Fifer Poems | Examples


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Premium Member Fifer a Quintain Variation

PAINTING
so,so easy to do
when we know not..
oh so difficile
when we 
do!

Silence Speaks

silence is not always golden
sometimes it speaks volumes
if one listens
to bodies'
voice

02/11/2020

F F I series 71 fifer
Brian Strand blog series

Premium Member Praise

that which we hunger for
our appetite is huge—
times to reciprocate
we become
Skrooge





2/9/2020
F F I series 71 fifer
Brian Strand, sponsor

Poetry form: Fifer- 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 lines of reducing number of words (or syllables if preferred).


Premium Member Fifer the Form

PAINTING
so,so easy to do
when we know not..
oh so difficile
when we 
do!

After wise words of Degas

fifer (quintain)5,4,3,2,1 lines of reducing number of words(or syllables if preferred)

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