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
cabcool
Poem Published
7th May 2021 8:46pm
7th May 2021 8:46pm
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
337 reads
2 Comments
Bluevelvete
Poem Published
3rd May 2021 11:10pm
3rd May 2021 11:10pm
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
519 reads
29 Comments
Razzerleaf
Poem Published
1st May 2021 9:56pm
1st May 2021 9:56pm
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
675 reads
12 Comments
Remy_L
Poem Published
30th Apr 2021 1:00am
30th Apr 2021 1:00am
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
390 reads
16 Comments
cabcool
Poem Published
29th Apr 2021 8:42pm
29th Apr 2021 8:42pm
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
401 reads
6 Comments
takis1917
Bumped 1st Apr 2020 4:08pm
13th May 2018 4:06pm
13th May 2018 4:06pm
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
681 reads
8 Comments
takis1917
Bumped 28th Feb 2020 4:59pm
6th Apr 2018 4:26pm
6th Apr 2018 4:26pm
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
728 reads
7 Comments
Hunterapsych
Poem Published
10th Feb 2020 1:08am
10th Feb 2020 1:08am
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
357 reads
7 Comments
takis1917
Bumped 31st Jan 2020 8:31pm
4th Apr 2018 11:24pm
4th Apr 2018 11:24pm
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
648 reads
6 Comments
Jade-Pandora
jade tiger
jade tiger
Poem Published
16th Nov 2019 4:26pm
16th Nov 2019 4:26pm
Vatican City
( a visual cinquain )
Image credit: Jade Pandora
Image credit: Jade Pandora
#religion
#cinquain
#dialogue
#minimalist
#parody
865 reads
18 Comments
Jade-Pandora
jade tiger
jade tiger
Poem Published
10th Nov 2019 8:52am
10th Nov 2019 8:52am
2 Cinquains
( visual poetry )
#animals
#fire
#nature
#cinquain
#humankind
856 reads
8 Comments
eswaller
Poem Published
9th Nov 2019 11:45pm
9th Nov 2019 11:45pm
(Mount) Shasta Cinquain
Shasta
has emerged from
the ground as the clouds part
for a stunning, picturesque
landscape
has emerged from
the ground as the clouds part
for a stunning, picturesque
landscape
#nature
#mountains
#cinquain
2468 reads
2 Comments
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