About NanoAmerico^

I post a Twitter Friendly NanoAmerico^ on this page whenever I can. A NanoAmerico^ is an Allen Ginsberg style American Sentence, sandwiched between two shorter Iota sentences. The trick is to make it fit into 140 characters or less.

Wednesday 30 January 2013


Written for and posted to The American Sandwich game..

The prompt sentence this week is:

If a tendril of dry rot could pulsate it would bring this drab house down.

What will you write?

Here's mine:

Dave told Dawn about the old house.
"If a tendril of dry rot could pulsate, it would bring this drab house down". He said, as her pet robot looked on.

Tuesday 1 June 2010

Written for and posted to The American Sandwich game..

The prompt sentence this week is:

Dawn thought that Dave didn't love her anymore, so she pulled the trigger.

Here's my NanoAmerico^

Minutes before the chocolates came. Dawn thought that Dave didn't love her anymore, so she pulled the trigger. How she missed, I'll never know!
01062+10

Tuesday 18 May 2010

Written for and posted to The American Sandwich game..

The prompt sentence this week is:

Dawn needs to win the lottery before Dave sees the credit card bill.

Here's my NanoAmerico^

Worried stiff, she hides the post.
Dawn needs to win the lottery before Dave sees the credit card bill.
Her robot's sex change, cost too much!
18052+10/3

Tuesday 11 May 2010

Posted to The American Sandwich game..

The prompt sentence this week is:

Dawn won't talk to Dave until he buys her a pet robot from the store.

Here's my NanoAmerico^

Frm now on it w%d B cell phone's 1ly.
Dawn won't talk to Dave until he buys her a pet robot from the store.
Yr dinner's n d c@
11052+10

Tuesday 4 May 2010

Posted to The American Sandwich game..

The prompt sentence this week is:

Dawn wanted to get married to Dave, but couldn't decide what to wear.

Here's my NanoAmerico^

Fur coat and no nickers!
Dawn wanted to get married to Dave, but couldn't decide what to wear.
Until she saw the Christmas Tree Fairy.
04052+10

Wednesday 28 April 2010

Posted to The American Sandwich game..

The prompt sentence this week is:
When Dawn asked him to kill some weeds, Dave mowed the lawn with a machine gun.

Here's my NanoAmerico^

On Saint Valentine's day.
When Dawn asked him to kill some weeds, Dave mowed the lawn with a machine gun. They'll be pushing up daisies now, he smirked.
27042+10/1

Tuesday 20 April 2010

Posted to The American Sandwich game..

The prompt sentence this week is:

The full moon sat at two O' clock, 'it must be midnight', thought the cowboy.


Here's my NanoAmerico^

He woke suddenly and looked up. The full moon sat at two O' clock, 'it must be midnight', thought the cowboy. And went back to sleep. 20042+10

Tuesday 6 April 2010

Posted to The American Sandwich game..
and hosted on my SweetTalkingGuy blog

The prompt sentence this week was write your own!

Here's my sentence:
When Dave told her that their pet robot would soon need a new memory.

Here's my NanoAmerico^

"She won't obey me," said Dawn.
When Dave told her that their pet robot would
soon need a new memory.

"Can she have a sex change too?" Dawn pleaded.
06042+10

Friday 2 April 2010

Posted to The American Sandwich game..

The Tuesday prompt sentence is:

Boxing clever, he thwarts the Times Square mugger and heads home to The Bronx.

Here's my NanoAmeric
o^

Hey Mac, your money or your life?
Boxing clever, he thwarts the Times Square mugger and heads home to The Bronx.
You were lucky this time, the cop tells him.
02042+10/1

Tuesday 23 March 2010

Posted to The American Sandwich game..

The Tuesday prompt sentence (Submitted by Stan Ski) is:

According to the latest statistics, he was merely a number.

Here's my NanoAmerico^

Dawn digitized Dave's name and address.
According to the latest statistics, he was merely a number.
The cell phone company agreed.
23032+10/1

Tuesday 16 March 2010

Posted to The American Sandwich game..

The Tuesday prompt sentence is:
The only pair of bullets he had, were the ace's shoved up his sleeve.

Here's my NanoAmerico^

The Undertaker confirmed it.
The only pair of bullets he had, were the ace's shoved up his sleeve.
The Cowpoke who called him a cheat was right.
16032+10

Tuesday 9 March 2010

Posted to The American Sandwich game..
The prompt sentence this week is:

He staggered into the bar after one shot too many and dropped dead.

Here's my NanoAmerico^

Pub-crawl night in Boozeville.
He staggered into the bar after one shot too many and dropped dead. The gun-slinger killed him not the Gin.
09032+10

Wednesday 3 March 2010

Posted to The American Sandwich game..
The prompt sentence this week is:

We blamed it on inclement weather and intimidating terrain.
(submitted by Stan Ski)

Here's my NanoAmerico^

We ordered another round at the pub. We blamed it on inclement weather and intimidating terrain. The truth was that the Whisky was too good. 03032+10/1

Tuesday 23 February 2010

Posted to The American Sandwich game..

The prompt sentence this week is:
Dawn's idea of change was spending small coins, Dave wanted to emigrate.

