‘Half of me’s dying for the spotlight, the other half’s shying away.’
–Sarah Torribio
The American sentence is a poetic form invented by beat poet Allen Ginsberg. It’s 17 syllables, one sentence, no line breaks. He felt it fit the cadences and colloquialisms of American English, and the country’s unique flavor better than traditional haiku.
See more American sentences by Sarah Torribio HERE
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