Cinquain Poems
#cinquain
Cinquain, invented by Adelaide Crapsey and inspired by Japanese haiku and tanka, has a number of variations:
Cinquain - five lines in a syllabic pattern of 2, 4, 6, 8, 2.
Reverse cinquain - five lines in a syllabic pattern of 2, 8, 6, 4, 2.
Mirror cinquain - two five line stanzas; a cinquain followed by a reverse cinquain.
Butterfly cinquain - nine lines in a syllabic pattern of 2, 4, 6, 8, 2, 8, 6, 4, 2.
Crown cinquain - five cinquain stanzas, constructing one larger poem.
Garland cinquain - series of six cinquains in which the last is formed of lines from the preceding
Scar Tissues
Streams fall
Mine leak for you
But it will never be
So, keep breathing as I decay
Drops dry
Mine leak for you
But it will never be
So, keep breathing as I decay
Drops dry
#love
#cinquain
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Tit For Tat
Yo, prick
cross your fingers
I hope to see you die
you’ve given me nothing but pain
my turn
cross your fingers
I hope to see you die
you’ve given me nothing but pain
my turn
#cinquain
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Not Today
Morning…
What can we eat?
How about some pig’s feet?
There enjoyable with coffee
No thanks.
What can we eat?
How about some pig’s feet?
There enjoyable with coffee
No thanks.
#food
#cinquain
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He Saw It Looked Great
Girlfriend.
She who loves him.
She modeled a swimsuit
and he saw it looked great on his
lover.
She who loves him.
She modeled a swimsuit
and he saw it looked great on his
lover.
#romantic
#fiction
#cinquain
#lover
#seductive
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End Game
Debut
Oversoon, fine
Striving, provoking, burning
A Man of Few Words
Headstone
Oversoon, fine
Striving, provoking, burning
A Man of Few Words
Headstone
#death
#cinquain
#LifeGoals
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Depression
Depression
Ingenious, dull
Draining, Marooning, Negating
Parasitic vacuum of life
Inadequate
Ingenious, dull
Draining, Marooning, Negating
Parasitic vacuum of life
Inadequate
#depression
#cinquain
#MentalHealth
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Slow Drip
Slow tears
Memories bleed
Reminiscing life's zest...
Absurdity of it... Opens
My chest
Memories bleed
Reminiscing life's zest...
Absurdity of it... Opens
My chest
#cinquain
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shorts
Senryu
Endless summer heat
In January when cars won’t start
I’ll dream of summer.
One by one
Rose petals fall like old dreams
Heartache is your name.
Whirling dust
On summer empty lane
Melancholy.
Endless summer heat
In January when cars won’t start
I’ll dream of summer.
One by one
Rose petals fall like old dreams
Heartache is your name.
Whirling dust
On summer empty lane
Melancholy.
#haiku
#cinquain
#senryu #tanka
#senryu #tanka
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keep it short
Make it short
Soothing rain on slates
Heal nerves torn to tatters
Unforgiving is life.
Rain is decanting
A transparent carpet of silk
Untouchable beauty.
Rain chased by gusts
Mad dance around corners
A day fit for heroes.
Soothing rain on slates
Heal nerves torn to tatters
Unforgiving is life.
Rain is decanting
A transparent carpet of silk
Untouchable beauty.
Rain chased by gusts
Mad dance around corners
A day fit for heroes.
#cinquain
#senryu
#tanka
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your love alone
a garland cinquain
kiss me
like that once more,
that i may know how deep
the fountains of love’s aquifer
reside.
reside
where shines the sun,
ere morning arrows past
and too soon evening covers me
with gloom.
with gloom
shall i not walk,
though heavy shadows stir
an appetite for requiem.
begone,
begone,
sad countenance!
what now the warbler’s song:
your song alone of love shall yet
my heart,
my heart
re-elevate.
for it esteems...
kiss me
like that once more,
that i may know how deep
the fountains of love’s aquifer
reside.
reside
where shines the sun,
ere morning arrows past
and too soon evening covers me
with gloom.
with gloom
shall i not walk,
though heavy shadows stir
an appetite for requiem.
begone,
begone,
sad countenance!
what now the warbler’s song:
your song alone of love shall yet
my heart,
my heart
re-elevate.
for it esteems...
#relationships
#romantic
#cinquain
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aquifer
butterfly cinquain
mercy
drier than the
river with no water:
how the lack of human kindness
mirrors
places in the arid desert,
where poor, helpless creatures
bow their heads in
silence!
© Copyright 2021 April 29
by Clyve A. Bowen♫
mercy
drier than the
river with no water:
how the lack of human kindness
mirrors
places in the arid desert,
where poor, helpless creatures
bow their heads in
silence!
© Copyright 2021 April 29
by Clyve A. Bowen♫
#kindness
#cinquain
#inequality #poverty
#inequality #poverty
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upon the wings of fortuitousness.
destined
are their two souls
found betwixt light and dark
so tender is this certainty
of fate
binded by vows of inked raw truths
sharing deep confessions
that grow these hearts
to one
are their two souls
found betwixt light and dark
so tender is this certainty
of fate
binded by vows of inked raw truths
sharing deep confessions
that grow these hearts
to one
#butterfly
#cinquain
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