A COUPLE OF QUINZAINES
The cliff face was menacing.
Was she all alone?
Was she pushed?
In brick and mortar townscapes
Is wild life sustained?
Do birds sing?
A quinzaine is an unrhymed verse of fifteen syllables. These syllables are distributed among three lines so that there are seven syllables in the first line, five in the second line and three in the third line (7/5/3). The first line makes a statement. The next two lines ask a question relating to that statement.
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Author:
Michael Edwards (
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- Comment from author about the poem: Yet another daff in the garden - this one a split corona variety.
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Two thought provoking quinzaines Michael.
Thanks Andy - it's quite an interesting form in that it can invite intrigue.
Ooh good quiz-wotsits and pic M.
I'm gonna do a douzaine (12), or quatorzaine (14) for example. I might do 100 of these, cos I can count up to 100 in French. Ohh, our talents are too much - no end of them! lol.
Here's a unaze (1). Erm...'One'. That's it, the whole poem!
Such an enigmatic poem Orchi - I love it.
We could do a joint write.
Here is my suggestion for a second stanza: Two
Over to you for a third.
Oh would we technically have to start at three syllables, if there has to be three lines in total? Meanwhile, to finish that unaze: Three
Oh brilliant last line and a new form is invented :- 3 lines, 3 Cilla Berles .
Shall we call it an Edorchi or an Orchied ?
Decisions, decisions!
I was going to ask if we should consult Ms Berles with these poems?!
She'd want paying - I ode her for the last one for ages and she might not want to help.
And is she French, what with these quinzanes, etc?
She must be, she grows her own garlic.
Missed your comment about a unaze - sorry - lets stick to that.
Call in DCI Vera Stanhope for the first one. As for the second, pigeons are everywhere! Intriguing little bits Michael!
I'm sure she would crack it - and pigeons are best in a lie. Thanks Lorna.
Did you mean pie? Or are they Washington DC pigeons that lie?
BREXIT has come and has stayed !
Who will it affect ?
When and where ?
Thanks MICHAEL ~ Love DAFFS and there are hundreds of varieties always look best in HOSTS !
Quinzaines are a way of making a meaningful three line statement they are intellectual Haiku ! I like No. 2 and the answer is YES !
Please check my MUSICAL FUSION thanks BRIAN
I like it... and not as easy as it looks. I penned one but you need a compelling statement and these aren't throwing themselves onto the page for me.
Yes you do need something that is strong like say: The funeral was over or There was hole in my sock.
Michael,
Another great one!
I will eventually give this interesting form a try!
What a beautiful daffodil!
~Laura~
Like a ballet dancer doing the splits - trouble with this one is that the flowers tend to look down and they don't last that long.
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