Cinquain Didactic Poems

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Tall
nettles-
the dutch hoe
rusting in the
shed.

Lanterne #5

a
sea mist
rolls inshore-
daydreams deluge
me

Lanterne#18

Blind
alleys 
so often
have the deepest
ruts.

Lanterne 3

By
a stream
so shallow-
stoops a willow
tree.

Lanterne 177

May
blossom-
confetti
dancing on the
breeze

ART SCHOOL

The 
secret
of seeing-
knowing how...

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LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT
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...

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

Hurry
Takes its toll as
In our daily stroll,we
From deepest ruts of blind alleys
Quicken

Beauty
free from above
embedded in our heart-
His loving-kindness...

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American
  cinquain
let me
   explain
 so unique
to adelaide
 across
  to Scotland
also
   strayed

in a shapely
         form
displaying
   syllables
or stresses
  in a
versatile
  refrain

in
her English
  response
to
  Japanese
     haiku
       expertise...

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Imagists use clear, simple language to paint a picture. Imagery, on the other hand, is use of flowery and descriptive language, and often figurative language,...

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eap(eep) is a list cinquain where L1 is a statement followed by rhymed L2-5 that amplify the statment with words introduced by 'in the' by...

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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...

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Tribute vignette

A well travelled lass named Adelaide
Innovative and never staid,
Unmarried,single but no old maid-
A short life,latterly full of pain,
Her epitaph,the American cinquain.

in the American Cinquain...

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Swan - A Didactic Cinquain

Swans
Mute, unexpected
Affirming, bouncing, wandering
surprised I was 
Roam

2/11/2023
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. ©2023...

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HER LOVELY Necklace - A Didactic Cinquain

Necklace
Emerald, stringed
Clasping, Collaring, existing
Ever so emerald
Choker


2/11/2023
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. ©2023...

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Adventure - A Didactic Cinquain



Adventure
Freebooting, foolhardy
Fantasying, voyaging, tethering
Ever so imagined
Gamble

2/3/23
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2023©...

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Snowman - A Didactic Cinquain

Snowman
Large, abominable
Sledding, happening, ornamenting
Sometimes I'd dream about snowballing
Possession

2/3/23
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2023©...

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                 Chocolate candy
      ...

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A Didactic Cinquain Heart - 

Heart
Unfeeling, contrite
Pulsing, pithing, crying
Ever so broken
Substance

3/22/22
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2022©...

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Soul love - A Didactic Cinquain

Soul love
Unbelievable, grand
Existing, singing, sounding
such feelings of happiness
Thing

3/22/22
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2022©...

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