Here's my NanoAmerico^

Playing the Vegas, Slots.
Dawn's idea of change was spending small coins, Dave wanted to emigrate.
'But, if she wins the jackpot...' thought Dave.
23022+10

Saturday 13 February 2010

Posted to The American Sandwich game..

The Saturday prompt sentence is:
Bathing in artificial light, he was refreshed but not enlightened.

My NanoAmerico^

Although the guru was with him. Bathing in artificial light, he was refreshed but not enlightened. He craved for the dark. 13022+10/1

Tuesday 9 February 2010

Posted to The American Sandwich game..

The Tuesday prompt was submitted by Stan Ski.
Here's his sentence:
We aim to utilize traditional manufacturing techniques.

Here's my take:

In a robotic voice the tin man said:
"We aim to utilize traditional manufacturing techniques."
Then oiled his pants.
09022+10

Monday 8 February 2010

Posted to The American Sandwich game..

The Saturday prompt sentence was:
Don't maul me man, cried the tea leaf, as he dipped the mall guard's sky rocket.

Here's my NanoAmerico^


The guard held the shoplifter tightly.
Don't maul me man, cried the tea leaf, as he dipped the mall guard's sky rocket. And pulled out the grenade pin.

Tuesday 2 February 2010

Posted to The American Sandwich game..

Tuesday's American sentence:

They exterminated her memories, when they melted down her ring.

Here's my NanoAmerico^

Even though she thought they'd live forever.
They exterminated her memories, when they melted down her ring.
It won't seem the same in that mans tooth.
02022+10

Sunday 31 January 2010

Posted to The American Sandwich game..
and at Monday Poetry Train Revisited.
My American Sentence :
Dave told me he could see for forty miles, thought Dawn, how far is the sun?

Here's my NanoAmerico^

In the mist she could barely see the hills.
Dave told me he could see for forty miles, thought Dawn, how far is the sun?
Nearer than Australia?
31o12+10

Saturday 30 January 2010

Posted to The American Sandwich game..

My American Sentence:
Finishing touches were the last thing on Dave's mind when the house collapsed.

Here's my NanoAmerico^

Although Dawn only wanted new curtains.
Finishing touches were the last thing on Dave's mind when the house collapsed.
He had told her, they would clash with the rug.
30022+10

Friday 29 January 2010

Posted to The American Sandwich game..

My American Sentence:
He kills his friends off one at a time by deleting them from Facebook.

Here's my NanoAmerico^

Nasty as a nail-gunner.
He kills his friends off one at a time by deleting them from Facebook.
Before he logs out.
29012+10

Thursday 28 January 2010

Posted to The American Sandwich game..

My American Sentence:
It makes him so frustrated when she doesn't answer him anymore.

Here's my NanoAmerico^

He shouts himself hoarse.
It makes him so frustrated when she doesn't answer him anymore.
That he slams the freezer door shut.
28012+10/5

Wednesday 27 January 2010

Posted to the American Sandwich game..
Written for the 3WW prompt.
The words this week are:
Kindred, Grieve, and Beacon.

Here's my NanoAmerico^

William Honey, born in 1914.
Kith and kindred will grieve his passing, he was a beacon to us all.
Died January 2010.

Tuesday 26 January 2010

Posted to The American Sandwich game..

My American Sentence:
We just came to earth to remember to spend time in eternity.

Here's my NanoAmerico^

They say that the guru said:
We just came to Earth to remember to spend time in eternity.
Then he disappeared in a cloud of smoke.
26012+10/2
Posted to The American Sandwich game..

An anagram in the NanoAmerico^ style:

Who was it that said.
Tiny tree, is an anagram of somewhere that 'goes on, and then some'.
Mend those ego's, anon.
26012+10/1
Posted to The American Sandwich game..

The prompt sentence this week is:
She rocked the cradle so violently, that even the voodoo doll screamed.

Here's mine:

After her lover had gone.
She rocked the cradle so violently, that even the voodoo doll screamed.
Picking up the needle, she stabbed herself.
26012+10

Sunday 24 January 2010

Written for One Single Impression
Prompt: 100 'Sunny Days'
and posted to The American Sandwich game..

Here's my NanoAmerico^

Without radio for ten years.
Deep down in the Nuclear bunker, they could only dream of sunny days.
Not knowing that the war was over.
24012+10


The American Sandwich game.. What will you write?

Saturday 23 January 2010

Posted to the American Sandwich game..

NanoAmerico^
They arrive in twos and threes.
Their perfect bodies screaming immortality, clothes are forbidden.

They never thought hell would be this hot.
23012+10

Friday 22 January 2010

Posted to The American Sandwich game..

The sentence this week is:
She rocked the cradle so violently, that even the voodoo doll screamed.

Here's my NanoAmerico^ :

Screaming blue murder;
She rocked the cradle so violently, that even the voodoo doll screamed.
They buried her just before midnight.
wn210/1

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Thursday 21 January 2010

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The ALL New Twitter friendly American Sandwich game..

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The rules are simple. You insert an Allen Ginsberg style seventeen syllable American Sentence between two shorter Iota Sentences of ten syllables or less. The trick is to end up with less than 140 characters including all spaces and punctuation.
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