Cinquain Poems | Examples

Water

Water,
Humble and kind,
Washes away poor's shelters,
The fearful vibrations of fate,
A doom.

Premium Member Deflation

Pressure 
only deflates
pressure hidden inside,
gradually caused my midriff
meltdown


Premium Member With a gentle hand Mystic

                              I take 
                       her hand in mine
                and guide her down the street.
     Will my daughter take my hand too, one day?

Premium Member SOIL SOAKER

SOIL SOAKER*
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
rain
weighty, intense
piercing, soaking, saturating
refreshing earth’s firmament
soil soaker

*Note:This poem was first published at Poetry Soup in June 2025 then deleted (poetrysoup.com › poem › soil_soaker_1738878) This is my original poem.

Can't Wait

Can't wait
for the rapture.
When the evil people
go up to heaven, and we can
progress.


Premium Member FLASH DANCE

FLASH DANCE*
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
fireflies
flicker, enchant
dancing amongst the stars
suspended pieces of glitter
flash dance

*Note: I originally published this at Poetry Soup in June 2025 (poetrysoup.com › flash_dance_1738383) but later deleted it.  This is my original poem.

Premium Member PINK PERFECTION

PINK PERFECTION
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
lotus
pink perfection
rising from murky depths
unfolding beauty, grace, and peace
hope

Sweet Jazz Night

Bluesy
swinging sipper—
Sax in fancy suede taps, 
keys go snippety, ivory
sprinkles

Fall of Western civilization

Nickel

and dimed, nickel

and dimed:  the neglected

human center can't hold undone

for gold.

Premium Member Those Words Within Your Poem

          7/14/2025



     Humane?
     You pen with shame!
     Selling your dignity?
     Tell me, why trash your only voice?
     No, thanks!

Premium Member Stamina

                   Fragile
           ceiling of glass,
   growth can be slow progress.
You feel like you’re burning alive.
                 Hothouse,
     a dramatic transformation.
    Knowledge builds stamina
            to just move one 
                more step.

Premium Member Lost Eunoia

My grasp
Weakens in time 
Gravel loosens...my grip
Upon furtive blooms in my youth
Lost son

Premium Member You

I do
believe in you
words you say, deeds you lay
everything that you are is true
I draw

Premium Member april

april
cold thunderstorms
beginning of flowers
fertile festive fey like feeling
april

Enigma

Missed links
Clawed wings, blue cheeks,
Rufous crest, maroon eyes
Gawky gait, baffling diet, odd
Bird stinks*


*Hoatzin bird

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