National Poetry Month: April 2, 2020– Traces of Trees
They are everywhere — these traces of trees–growing from outline to draft.
Six small tuscan kale and six sugar pea plants wait in warm earth for rain.
April is National Poetry Month so I’m going to post an American sentence every day along with art. Allen Ginsberg came up with the concept — an American sentence is like a haiku in that it has 17 syllables but it’s not three lines in a stanza but one sentence. As a haiku seeks to conveys an image that generates emotion and conveys a moment in time, the best Sentences do more than just offer a sentence in 17 syllables.
I learned about American Sentences from Paul Nelson who I met at the Taos Poetry Circus in 2000. He has been writing one a day since January 1, 2001. Learn more about American Sentences from Paul here.
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Thanks for the plug! I hope you’re well Gwen.
Thank Paul! Hard to believe we met 20 years ago! That pdf on your site is really great! I hope more people will take up the challenge and do some American Sentences at this time!