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

takis1917
takis1917
Poem Published
3rd Sep 2018 2:06pm

Watch Your Step, Please!

Careful!
What you step on
follows you all your life
even if it isn't there when you
look back...
 #cinquain 
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takis1917
takis1917
Poem Published
2nd Sep 2018 3:08pm

Down To Level

Sometimes
I pinch a dream
- I pinch it forcibly -
trying to bring it down to my
level...
 #cinquain   #parody 
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takis1917
takis1917
Poem Published
31st Aug 2018 4:17pm

Facebook

Today,
I am putting
all my Likes in the bank
and I'll live off the interest,
for now...
 #cinquain   #parody 
 #funny   #PopCulture 
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takis1917
takis1917
Poem Published
3rd Aug 2018 11:52pm

On The Run

Question!
(Rhetorical...)
When I'm running, am I
more likely to get elected,
or, caught?...
 #cinquain   #parody 
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takis1917
Poem Published
6th Jul 2018 11:57pm

Literary Construction Site

And, then,
it dawns on him...
What had been hitting him
over the head, weren't ideas,
but, bricks...
 #cinquain   #parody   #satirical 
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takis1917
takis1917
Poem Published
4th Jul 2018 1:58pm

Question Mark

She leaves,
or, so she thinks...
Space she occupies, same!
Distance proportionate to space,
or, thought?...
 #science   #cinquain   #philosophical 
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takis1917
takis1917
Poem Published
3rd Jul 2018 12:15pm

Truthfully Speaking

Promise!
I'll stop lying
the exact moment, I
- if ever that moment comes - find
the truth!
 #cinquain   #parody   #satirical 
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takis1917
takis1917
Poem Published
30th Jun 2018 2:35pm

If Not Today, When?

Today,
my day starts in...
Five, four, three, two... Abort!
Abort!!! ABORT!!!... I'll try, again,
later...
 #cinquain   #parody 
 #satirical   #funny 
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takis1917
takis1917
Poem Published
23rd Jun 2018 11:27am

Moral Of The Story

Became
the metaphor
for mediocrity;
the spark that never lit a fire!

Human...
 #cinquain 
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takis1917
takis1917
Poem Published
20th May 2018 10:07pm

Welcome!

Welcome
to the age where
you've got nothing to lose
and you've got nothing to salvage...

Relax...
 #cinquain 
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takis1917
takis1917
Poem Published
20th May 2018 3:26pm

Oh, Well...

And, now,
that the future
poets have envisioned,
keeps, bullheadedly, its distance,
welcome...
 #cinquain 
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takis1917
takis1917
Poem Published
18th May 2018 9:15pm

Santa Fe, Texas, May 2018

didn't do
that much before
not doing much more now
I raise my glass in memory...
Enough!
 #cinquain 
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