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
Lilliputian
Poem Published
28th Nov 2024 7:05pm
28th Nov 2024 7:05pm
Raindrops
Raindrops
Mellow sprinkles
Silky soothing kisses
Softly balming wilted petals
Sky’s tears
Mellow sprinkles
Silky soothing kisses
Softly balming wilted petals
Sky’s tears
#rain
#cinquain
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Vision_of_insanity
Poem Published
7th Jun 2024 10:41am
7th Jun 2024 10:41am
What's For Breakfast?
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.
#cinquain
#food
#funny
121 reads
8 Comments
Josiah
Poem Published
14th Mar 2024 3:40am
14th Mar 2024 3:40am
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
133 reads
1 Comment
Vision_of_insanity
Poem Published
28th Feb 2024 8:30pm
28th Feb 2024 8:30pm
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
112 reads
6 Comments
Vision_of_insanity
Poem Published
5th Feb 2024 9:45pm
5th Feb 2024 9:45pm
No Thanks
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.
#cinquain
#food
105 reads
2 Comments
Green_Arrow
Poem Published
8th Jun 2023 12:25pm
8th Jun 2023 12:25pm
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
204 reads
0 Comments
Josiah
Poem Published
24th Jan 2023 4:47am
24th Jan 2023 4:47am
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
181 reads
1 Comment
Josiah
Poem Published
30th May 2022 8:23pm
30th May 2022 8:23pm
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
301 reads
0 Comments
Josiah
Poem Published
27th May 2022 4:41am
27th May 2022 4:41am
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
261 reads
1 Comment
oskar
Poem Published
21st Jan 2022 10:24am
21st Jan 2022 10:24am
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
268 reads
0 Comments
oskar
Poem Published
25th Nov 2021 9:17am
25th Nov 2021 9:17am
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
262 reads
1 Comment
cabcool
Poem Published
8th Jun 2021 4:42pm
8th Jun 2021 4:42pm
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
509 reads
2 Comments
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