American Cinquain Jan 30

How slight
The petal of
A poppy,flowering-
So much like us,beautiful,yet
Fragile


NOTE:AMERICAN CINQUAIN (an imagist stressed version)WAS DEVISED BY ADELAIDE CRAPSEY (William Soutar Epigrams are a similar wordplay form)
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