 Cinquain, Poetic Form Exercise |
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CINQUAIN: From the French, meaning "a grouping of five."
The Cinquain has five lines of two, four, six, eight, and two syllables, respectively, with a total syllabic count of 22. The cinquain should have no more than two full sentences. The Handbook of Poetic Forms suggests: Do not add words to fill out this form; write with feeling, but do not allow your writing to become cloyingly sweet; build toward a climax and put a surprise into your last two lines. Rather than parts of speech, be concerned with thoughts and images. The cinquain came to popularity by Adelaide Crapsy, who devised the form back in the early 1900's. She was so influenced by the Japanese forms, tanka and haiku, that she developed her own poetic system which she then called cinquain. The most famous of the few Crapsy cinquains from her The Complete Poems is: These be Three silent things: The falling snow... the hour Before the dawn... the mouth of one Just dead. Cinquains, though they have never become very popular, have always attracted a number of poets who are still developing the form. Why not try your own here in this thread! Come on! We dare you!  :p
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Cleo_Serapis Cinquain Aug 3 03, 10:06 
Alan gotten
is so ugly
we refined folk prefer
'hav... Apr 3 12, 15:16 Larry For now,
I'll let that slide.
Most refined fol... Apr 3 12, 22:29 Alan Touche !
For Haves
and us Have-Nots
language... Apr 3 12, 23:21 JustDaniel sun-dried
red tomatoes
are quite tasty morsels...
... Apr 4 12, 08:12 Larry Looks like Daniel slipped in an answer while I was... Apr 4 12, 08:14 JustDaniel Incas
rose in Peru
somewhere in the highlands
earl... Apr 4 12, 14:26 Alan AD
Hey, that is me
AMD as poet
very slippery chara... Apr 4 12, 16:19 JustDaniel That Smee
was Hook's left hand
since he didn... Apr 6 12, 07:38 Alan What's wong ?
Opposite of
Wight, the island ac... Apr 6 12, 14:17 Larry The world
always changes.
Wrong or right matters n... Apr 6 12, 21:45 Alan In time
though now quite short
re senryu / haiku
I... Apr 7 12, 00:51 Larry Hookahs
filter and cool
for satisfactory
flavor. ... Apr 7 12, 17:40 Alan Smokes screen
one's addiction
as this weed sm... Apr 7 12, 18:25 Larry End life
by inhaling
their noxious content;
carcin... Apr 8 12, 08:36 Alan Will kill
is not road kill
but deliberate aim
at ... Apr 8 12, 09:40 JustDaniel so there
are three terse lines
with great profundi... Apr 9 12, 07:44 Alan haiku
is so simple
but surrounded by rules
that ma... Apr 9 12, 09:07 JustDaniel eye has
so many cells
it makes its receptors
work ... Apr 9 12, 09:30 Larry They lit
up the night sky
until the storm clouds c... Apr 9 12, 10:39 JustDaniel deLight
while the wind blows
gently through my w... Apr 9 12, 10:47 Alan My thoughts
are with Daniel
whose last two entries... Apr 9 12, 12:39 JustDaniel our fun
is in sharing
insight in the process
of fo... Apr 9 12, 13:20 Alan "In" words
would look outwards
and could... Apr 9 12, 14:03 JustDaniel oar knot
keeps it on board;
ya can't get up a ... Apr 9 12, 14:16 Alan bust down
all barriers
to free speech, and love
un... Apr 9 12, 17:15 JustDaniel chute's up
to the window
so you can be rescued... Apr 11 12, 07:22 Alan A tale
tall elements
based on firm foundation
make... Apr 11 12, 08:26 
JustDaniel bee leaf
'neath which a hive
begins to develop... Apr 11 12, 10:09 Alan Buzz-ness
has quite a thrill
as barn-storming pilo... Apr 12 12, 16:22 Larry Some set
and do nothing.
Others seem to work hard
... Apr 13 12, 14:24 Alan small things
makes a big diff
in the grand schemes... Apr 13 12, 15:59 JustDaniel ... or naught
but wind and dust
be found upon your... Apr 14 12, 10:06 Alan Iced stew
hot seal chowder
a main of defrosted whi... Apr 14 12, 13:37 JustDaniel mummy
has come unwound;
it's now taking lesson... Apr 16 12, 07:40 Larry Toe wrap
is for the gout
from eating seal innards.... Apr 16 12, 09:25 JustDaniel my nose
has been longing
not from any lies that I... Apr 16 12, 11:57 Alan Sneezing
does for noses
what much philandering
did... Apr 16 12, 12:24 Larry In fain,
he knows to run.
