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Short Adelaide Poems

Short Adelaide Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Adelaide by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Adelaide by length and keyword.


Premium Member Monoku Ekphrahsis 27
Adelaide Crapsey-
      syllables stressed into a shapely form...

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Categories: adelaide, poetry,
Form: Ekphrasis



Goddess
Goddess
Adelaide Crapsey
Versifying unknown souls
With tinge of dawn
Poetess...

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Categories: adelaide, art, inspirational, life, on work and working,
Form: Cinquain
Premium Member American Cinquain Fall Verse
a rose
in November
perfumes a gloomy day-
hints of summer linger Autumn's
goodbye

after Adelaide Crapsey's creation...

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Categories: adelaide, nature, seasons,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Beloved Poet Adelaide C
For the lovely Adelaide Crapsey
a long life was not to be.
In syllable,two,four,six &eight
she created the cinquain anew!...

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Categories: adelaide, poets,
Form: Clerihew
Premium Member American Doublet the Form
Amidst the field of seeding grass,carefree;
Lush clover scents the nectar seeking bee.

The American created by Adelaide Crapsey...

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Categories: adelaide, nature,
Form: Couplet



Premium Member Clerihew -Crapsey
For the lovely Adelaide Crapsey*
a long life was not to be.
In syllable,two,four,six &eight
she created the cinquain anew!

*US poet creator of the American Cinquain...

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Categories: adelaide, people, poetry,
Form: Clerihew
Premium Member Imagist Mvp Adelaide
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....

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Categories: adelaide, boyfriend, in memoriam, poets,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Verse Freed To Applaud
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....

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Categories: adelaide, poetry, word play,
Form: Epitaph
Premium Member The Trio
These be
the keys to life,
faith,hope and agape,
love,the greatest gift of all three-
to thee !


L1 is the opening line to TRIAD
the American Cinquain by Adelaide Crapsey...

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Categories: adelaide, faith, hope, love
Form: Cinquain
Peacock---Visual 2
He strides
In jeweled plumes,
Flaunting majestic tail
To court a maiden of his dream,
and reel!



Contest :An American Beauty
Write Like Adelaide---Andrea Dietrich
Jan 19, 2015...

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Categories: adelaide, bird, vanity,
Form: Cinquain
Premium Member Lanterne Apr 1
May
blossom-
confetti
dancing on the
breeze

NOTE:the single lanterne(also a shape form) is in reality a half American cinquain (the epigram form created by Adelaide Crapsey,thus labelled 'American' )...

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Categories: adelaide, poetry, word play,
Form: Lanterne
Premium Member Lanterne Mar 31
By
a stream
so shallow-
stoops a willow
tree.

NOTE:the single lanterne(also a shape form) is in reality a half American cinquain (the epigram form created by Adelaide Crapsey,thus labelled 'American' )...

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Categories: adelaide, poetry, word play,
Form: Lanterne
Premium Member Lanterne Mar 27
ART SCHOOL
The
secret
of seeing-
knowing how to
see

NOTE:the single lanterne(also a shape form) is in reality a half American cinquain (the epigram form created by Adelaide Crapsey,thus labelled 'American' )...

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Categories: adelaide, poetry, word play,
Form: Lanterne
Premium Member A Whigmaleerie For Thee
William S* showed a poetic voice
the quatrain form,his choice
he named a whigmaleerie
became a lasting legacy

* William Souter ,also famed along with Adelaide Crapsey for the popularity of the American Cinquain...

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Categories: adelaide, people, poetry,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member Lanterne Mar 28
VIDUAGE
Tall
nettles-
the dutch hoe
rusting in the
shed.

NOTE:the single lanterne(also a shape form) is in reality a half American cinquain (the epigram form created by Adelaide Crapsey,thus labelled 'American' )...

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Categories: adelaide, poetry, word play,
Form: Lanterne
Premium Member Lantern Mar 26
VIDUAGE
Tall
nettles-
the dutch hoe
rusting in the
shed.

NOTE:the single lanterne(also a shape form) is in reality a half American cinquain (the epigram form created by Adelaide Crapsey,thus labelled 'American' )...

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Categories: adelaide, poetry, word play,
Form: Lanterne
Premium Member Lanterne Mar 29
Lanterne #5
a
sea mist
rolls inshore-
daydreams deluge
me

NOTE:the single lanterne(also a shape form) is in reality a half American cinquain (the epigram form created by Adelaide Crapsey,thus labelled 'American' )...

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Categories: adelaide, poetry, word play,
Form: Lanterne
Premium Member Lanterne Mar 30
Lanterne#18
Blind
alleys
so often
have the deepest
ruts.


NOTE:the single lanterne(also a shape form) is in reality a half American cinquain (the epigram form created by Adelaide Crapsey,thus labelled 'American' )...

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Categories: adelaide, poetry, word play,
Form: Lanterne
Premium Member Lanterne Apr 2
RISING STAR
A
life in
the fast lane-
five minutes of
fame.

NOTE:the single lanterne(also a shape form) is in reality a half American cinquain (the epigram form created by Adelaide Crapsey,thus labelled 'American' )...

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Categories: adelaide, poetry, word play,
Form: Lanterne
Premium Member American Cinquain Jan 30
How slight
The petal of
A poppy,flowering-
So much like us,beautiful,yet
Fragile


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

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Categories: adelaide, poetry, word play,
Form: Cinquain
Premium Member American Cinquain Jan 28
Beauty
free from above
embedded in our heart-
His loving-kindness ..ready to
impart

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

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Categories: adelaide, poetry, word play,
Form: Cinquain
Premium Member American Cinquain Jan 21
Desire
welled within-
words became a promise
so sublime,to love now and for
all time.

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

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Categories: adelaide, image, poetry,
Form: Cinquain
Premium Member American Cinquain Jan 29
Hurry
Takes its toll as
In our daily stroll,we
From deepest ruts of blind alleys
Quicken.


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

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Categories: adelaide, poetry, word play,
Form: Cinquain
Premium Member American Cinquain Jan 22
We had
met and conversed,
a rapport on first sight-
a chance meeting to a life's time
delight

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

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Categories: adelaide, poetry, word play,
Form: Cinquain
Premium Member American Cinquain Jan 27
The warmth
Of love's invite
Encompassed my desire,
In two soft whispered words of love,
Be mine !

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

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Categories: adelaide, poetry, word play,
Form: Cinquain

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