Experimenting with Cinquain

sue.evans

What if
The world 🌎 was flat:
Would we fall off the edge?
Water 💦 would flow away and we
Would die!

 


Let me
Say I love ❤️ you
All the way to the moon 🌙
And back and beyond for ever and
A day

 

My dog 🐶
Is a daft brush
Chasing her tail around
Barking at her own daft shadow
Love ❤️ her!

 

Wind 💨 blows-
Howls in the trees 🌲
Whispers in the graveyard
Screams in the rafters - scaring me
To death 💀

 


Summer
Season of sun ☀️
Warming gardens into
Colourful bouquets 💐 for busy
Insects 🐜

 

Spring buds
Blossoming high
In the trees 🌲-birds fledging
Ready to fly, April showers catch
Us all

 

Winters ❄️
Chilled misty breathe
Frosting the window pane
Watching the world 🌎 put on winter ❄️
White coat

 

Berries
Ripening fat
Blackberries juicy black
Hedgerows laden- weighed with harvest
Treasure

 

Rainbow 🌈
Touching the ground-
Where the treasure is found
Golden coins in the leprechauns
Silk purse 👛

 

  • Author: sue.evans (Offline Offline)
  • Published: August 31st, 2017 01:46
  • Comment from author about the poem: Cinquain is of American origin based on the Japanese Haiku. Cinquain have a strict syllable count. The first line has 2 syllables, the second line has 4, the third line 6, the fourth line 8 and the fifth and final line 2 syllables. Generally the poems are light verse to recognise a thought or moment. Usually more nouns and verbs rather than adverbs and adjectives.
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  • Michael Edwards

    Not always as easy as they look to write - well done Sue

    • sue.evans

      Thank you 😊

    • FredPeyer

      Excellent sue! Love it!

    • sue.evans

      Thank you 😊

    • Goldfinch60

      Good write, they are not easy to write.

      • sue.evans

        Thank you 😊 enjoyed the challenge! Keeps the grey matter on its toes!

      • orchidee

        Good writes Sue.

        • sue.evans

          Thank you 😊

        • myself and me

          Can't believe you collect so many in one. It took me several days to write two.
          Love them.

          • sue.evans

            Thank you - I love puzzles so the challenge of the syllables was my goal!!!
            Thank you for reading and commenting.
            😊



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