Best Cinquain Poems
water
murmurs softly,
through the cool of exhaled
breath, against the stones it whispers,
secrets
secrets,
gently spoken,
lonely unbeckoned words,
hidden deep within broken hearts,
aching
aching,
melting sorrow
pours viscous and endless,
caressing emotions that hide
within
within
this emptiness
sprouts the seed of desire,
where blooms love’s flower, bathed in sweet
water
04/01/2018
Longing
Waiting, hoping
Heart slowly dying
Memories re-fuelling forgotten dreams
Yearning
Longing
Wistfully awaiting
Dreams to stir
Prayers to be answered
Caring
Penned 18 December 2014
Soaring
Free as a bird
No wings to restrain us
Blown gently on salmon pink clouds
Heaven!
01~11~15
Contest: An American Beauty – Andrea Dietrich
Visual 5: Balloons
Checked Using How many Syllables 2,4,6,8,2
~awarded 4th place~
Silent Hearts
inside
silent hearts
words left unsaid
never find their voice
lost
12/01/10
4:20 pm
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crumbling
leaves drift with wind
naked branches shiver
crisp scarlet, gold carpet is laid
onwards
misty
fog fills the air
masking grey gloomy skies
brisk breeze blows pinecones into
puddles
odours
of faint wood smoke
like an earthly perfume
infuse dawn's dewdrops on iced fields
ahead
hungry
blackbirds hover
searching for sweet berries
blanket of dark clouds cover sky
home time!
weary
Deep in warm wine
Outshining russet moon
Glazed in the glow of honey glass
Gold breeze
Drifting
Along the flood
Of wilted summer smiles,
While my sky sings in the fall of
Silence
Water gushed over parched land
fractures are slowly filled left by drought
terrain humidified by cold water
pouring down replacing warmth
everything ice-covered
Water
set in ice form
fluffy and breathtaking
an impish sting to its beauty
arctic
my clothes are drenched
twirl around with outstretched arms
tears are forgotten
By: Wilma Neels
Contest Name: Nature, Four In One
1st Place
Desire
Yearn, hunger
Wanting, needing, craving
I need you now!
Longing
Lust
Passion, urgency
Thrilling, arousing, smouldering
Strong desire for intimacy
Obsession
12~26~14
Contest longing Dr Ram Mehta
~awarded 2nd place~
~Always~
(American Cinquain)
Always
Keep all your dreams
Let them grow never let them go
Keep your dreams alive let them shine
Always.
Your dreams
Need time to grow
Just keep them glowing near to you
Dreams are like rainbow shining in
The sky.
Dorian Petersen Potter
Aka ladydp2000
copyright@2015
January,10,2015
above
the hazy moon
night time whispers stories
shooting stars race in close to hear
and wink
Autumn Stroll
Autumn
Gold foliage
Brilliantly surrounds me
Strolling forest's sunlit pathway
Aglow.
Sandra M. Haight
~1st Place~
Contest: Autumn Stroll Cinquain Form
Sponsor: Eve Roper
Judged: 10/26/2015
Hazy
remembrances
wither in dim corners--
our laughter not kept through night’s edge
and yet…
panes rustling from ardor’s downfall
mirror your bare outline,
your scent wafting
like mist.
For Jenish Somadas' Contest
Let the Pens Flow--Butterfly Cinquain
5/9/2020
In-flight
In pheromone
Honeysuckle perfume
Insect antennae knot freshly
bouquet.
In breeze
I feel your breath
rustle shiny reeds
of my stints' hapless hinterland
you learn.
A vest
of velveteen
gleaming wings that trembled
Turn to a whirring glint beneath
full moon.
It is the conversation
between the poet and the jester.
The poet- with solemn introspection;
the jester- with careless regard,
each captivating the other.
It is the ultimate irony
of this unlikely coupling,
entwining their words,
combining truth and mischief,
sabotaging established decorum.
Neither threatened nor contrite,
nor challenging the others' wisdom,
but with enthusiastic fornication
and eager indecency
they consecrate their mutual madness
I'm not you and you're not me
But life doesn't care
We die equally