Have you heard of the “American Sentence”?
It’s basically Allen Ginsberg’s iteration of the traditional haiku.
Check out my examples! #shortstory #poetry #americansentence #fiction #creativewriting open.substack.com/pub/ellrichu...
#Haiku Happenings #2: “realm of mankind…” by elancharan gunasekaran
HH #2: elancharan gunasekaran's #AmericanSentence!
The sky turns jaded by envy while the grass lies downcast: woebegone.
#vvk #Nessa #VanessaVictoriaKilmer #poetry #americansentence #blueskygreengrass #mightierthanthesword
"The Earth is not the center of the universe. And neither am I" Brad O'Brien, 2022
The Earth is not the center of the universe. And neither are you. Brad O'Brien 2012
#haiku #americansentence Ten years apart.
armed with a fistful of colored pencils, the world bows to my prowess
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i swallow your screams, drown in your laughter, immerse myself in your soul
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pull the clouds over your exhausted form close and heavy with warmth ... sleep
american sentence ~ vvk
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some say I have no accent I say I've other ways of saying things #americansentence
latest reader response on my blog - An American Sentence / haiku by
@timothymagick.bsky.social
holly-troy.com/2025/08/06/s...
#readerresponse #haiku #americansentence #17syllables #lunar #stars #newmoon #desire
latest reader response on my blog - An American Sentence / haiku by @timothymagick.bsky.social
holly-troy.com/2025/08/06/l...
#readerresponse #haiku #americansentence #17syllables #lunar #stars #newmoon
every once in a while she will show herself just to keep you guessing
#americansentence
Eating a plum over the sink juice dripping from my hands
#monoku #AmericanSentence
some days I simply do not know what day it is as if it matters
#americansentence
as if it weren’t dark enough it’s about to get a whole lot darker
#americansentence
emotions trapped inside are released while cycling in the countryside #americansentence
rudderless until the sea died, tears dried, drained grief revealing the way
#vvk #Nessa #AmericanSentence #Poetry #grief
Blog Post Reader Response with American Sentence
#blogshare #liberty #ladyliberty #americansentence #haiku #17syllablesentence #allenginsberg #timothymccownreynolds #brooklyn #sunsetpark
holly-troy.com/2025/07/13/a...
A year ago today, all Americans rediscovered "Get Smart". #AmericanSentence
it's gonna be real windy come morning but I'm riding anyway
#americansentence
Latest blogshare - American Sentence (haiku)
#blog #blogshare #americansentence #haiku #photograph #summer #painting
holly-troy.com/2025/06/29/m...
the world is no more dangerous today than on the day I was born #americansentence
revisiting old photographs may or may not be good for your health
#americansentence
latest blog post - American Sentence share by @timothymagick.bsky.social
#mountainmonday #blogshare #americansentence
holly-troy.com/2025/06/23/f...
the hypocrisy of warmongers working on a platform of peace
#americansentence
entanglement is real the question is how do you get out of them
#americansentence
ancient alien ancestors like dancing skeletons in closet
#americansentence
the anger gene runs deep resulting in unpredictability
#americansentence
to be naive at such a later stage whatever were you thinking
#americansentence
