Unending stacks of papers and a new assignment to guess at grades.
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An American sentence is a 17-syllable haiku laid out on a single line.
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And the Waning Sun—American Sentence
And the waning sun radiates off the stone planter and through my rear.
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An American sentence is a 17-syllable haiku presented in a single line of poetry.
One of the Oldest—American Sentence
One of the oldest coasters and two old men screaming like little girls.
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An American sentence is a 17-syllable haiku presented in a single line of poetry.
A Shovel—American Sentence
A shovel in a dirt pile stood leaning shaded against the fence.
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An American sentence is a 17-syllable haiku written in a single line of text.
An American Sentence
What more can I write about the right turn sign I see through the window?
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An American sentence is a 17-syllable haiku presented in a single line. This style of haiku was popularized by Allen Ginsburg.
A Blue Wheelbarrow—American Sentence
A blue wheelbarrow by the garden holding milk jugs filled with water.
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An American sentence is a 17 syllable haiku written out in one line.
Half Over Hill–An American Sentence
Black truck half over hill traveling unseen path rumbling softly.
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The American sentence consolidates the three lines of a haiku into one single sentence of seventeen syllables.
Pot Whispers–An American Sentence
Pot whispers to electric stove just before water boils in shame.
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An American sentence is all seventeen syllables of a haiku presented in a single line.
Dawn’s Rosy Fingers–A pair of American Sentences
Dawn’s rosy fingers reaching around to get brown when going up town.
Homer, Odysseus, and mornings you’re too hungover to get up.
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The American sentence consolidates the three lines of a haiku into one single sentence of seventeen syllables.
Lawn Mowers and Chop Saws–An American Sentence
Lawn mowers and chop saws blow in on windchimes glittering over wind.
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An Americas sentence is a variation of haiku, seventeen syllables written on one line in sentence form. There is no need for the poem to be about nature, and it does not require a turn. The trick of an American sentence is to get as much imagery as possible on one line.
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