Autumn Leaves

An American Sentence for Frank’s prompt, polyptoton as a poetic device. Polyptoton words are same words with different meanings.

Autumn Leaves
“How beautifully leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days.” – – John Burrows

Frost alters the leaves leaving them in a chow-chow by the lonely road.

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Muscadine

An American Sentence for Marian’s weekend prompt – One Word: Dynamite. An American Sentence is Allen Gingsberg’s answer to haiku – a complete sentence with 17 syllables.

Muscadine
“The juice of the muscadine is the liquid quintessence of concentrated sunbeams.” ― Thomas Love Peacock

A bitten ripe muscadine explodes in my mouth like wine dynamite.

New Day

For Amaya’s prompt, Kafka for Children.  As an explanation, I don’t have children nor do I have contact with them. At the age of 6 I had an 8th grade readling level (or higher), I read Mother Goose many decades ago, but I didn’t read Dr. Seuss or any of those writers for children, I have never held a child or baby, and I don’t do rhymes.  I was raised around adults and teenagers.  I don’t know how to write for children. This is the best I can do.  If it doesn’t fit the prompt, then you were warned.  She gave us several quotes to use.  I have written an American Sentence.

New Day
“The world will offer itself to you to be unmasked.” F. Kafka, The Zürau Aphorisms

Every morning I awaken and greet the sunrise with excitement.

 

 

Apple Air

An American sentence for Sarah’s prompt at dVerse – waiting and anticipiation.  An American sentence is exactly 17 syllables and is a complete sentence. It was created by Allen Ginsberg because he couldn’t follow the rules for classic haiku.

Apple Air
“Autumn seemed to arrive suddenly that year. The morning of the first September was crisp and golden as an apple.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Waiting for the lovely tokens of autumn and the rich smell of apples.

 

 

Sticky Ribs

An out of standard response to Izy’s Out of Standard Prompt – Living in a Fallout Shelter.  We had a fallout shelter when I was growing up.  It was a selling feature and was designed to house comfortably, six people.  By the time the house had sold when I was an adult, it had become a storage facility for apples and taters, canned foods, a groovy place to go and smoke dope.  An American sentence – complete sentence with exactly 17 syllables.  Created by Allen Ginsberg because for some reason, he couldn’t follow the rules for classic haiku.

Sticky Ribs
“I just love Chinese food. My favourite dish is number 27.”  Clement Attlee

One year alone in a shelter, I miss Chinese sticky  ribs the most.

 

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