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Childhood Poems
Boogie Man (a quintain)
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Boogie Man (a quintain)
Child's breath
Hidden closet
Betraying vain attempts
To be to him invisible
See-through.
Written by
Rachelleundrgrd
Published
3rd Apr 2018
| Edited
27th Jun 2020
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Competition
Write a cinquain poem.
Author's Note
Quintain form competition. 5 lines: 2-4-6-8-2 syllables each. No rhyming.
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#childhood
#scary
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Re. Boogie Man
Billy_Snagg
(Jizzman)
16th Apr 2018 5:18pm
This sounds like a total nightmare, terrifying. The words barely say it but maybe they don't need to.
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Re: Re. Boogie Man
Rachelleundrgrd
6th Jul 2018 7:16am
Definitely bare... the quintain style forces brevity, which is such a fun (and hard) challenge to play around with. Thanks for stopping in!
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