, I will start composing and posting American Sentences here on Raven’s Wing Poetry. For your reading pleasure this week, I give you American Sentence #1:

Souls connect through fiber optic conduits carrying silent words.

Written 6/27/08
© 2008 Nicole Nicholson. All Rights Reserved.

Stumble It!

Stumble It!

~ by ravenswingpoetry on Friday, June 27, 2008.

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5 Responses to “American Sentence #1”

  1. great job for your first one. really original.

    lissa said this on Friday, June 27, 2008 at 12:29 pm

  2. Thank you, lissa. Hopefully, I will be posting one of these a week.

    -Nicole

    ravenswingpoetry said this on Friday, June 27, 2008 at 1:03 pm

  3. nice–you’re off!

    Scot said this on Friday, June 27, 2008 at 9:38 pm

  4. Thanks, Scot. Keep checking back for more American Sentences.

    -Nicole

    ravenswingpoetry said this on Sunday, June 29, 2008 at 1:02 pm

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