Daylight wanes as moon rises, mother offers her child last crumb of bread
This is written in the style of “American Sentences”; a poetic form developed by Allen Ginsberg in the mid-1980′s as a response to the haiku. The challenge is to use two images and put them in juxtaposition in order to create a sort of tension. American Sentences is seventeen syllables across the page.
To me, this is similar to a mindful moment or small stone.
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© rgb for “On Dragonfly Wings with Buttercup Tea”, 2011 – 2014
Prompt:
Sacrifice
Nice American Sentence Becca …
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Okay, first thought in my head: The song “Ethiopia” by Joni Mitchell.
Great post.
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Thanks ~~ I will have to go back through my Joni Mitchell — I don’t remember it!
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