tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149018172009-02-21T02:41:43.765-08:00AMERICAN CINQUAINS & DOUBLETSAn introduction to the English image poetic formichthyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02166493604739619406noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14901817.post-1124640498006286632005-08-21T09:08:00.000-07:002008-08-23T00:07:50.446-07:00American Cinquains & Doublets<a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_9A9gX5wXrV4/SJAgKCzeGpI/AAAAAAAAADU/G5md24MSttM/s1600-h/doublet.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228714524300679826" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_9A9gX5wXrV4/SJAgKCzeGpI/AAAAAAAAADU/G5md24MSttM/s320/doublet.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>This site is dedicated to ENGLISH short form image poetry derived<br />from its creator <strong>Adelaide Crapsey .....</strong> namely AMERICAN CINQUAINS & DOUBLETS<br /><br /><strong>Doublets</strong> must be rhymed two line stanzas of ten syllables<br />with an integral title.<br /><strong>Quintiles</strong> are multiple American cinquains on a common theme<br />and are linked to form a longer poem.<br /><br /><br /></div><p><em></em></p><em><div><br /></div><p>It would appear that Adelaide prioritised as follows;</p><div><br /></div><p>Image/Thought ...... the inspiration behind the poem</p><div><br /></div><p>Five line formStress sequence 1,2,3,4,1</p><div><br /></div><p>Syllable sequence 2,4,6,8,2</p><div><br /></div><p>Symmetry ............. Initial line capitals and English grammar throughout</p><div><br /></div><p>Here are examples of each form Poetry posted is the copyright of myself. Contacr <a href="mailto:strandbg@hotmail.com">strandbg@hotmail.com</a> for list/prices of my chapbook series of short poetic form</em></p><div><br />AN AMERICAN CINQUAIN<br /><br />AROMATHERAPY<br /><br />Often<br />Kindnesses float<br />Like petals on a stream;<br />A fragrance that lingers within<br />The heart<br /><br />A QUINTILE<br /><br />Thermals<br />Drift,rising with<br />Brown buzzard ground circling<br />Silhouette shadowed before<br />Slaying<br /><br />as<br /><br />Darkness<br />Descending slow<br />Breaking out of the silence<br />Of the winter's night,a single<br />Owl screech<br /><br />of<br /><br />Hunger<br />Which haunts each dark<br />Hour,as coldness kills,thus<br />Does Nature's chain perpetuate<br />At night.<br /><br /><br />A DOUBLET with integral title<br /><br />FOLLOWING A TRAWLER<br /><br />A bevy of gulls in a sea-fowl cloud<br /><br />In fellowship squabble,whispering loud. </div><div> </div><div><br /><strong>Other Educational Poetry Blogs of mine are<br /></strong>haiga-ichthys.blogspot.com<br />vignette-ichthys.blogspot.com<br />monoku-ichthys.blogspot.com<br />sequence-fibonacci.blogspot.com<br />ekphrasis-poiema.blogspot.com<br />quintile.blogspot.com<br />quintain.blogspot.com<br />ichthys-couplets.blogspot.com<br />epulaeryu.blogspot.com<br />tetractys-ichthys.blogspot.com<br />englyn.blogspot.com<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14901817-112464049800628663?l=ichthys67.blogspot.com'/></div>ichthyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02166493604739619406noreply@blogger.com0