This form of sorts was developed by New Jersey's own Allen Ginsberg. The form is Ginsberg's interpretation of the haiku form into a very straightforward and open, or "American", form: One sentence, seventeen syllables. While I have written over one hundred of these things, I mostly use them as building blocks for longer poems, and which I've applied directly in the poem coupled with this post. It's actually a synthesis of Frank O'Hara's "Lunch poems" and Ginsberg's American Sentences. I hope you enjoy.
P.S. - Sorry for the late updates. For the rest of February I'll do my best to post on time, but as I get busier with work and if I find a second job, I'll have to revisit my update schedule. Thanks everyone who has listened in on my little corner of the world. You're the best.
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