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English Quintain
An English Quintain poem is (five line stanzas with a rhyming pattern of a,b,a,b,b ), with 10 syllables per line , there is no specific meter.

As dogs pant in sweltering humid air, sweat drops morph into dewdrops as night cools. Summer's sunshine smiles are no longer there, for the children have returned to their schools, abandoning their sandcastles and pools. The leaves are slowly being drained of green, changing color as they prepare to die. And cottage doors no longer need a screen, for now, when the sun sits low in the sky; mosquitos don't buzz, not even a fly. Sunlight paints the leaves with brushes of fire while the moonlight gilds orange pumpkins gold. For Nature is an artist to admire, with a palette dramatically bold; Her art is a masterpiece to behold. Exhaling a breath of air, crisp and cool with a sweet, spicy scent that defines Fall, Autumn pulls a thread from memory's spool. And soon, it'll be time for Jack Frost's first scrawl, welcoming Winter in Her snow-white shawl. Brisk breezes rattle the bare bone-like twigs, and a forest of skeletons quiver. A squirrel stashes nuts in holes it digs fearing the worst Winter will deliver, for it's cold enough to make it shiver.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2018




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Date: 11/11/2018 1:57:00 PM
Back with more well deserve congrats, Emile.
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Emile Pinet
Date: 11/11/2018 3:41:00 PM
Thanks Line, I appreciate your support my friend, Emile.
Date: 11/5/2018 1:02:00 AM
Extraordinarily beautiful write, Emile, I enjoyed it very much! Congrats on your well-earned win, my friend! :-)
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Date: 11/5/2018 8:18:00 AM
Thank you Gregory, I am so pleased that you liked it enough to comment my friend, Emile.
Date: 10/29/2018 11:02:00 AM
Back with well deserved congrats, Emile.
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Date: 10/29/2018 1:13:00 PM
Thanks Line, you're a champ my friend, Emile.
Date: 10/28/2018 4:12:00 PM
Ah...the coolness and beauty of fall. Stunning imagery Emile! "Sunlight paints the leaves with brushes of fire and moonbeams gild cerise edges in gold." Gorgeous! Congratulations on your win my friend! : )
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Date: 10/28/2018 4:23:00 PM
Thank you so much Connie, I truly appreciate your visits my friend, Emile.
Date: 8/27/2018 3:58:00 PM
To me this is a golden weaving of Nature, life , seasons and artistic poetic tapestry of color and inspiration. Such as can only be scribbed by a wondrous and gifted true poet's heart.. A fav..
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Date: 8/27/2018 4:25:00 PM
Thank you so much Robert, I do so appreciate your visits my friend, Emile.
Date: 8/26/2018 10:11:00 PM
You've captured the transition from one season into another with rhythmic grace and stunning imagery, Emile. Your lush poetic lines are alive with breath, color, movement and the feeling of Autumn comes boldly into focus in your beautiful piece. Best wishes for a win! ~Susan
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Date: 8/27/2018 8:17:00 AM
Thanks Susan, I appreciate your encouraging comments my friend, Emile.
Date: 8/26/2018 4:46:00 PM
I think you made no errors (just saw what you wrote about looking for errors AFTER I read it). It's a lovely piece you wrote and you covered almost everything about the fall! wow five quintains stanzas. I don't think I will come up with that many!
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Date: 8/26/2018 5:49:00 PM
Thanks Andrea, I appreciate your encouraging comments my friend, Emile.
Date: 8/26/2018 1:20:00 PM
Very lovely poem, Emile, about my favorite season and this is one of those poems that would be great to read aloud. FAVED *soupmail
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Date: 8/26/2018 1:26:00 PM
Thanks again Carole, I appreciate your comments my friend, Emile.
Date: 8/26/2018 1:15:00 PM
Lovely, lovely poem, Emile, and a FAV for sure. I love Fall/Autumn. *soupmail
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Date: 8/26/2018 1:26:00 PM
Thanks Carole, I appreciate your comments my friend, Emile.
Date: 8/26/2018 11:23:00 AM
Awesome imagery, Emile. Well done.
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Emile Pinet
Date: 8/26/2018 1:25:00 PM
Thanks Line, as always I appreciate your visits my friend, Emile.
Date: 8/26/2018 11:19:00 AM
Some wonderful phraseology and images here! I so enjoyed reading your portrayal of this season. There are no mosquitoes, not There’s (singular) An artist Palettes
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Date: 8/26/2018 1:19:00 PM
Thanks Wendy, as always I appreciate your help my friend, Emile.
Date: 8/26/2018 11:14:00 AM
You summed it up very well Emile.. Change is always upon us and you put it so poetically...
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Date: 8/26/2018 1:19:00 PM
Thanks Silent One, I appreciate your comments my friend, Emile.

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