A CINQUAIN COLLECTION
Airless
Windows firm shut
Abandoned, neglected
Floating dust accumulating
Settling.
Lost hope
Stately fanes stood
Melting crowns fell on fire
Forgotten idols abandoned
World ends.
Hurt felt
sleep gives escape
in glowing tinted dreams
the discomposed demeanour lost
pain fades
A Cinquain is a short, usually unrhymed poem consisting of
twenty-two syllables distributed as 2, 4, 6, 8, 2, in five lines.
It was developed by the Imagist poet, Adelaide Crapsey.