The American Sentence / American Haiku / Kerouac

[Tom 10]

Agreed.

My thought for the second part - ". . . shaped us to fit as we do."  

[510bhan]

It's amazing how these short poems can say so much. Some give a snapshot, some tell a story, some advocate a philosophy . . . all good stuff.

[510bhan]

He frowned as the wine went down, a grapes of wrath vintage, he suspected.

[Tom 10]

Another bell-wringer, Sio!  You have an amazing proclivity for this.  You are definitely adding texture and unexpected meaning to some of these.  Just wonderful.

[510bhan]

Thank you.

[Tom 10]

She wants to keep her baby
yet unborn
the baby has more than she.

[Tom 10]

Lake freezes over, fury things living on the islands now run free.

[510bhan]

fury ---> furry?

From leafy hides, we watch spoor-tracked, hide-bound, horned beasts twitch and bound downwind.

[Tom 10]

 

[bri h]

Part of a poem I'm writing, on leaving the Pit forever. a wip, but relevant for this thread.


Plenty of height, my lungs are not tight, standing straight, but I'm not alright.

[bobby801]

Tom  - what a great topic. Need to get my poetry head on ... this is a great kick up the arse to help creativity ...

What could be more simple than just  a poxy  seventeen syllables.

Bobby

[510bhan]

  Nice.

[bri h]

Seventeen poxy syllables on a poxy page, and I love 'em.

[510bhan]

 

[bri h]

A pox on all you wannabees. Let's see your words in po-et-er-ree.