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OF IMMIGRANTS & PLANTS (an American Sentence)

Spring blooms photo by Keith R. Good

It’s stress memory that makes them strong enough to bloom in unknown soil.

© Marie Elena Good 2026


Written for Robert Lee Brewer’s April Poem-a-Day challenge. Today’s prompt is to write a seed poem.

Allen Ginsberg created the poetic form he called the American Sentence. It is a complete sentence of 17 syllables.

Every little seed

Poland Forest, Poland, Ohio

Bloom confidently.
Even breeze-scattered seed is
rooted by God’s breath.

© Marie Elena Good, 2021