Cinquain # 13: Good Luck?
Lucky?
I don’t think so.
There’s no such thing as luck.
Our hard work plus God’s blessings bring
Success.
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Check out the details of this month-long challenge at NaPoWriMo.net.
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NAPOWRIMO – 2016
NaPoWriMo 2016 – Day 12
Cinquain # 12: Food Fun
Hot dog:
Take one weiner;
Place gently in warm bun;
Top with mustard, onion, relish.
Yum-yum.
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NaPoWriMo 2016 – