A. INTRO
AMERICAN CINQUAINS Adelaide's answer to the Japanese haiku
Poems
in shapely form,
displaying syllables
or stresses in a versatile
refrain.
B.DIDACTIC DISCUSSION
TITLE completely optional
FORMAT
FIRST LETTER OF LlNE CAPITALISED
line syllables/stresses
1. 2 Long days
2. 4 Of August sun
3. 6 Where nature blinks and shrinks
4. 8 The dying grass,yellowed in sleep-
5. 2 Held fast
EXAMPLE OF MINE -TITLED
PASSION
Eyes closed
As lips caressed,
Mouths joined,impassioned
Tongues explore,in our love's embrace,
Time-framed
KEY to this form- note how line 1 & line 5 make a link couplet & secondly the 'turn' 'surprise' from end of line 4 to 5.
I'm kyanite-kissed venom ~
above castles
of capitalised cryptics ~
choreographing
l i f e
in crescendos
of constellations...
Through the lens of a scope,hate watches,
Bam,bam,on the butt,two more notches,
In front of their eyes,life flashes,
The weak at heart,it snatches,
A mustard seed to a melon it grows,
Slowly but surely,engulfing souls,
Cold as snow,consuming flesh like crows,
Demolishing friendship,constructing foes,
Bursting hells door,into our world hate pours,
In the heart of evil,hate soars,
Knocking the LORD,children doors,
TRYING to conquer GODS' Kingdom,from shore to shore,
GOD stretch out his hands,flowing galore,
Love is the challenger,Love is the cure,
Love is the victor,hate no more.....
{Trying} is capitalised intentionally....
A confused haiku
seeking help---
identity crisis
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By:kash poet
Contest:Haiku from the heart
Sponsor:Sydney~LeeAnn
**I think this is a CONTEMPORARY HAIKU.
(1)I have capitalised the title
(2)I have personified a haiku .
what else is needed?if any one knows,pl.suggest.
WITH APOLOGIES TO ABBOTT AND COSTELLO
“Been to the youth centre again,”
She said, “Guess what band I’ve been to see.”
I said, “NO IDEA, my pet.”
“No,” she says, “We had NO IDEA last month.
After that it was BETTER TO BE DEAD.”
I said, “NOT SURPRISED.”
“No, guess again, daddy.”
“Oh, probably NEVER HEARD OF THEM.”
“No,” she says, “They’re on next week.
WHO was the the band I saw in December.”
I said, “GOD KNOWS.”
“No,” says she, “It was WHO.”
I said, "WHADDYAMEAN?”
She said, “No, that’s next month, silly.
Tomorrow it'll be TOO LATE TO WORRY."
I said, "OK just don't be late home."
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Note:
Whenever my teen daughter talks to me about this
or that rock band, she claims I always say disparaging
things such as “Never heard of them” or “No idea”.
She’s right, so this poem is a sort of apology for
my comments. Names of rock bands are CAPITALISED