What's Going On? : An Adelaide Cinquain a la DM

by Don Matthews

Thursday 4th October 2018 11:43 am

What's Going On? : An Adelaide Cinquain a la DM

Preamble

About a hundred years ago American poet Adelaide Crapsey created a 5-line verse called a cinquain (cin-cain) with line syllable count 2-4-6-8-2. She was inspired by haiku and tanka.

I have taken a light-hearted approach to her creation. I hope she would smile in approval.

I'm look

ing at my key

board and it's looking back

and asking what's going on Don?

Nothing

I got writer's block keyboard...

Don Matthews October 2018

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◄ Who Holds My Key?

Again and Again and Again ►

Comments

<Deleted User> (18980)

Thu 4th Oct 2018 15:03

Tommy's right...some of these formats are just daft...and to some extent I include haiku in this. Many people seem to think that any old 5-7-5 is a haiku. Now I'm no expert, but there's more to it than this, otherwise it's a haiku in name only... my name for which is haikino.

Don Matthews

Thu 4th Oct 2018 10:08

And what did you call your 67-line form Tommy? I couldn't see it listed in one of the all-time greats of poetic frustrations (sorry, forms). Perhaps the collators banged their heads silly trying to work out if it qualified
I'm gonna stick with Adelaide ?

Tommy Carroll

Thu 4th Oct 2018 09:57

Don I invented a 67 line verse that has 8 words per line that contains only 10 vowels per line and must use the letter "Q" 13 times in total, that if read upside down near the back door you will get exceedingly annoyed.
Do try it Don and I'll see you in the outpatients.

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