A simple offering of love is given without hesitation.
Curbed enthusiasm leaves little opportunity for advancement.
Buoyed by enthusiasm, a fisherman’s net gain is realized.
Sanaa is hosting Poetics: Exploring the realm of Minimalist Photography at dVerse ~ Poets Pub and offers twelve photos by Glenn Butkus taken from his Facebook page, SOUTH SOUND MINIMALIST PHOTOS, as inspiration for poetry. I have chosen to write an American Sentence for each of three photos.
The American Sentence was created by Allen Ginsberg
~ loose American form of haiku, with 17 syllables
~ represented as a sentence
~ reference to a season is not required
~ similar to senryū
~ read more here & here
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Wow, wow, wow! These are absolute gems 😀 I especially love; “Buoyed by enthusiasm, a fisherman’s net gain is realized.” I am terrible at American sentences so I admire the finesse of yours. Thank you so much for writing to the prompt 💝💝
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Thank you, Sanaa. Once I convinced my self it’s a poetry form, I found I could think along those lines.
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Thank you for sharing.
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Always with a great pleasure! Enjoy your day! Michael
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Wow, these are great. You have a feel for this form all right. I’d love to read more. So concise and seemingly straightforward, but… not at al, there’s a lot to think about prompted by each one.
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Thank you. 🙂
I think that having the picture as reference while writing enables me to write a standalone thought I might not have had.
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Ken, I like the form you chose and how you put the form to use. All 3 gems.
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Thank you, Lisa. I know it can stand on its own as a poetry form, but I felt I needed write more than one to add some meat.
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You’re most welcome.
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Love these!
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🙂 Thank you.
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Excellent interpretation of each photo in American Sentence form. All were beautiful, but I especially liked the first one “A simple offering of love is given without hesitation.”
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Thanks, Ron. 🙂
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Now, that’s the way to handle that!! Awesome.
Pat
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Thank, Pat. It’s a new form for me to play with.
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An interesting form for your poem. Well done.
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Thanks, Dwight.
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You are welcome!
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American sentences are in the spirit the short prose forms I used under each image. I certainly appreciate your interpretation; you were on a roll–probably have interpreted several more images; thanks.
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Thank you for providing the inspiration, Glenn.
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Usually 3 is just a triple, KG, but this three is a Home Run. And America Sentence is the perfect minimalistic form for the prompt response. Wonderfully done!
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Thanks, Ron.. I think I’m getting the feel for it.
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I admire your minimalist finesse. I especially like the first one.
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Thank you, Merril.
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You’re welcome!
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These are brilliant Ken! So skilfully done: you’ve really captured the essence of every photo you’ve chosen, with such simplicity and grace.
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Thank you, Ingrid. I can see spending more time with the form.
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I love reading and writing American Sentence Poetry ….. Yours are splendid interpretations of Glenn’s photos.
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Thank you, Helen.
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Love them all, it’s been a long time since I wrote American sentences… it takes skill to do.
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Thanks, Björn.
I have a lot of poem drafts that seem to go nowhere. This may be a new way to approach those.
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They are all wonderful, but I especially like the first one. (K)
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Thank you. 🙂
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