Five CinquainsWhen I was first taught the
cinquain, I was told it had a pattern of 1, 2, 3, 4, 1 syllables, not 2, 4, 6, 8,
2, so that’s why these poems follow the pattern they do—really a half-cinquain. Impressionable young
mind. This problem was not quite as bad, however, as being told in high school
that haiku was 5-7-5. But I digress. Cinquain for Introductionsaitchaitch-ee aitch-ee-el aitch-ee-el-el Oh! FurnitureDa!mn—his voice ,drop-ping low, Cursed the stub-bing toe. Vowel Movementeh?eh-yee! eh-yeeee-I! eh-yee-I-oh! You! MuleIfYou say So then that Is the way it Is. The DrowningSlipStumble Splashing deep Sinking beneath Weeds. Previously unpublished. |