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My intent here is to write a poem from the prompt I give to you , the reader, in hopes that it will inspire something and get others to write with me.

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Today's Prompt is Crapsey cinquains (Reverse)

Cinquain (pronounced /ˈsɪŋkeɪn/) is the general term for a class of poetic forms that employ a 5-line pattern. Within the class, there are several forms that are defined by specific rules and guidelines. Today we will be doing the Reverse cinquain which is a form with one 5-line stanza in a syllabic pattern of two, eight, six, four, two. OURS IS...

Echoes
lingering deep within my heart
beating stronger with each
soft kiss, bringing
echoes

5 comments:

  1. Sunrise
    Birds wake, flowers open, morning.
    Shadows shorten, air warms.
    Shadows lengthen
    Nightfall.

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  2. Rainfall
    Water falling from way up high
    But how does it get there
    Science? Magic?
    Your choice.

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  3. A smile
    Voluntary muscle spasm
    But it is so much more
    Life's lightened by
    A smile.

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  4. poets make me feel like an idiot, for being poetry-deficient, but I suredo loke reading the creation of others. Like You,Helena,and penny. can't wait to see what you guys write each day.

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  5. Dreaming
    My thoughts have flown a thousand miles
    I've loved, I've fought, I've danced
    Still in my bed
    Sleeping

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