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Cinquains Poems

Cinquains the Epigram One

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

Tribute to William Soutar

Grew to manhood on the river Tay,
Writing poems ,most every day;
Cinquains,epigrams,whigmaleerie-
His diary of a dying man,left
Telling observations, for all to see.


A cinquain in Soutar style

Desire
welled within-
words became a promise
so sublime,to love now and for
all time.

Categories: cinquains, image, poetry,
Form: Didactic

Tess of the D Urbervilles - a Series of Cinquains

I
Roles
beyond her age:
worker, carer, teacher,
parent, sister, lover, cleaner.
Alone.

II
A girl
made a woman
by a lover thought true,
a passion she believed worthy
of her.

III
Scarred
by cruel men
beyond her own control.
Emotional wounds left open,
heart wide.

IV
Mother,
black in mourning,
sought a burial, small,
in desperation. Cold, bleak, stone.
Grieving.

V
Stoic.
Astute. Selfless.
Forgiving. Gentle. Bold.
Important. Remembered. Loved -
she, Tess.

Categories: cinquains, baby, bereavement,
Form: Cinquain

Compendium of American Cinquains

AMERICAN CINQUAINS
Poems
in shapely form,
displaying syllables
or stresses in a versatile
refrain.
Created. by both Adelaide Crapsey & William Soutar

LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT-a quintile(LINKED cinquains)
We had
met and conversed,
a rapport on first sight-
a chance meeting to a life's time
delight
that
Summer
evening silken,
long..an encounter of
initiations together
explored
as
Desire
welled within-
words became a promise
so sublime,to love now and for
all time.
MY FONDEST MEMORY
My love
Beguiled me,with
Soft sensuous lips,sleek
Long thighs

Categories: cinquains, people, poetry,
Form: Cinquain

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Cinquains' Can Show

thank you
cinquains’ can show
caring needing sharing
always a pleasure to convey
feelings

caring
for all forms
starving dying wanting
words are all I have no respite
so sad

wanting
to do so much
conveying empathy
with words, I hope there’s’ more like me
I hope

Categories: cinquains, care, hope,
Form: Cinquain

Two Cinquains

 The Note

Compost
Bin held the note
Written in poetic form
Love poured out upon the blank page
Decayed

Written by: Sara Kendrick
March 06, 2016
Form: Cinquain

The  Bus Depot

Grey Hound
Waits for no one
A rented box contains
Smart phone, credit cards, love poem
Transport

Categories: cinquains, feelings,
Form: Cinquain

Cinquains For Her

Night dreams
bring you to me,
aglow with tenderness,
shining love beyond the borders
of time.

Your hands,
warmth covers me,
through the darkness of night,
your soul a soft blanket for mine,
I smile.

Your voice,
whispers to me
secret words to my ear,
promising what the night can bring
for us.

Your skin,
touches my own,
in a sweet heated bliss
we have fed on love and are full,
at last.

Categories: cinquains, fantasy, lovelove,
Form: Cinquain

Penta-Cinquains ~ Seasons

~~~
Summer
Hot sultry
Scorching burning de-hydrating
Breeze rustles the leaves
Sunny

Rain
Fresh 
Drizzling Refreshing invigorating  
Freshness in the leaves
Monsoon

Autumn
Bereft dull
Crumpling fading descending
Break off, the leaves
Fall 

Winter
Harsh cold
Snowing chilling  
Blizzard burying leaves
Frost 

Spring
Colourful beautiful
Blooming blossoming flowering
Green are all the leaves
Vernal
~~~

Categories: cinquains, nature
Form: Cinquain

Zodiac of Cinquains

Aries
Cardinal sign
The Ram. Colour: Red, like
your beautiful hair, as soft as
lambs wool

Taurus
Fixed sign. Earth sign
Artistic. Creative.
Your inspiring words stand strong like
the bull

The Twins
Mutable sign
Gemini. Positive,
like the support you freely give
twofold

Cancer
Cardinal sign
The Crab. You are full of
love and compassion, wide as the
ocean

Leo
Fixed sign. Fire sign
The Lion. Gold, like your
beautiful heart, which eclipses
the sun

Virgo
Mutable sign
The Virgin. Colour:

Categories: cinquains, friendship, lovebeauty, beauty,
Form: Cinquain

American Cinquains

Poems
in shapely form,
displaying syllables
or stresses in a versatile
refrain.

Categories: cinquains, on writing and words,
Form: Cinquain