When autogamic dust
fill... Apr 16 12, 16:31 JustDaniel eye chews
at the pollen
and tries to spit it out
b... Apr 16 12, 22:31 Larry Lennon's
vision was blurred
looking into nowhe... Apr 17 12, 14:51 Alan conceived
no barrier
life's quick to grasp it... Apr 17 12, 15:57 Larry Babe is
a large blue ox
whose bunyons would a-paul... Apr 17 12, 23:55 Alan An axe
for just a day :
I'd leave questioners ... Apr 18 12, 00:20 Larry Ripley
always measured
accomplishments or deeds
ag... Apr 18 12, 08:22 Alan door's not
at all fool-proof
an eye for an eye... Apr 18 12, 10:35 JustDaniel door knob
of shiny brass
will turn to let you in
b... Apr 18 12, 13:34 Alan hello
you, sailor boy,
know I have what you want
s... Apr 19 12, 03:11 Larry Poofter...
disparaging
pejorative for those
who pr... Apr 19 12, 09:56 Alan Plaything
of all the Gods
is man, beat, buffetted ... Apr 19 12, 14:20 JustDaniel with CHIPs
you'd best not speed...
and be sure... Apr 20 12, 16:41 Alan long won
though novelty
went out the top window
ju... Apr 21 12, 14:01 Larry We'd bless
food more often
if we grew it ourse... Apr 21 12, 14:31 Alan Might yelp,
whelp that's stood on
so give it a... Apr 22 12, 12:36 JustDaniel our time
is important
when we make use of it
but t... Apr 22 12, 17:59 Alan We're taught
much too rigid
loosen up a little... Apr 23 12, 00:46 JustDaniel sew smiles
on your Levis
that bust out at the knee... Apr 23 12, 07:08 Larry lest years
be too unkind
and days be far too short... Apr 23 12, 10:02 JustDaniel toasty
rolled up inside
my blanket on the couch
I ... Apr 23 12, 10:05 Alan cowslip
will now endure
some slippage from the cow... Apr 23 12, 11:55 JustDaniel Mel rose
with the dew-fall
to put out his pansies
... Apr 23 12, 15:48 Larry Oft on
an early walk
butterflies add color
and pai... Apr 24 12, 09:15 Alan Of dawn
the poets sing
muse-hued, yellow and pink
... Apr 24 12, 09:15 Larry Two dreams
return each night
vying for attention.
... Apr 24 12, 09:59 Alan control
your damn bladder
or it will control you
t... Apr 24 12, 11:19 Larry Notch ice
so carefully
when carving a sculpture.
F... Apr 24 12, 11:44 Alan fingers
O'Halloran
filleted a wallet
from a we... Apr 24 12, 12:39 Larry Spring wells
from the cloud's eyes
to bathe ba... Apr 24 12, 17:04 Alan arise
Sir Galahad
had the present king's wife
... Apr 24 12, 17:53 JustDaniel Arnold
Schwarzenegger
Chuck Norris, Bruce Willis,
... Apr 24 12, 21:59 Alan expend
your energy
on those paltry playthings
when... Apr 25 12, 04:08 JustDaniel your loose
cannon blew
at two in the morning
simpl... Apr 25 12, 08:09 Larry Seger's
ceramic cones
keep temperatures
of fur... Apr 25 12, 08:47 JustDaniel ranges
are where some folks
feel at home near the ... Apr 25 12, 10:55 Larry allay
pastoral fears,
if deer and ant elope
ewe ge... Apr 25 12, 16:10 Alan JD and Larry - these last two display signs of twi... Apr 25 12, 23:27 JustDaniel amiss
with her scissors
she did her best to cut
a ... Apr 26 12, 04:56 Larry forbids
the auctioneers
and eyes must be open
to c... Apr 26 12, 08:33 JustDaniel offend
the auctioneer
calling her a biddee
and you... Apr 26 12, 12:32 Larry affront
taken aback
as any chick add-ee
might want... Apr 26 12, 13:03 JustDaniel bee stuck
him in the neck
as he smelled the petals... Apr 27 12, 08:07 Larry oft horns
of dilemmas
will catch alternatives
befo... Apr 27 12, 09:38 JustDaniel a mend
in your Levis
cannot be any worse
than if y... Apr 27 12, 09:43 Larry to win
at anything
there must be a contest
and adv... Apr 27 12, 15:14 Alan nun here
in old convent
convention forbids that
nu... Apr 27 12, 15:19 Larry his cap
is on backwards
shading the medulla
light ... Apr 27 12, 16:17 JustDaniel darkness
under the elm
falls soonest in our yard;
... Apr 27 12, 17:44 Alan still-born
the great novel
establishing my fame
so... Apr 29 12, 04:09 Larry on steeds
do not play golf;
it's too much like... Apr 30 12, 00:17 Alan Larry, excruciatingly brilliant spoonerism !
... Apr 30 12, 02:46 JustDaniel rely
on what you see
and you'll be infected
by... Apr 30 12, 09:17 Alan inside
misdemeanor
man is basically good
a cry for... Apr 30 12, 16:15 Larry trite threats
with no action
will accomplish nothi... May 1 12, 12:35 JustDaniel sigh lent
intimacy
to her interaction
with the man... May 1 12, 17:58 Alan one line
does not make love
worry lines don't ... May 2 12, 08:53 JustDaniel heir head
was testator;
became executor
in order t... May 2 12, 10:46 Larry his swill
fed dim asses
then waded in. lyin'
... May 4 12, 16:16 JustDaniel more peas
grew in less pods
after we fertilized
th... May 4 12, 22:56 Alan one string
of perfect pearls
of wisdom - rarity
be... May 6 12, 03:13 JustDaniel peas are
vegetables
that grow inside a pod
but onc... May 6 12, 18:34 Larry ewers'
place is a bowl
setting on the night st... May 6 12, 23:46 1 User(s) are reading this topic (1 Guests and 0 Anonymous Users)
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