Sunday, August 21, 2005
American Cinquains & Doublets
This site is dedicated to ENGLISH short form image poetry derived
from its creator Adelaide Crapsey ..... namely AMERICAN CINQUAINS & DOUBLETS
Doublets must be rhymed two line stanzas of ten syllables
with an integral title.
Quintiles are multiple American cinquains on a common theme
and are linked to form a longer poem.
from its creator Adelaide Crapsey ..... namely AMERICAN CINQUAINS & DOUBLETS
Doublets must be rhymed two line stanzas of ten syllables
with an integral title.
Quintiles are multiple American cinquains on a common theme
and are linked to form a longer poem.
It would appear that Adelaide prioritised as follows;
Image/Thought ...... the inspiration behind the poem
Five line formStress sequence 1,2,3,4,1
Syllable sequence 2,4,6,8,2
Symmetry ............. Initial line capitals and English grammar throughout
Here are examples of each form Poetry posted is the copyright of myself. Contacr strandbg@aol.com for list/prices of my chapbook series of short poetic form
AN AMERICAN CINQUAIN
AROMATHERAPY
Often
Kindnesses float
Like petals on a stream;
A fragrance that lingers within
The heart
A QUINTILE
Thermals
Drift,rising with
Brown buzzard ground circling
Silhouette shadowed before
Slaying
as
Darkness
Descending slow
Breaking out of the silence
Of the winter's night,a single
Owl screech
of
Hunger
Which haunts each dark
Hour,as coldness kills,thus
Does Nature's chain perpetuate
At night.
A DOUBLET with integral title
FOLLOWING A TRAWLER
A bevy of gulls in a sea-fowl cloud
In fellowship squabble,whispering loud.
Other Educational Poetry Blogs of mine are
haiga-ichthys.blogspot.com
vignette-ichthys.blogspot.com
monoku-ichthys.blogspot.com
sequence-fibonacci.blogspot.com
ekphrasis-poiema.blogspot.com
quintile.blogspot.com
quintain.blogspot.com
ichthys-couplets.blogspot.com
epulaeryu.blogspot.com
tetractys-ichthys.blogspot.com
englyn.blogspot.com
