National Poetry Month: April 12, 2020 — Crisis Bunny Easter Edition
Crisis Bunny concept model: MB Hanrahan. Photo: Dina Pielaet.
Life in the time of corona: the Easter Bunny wears mask and gloves.
April is National Poetry Month. It’s also life during the time of the corona virus. So I’m posting an American sentence or two every day along with an image that attempts to document what it is like. Ventura Dina Pielet took this photo of Crisis Bunny (MB Hanrahan) carrying a basket of masks while wearing one along with gloves. This is part of a series that MB has created over the years, and many of them are collected in her book, Holidaze Cards.
Allen Ginsberg came up with the American Sentence concept; he says that an American sentence is like a haiku in that it has 17 syllables but it’s not three lines in a stanza but one line. 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 E. Nelson who I met at the Taos Poetry Circus in 2000. According to Paul, the key to writing a good American Sentence comes from Ginsberg’s notion that poets are people who notice what they notice. He has been writing one a day since January 1, 2001. Learn more about American Sentences and how to write good ones from Paul here.
And now let’s all sing to the tune of “Easter Parade” — a song my mom always sang around Easter– but not this version created by Dr. Jen Schradie:
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If you look closely- you will see me in full hazmat gear in the reflection.
Awesome, Dina! Thanks for your photographic prowess!