Passion
its in her eyes
the sexy way she moves
everything she does, she does with
passion.
Promise
of gentle love, with soft hands
warm heart, naturally
spiritually.
Tory
Author notes
30 to 70 words
Picture Prompt found here:
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Cinquain
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.
In its simplest dictionary definition, a cinquain is a poem of five lines. Crapsey’s cinquain was
more specific, a poem of five lines with a specific syllable count of 2-4-6-8-2, usually iambic.
The ideal cinquain for Crapsey was one that worked up to a turn or climax, and then fell back.
Similar to the “twist” that often occurs in the final couplet of a sonnet, a cinquain’s “turn” usually
occurs during the final, shorter fifth line or immediately before it. Thus, the momentum of a cinquain
grows with each subsequent line as another two syllables, usually an ambic foot, is added bringing
the poem to a climax at the fourth line, falling back to a two syllable “punch line”.
Part of the imagist movement in the early twentieth century, Crapsey wrote her cinquains in
precise, natural language with minimal use of adjectives. Although influenced by her study of Asian
poetry forms and her translations of Japanese haiku, she titled her cinquains and was not opposed
to the use of literary devices such as alliteration and assonance.
At some point in the mid-twentieth century, elementary school teachers started using a modified
version of the cinquain as a grammar lesson. Instead of syllables, these poems emphasized
grammar forms as the criteria for each line. Although useful as a teaching tool, these “didactic”
cinquains were never widely published. Recently, there has been a renaissance of cinquain poetry
on the internet, of the syllable-patterned form that Crapsey developed. Modern cinquain writers
have been refining the form as they experiment, sometimes using resonance between the first
and last lines to bring the poem full circle. Many poets writing today’s cinquains draw from their
experiences with haiku, effectively using juxtaposition to divide the poem into two halves, which
compliment each other with layered meanings.
Cinquain poets have also been experimenting with cinquain variations – cinquain sequences
(polystanzaic poems made up of cinquain stanzas), crown cinquains (a five stanza cinquain
sequence), reverse cinquains (a cinquain with a reverse syllable pattern of 2-8-6-4-2), mirror
cinquains (a two stanza cinquain sequence of the pattern 2-4-6-8-2 2-8-6-4-2), and cinquain
butterflies (a “merged mirror cinquain” where the two stanzas of a mirror cinquain are merged
together, one of the middle 2 syllable lines is dropped, resulting in one nine line stanza of the
form 2-4-6-8-2-8-6-4-2). Please note that a cinquain butterfly is not a “cinquain” because it
doesn’t have five lines, but it is a “butterfly” made up of two cinquains that were merged together
into one poem.
Love you Tory
A contest entry
- Semi- Quickie; Picture/Quote options by perfectsunset.
450 points, ended June 19, 9 entries
Honorable winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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yes indeed, your lady friend below said it best great to see you back in the sweing of things.
Sometimes when least expected people have to take a break.
Well done and good luck in the contest.
Love
Passion s
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Aww this was so beautifully crafted. I really appreciate that you took the time to pen a cinquain; carefully putting this piece together. You did an amazing job. This was passionate and tender.
Thanks for entering & best of luck
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Very nicely done ~ I am glad to see you here in the contests again ~ always a pleasure ~ best of luck
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Now this is just beautiful
I know she will love this, my friend
You wrote your heart; nothing can be more beautiful
Wishing you the best!
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