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
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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Trapped in space
Father
drank the night sky,
sketched stars on my skin,
as bright as burning cigarettes.
Black holes
gave me Orion's belt and the
traces left by comets,
his atmosphere,
lifeless.
drank the night sky,
sketched stars on my skin,
as bright as burning cigarettes.
Black holes
gave me Orion's belt and the
traces left by comets,
his atmosphere,
lifeless.
#cinquain
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misread
spanish
black curls, tanned skin.
"hazel-eyed pretty boy"
troubled youth, better man now, still
halfling
tinted, hard to blend with them
white side doesn't accept
some, not fully
misjudged
black curls, tanned skin.
"hazel-eyed pretty boy"
troubled youth, better man now, still
halfling
tinted, hard to blend with them
white side doesn't accept
some, not fully
misjudged
#LifeStruggles
#cinquain
#misunderstood
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respite
butterfly cinquain
silence
is the recess
of the hurried spirit
if by chance it find some golden
respite
whereupon in deep reflection
it may life recover
in a world of
chaos
© Copyright 2021 April 29
by Clyve A. Bowen♫
silence
is the recess
of the hurried spirit
if by chance it find some golden
respite
whereupon in deep reflection
it may life recover
in a world of
chaos
© Copyright 2021 April 29
by Clyve A. Bowen♫
#silence
#cinquain
#healing
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1943
She grins:
"They say that when
you've nothing to live for,
you do not live; and, yet, I'm still
alive"...
"They say that when
you've nothing to live for,
you do not live; and, yet, I'm still
alive"...
#cinquain
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Optical Illusion
Drowning
in thoughts, does not
a deep thinker make you...
just, indicates need of swimming
lessons...
in thoughts, does not
a deep thinker make you...
just, indicates need of swimming
lessons...
#cinquain
#parody
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Cinquain
Spaced out
but stuck in time
tempted to make a break
I will stick it out for now though
patience
but stuck in time
tempted to make a break
I will stick it out for now though
patience
#cinquain
#WritingPoetry
#SelfReflection
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Tell All (Cinquain)
Today,
I have nothing
to say and that's much more
than what I did say yesterday...
Questions?
I have nothing
to say and that's much more
than what I did say yesterday...
Questions?
#cinquain
#parody
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Vatican City
( a visual cinquain )
Image credit: Jade Pandora
Image credit: Jade Pandora
#religion
#cinquain
#dialogue
#minimalist
#parody
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