Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Cinquain

Cinquain
Cinquains are 5 line poems with the following form:
1st line: two syllables, a noun (your subject)
2nd line: four syllables, adjectives, to describe the subject in line 1.
3rd line: six syllables, an action statement describing the subject in line 1.
4th line: eight syllables, describing a feeling about the subject
5th line: two syllables, a synonym or word that refers back to the subject.

Weird week
Rejected reach
Mistakes were made, maybe
Heavy with doubt, tinged nerves crackle
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5 comments:

  1. You can feel the tired nervous energy. A poem on stress and mistakes. Nice job.

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  2. Written at 2am! You got it, Sheena-kay!

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  3. Makes me want to give you a hug and say, "All will be OK."

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  4. Or to put it in a cinquain:
    A hug,
    Friendship and love
    Shared with sincerity
    By a friend who cares about you
    Always.

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  5. My attempt:

    Marriage
    Can't do it, Hon
    I'll always love you, but
    Cleaning, cooking, laundry and such--
    No way!!

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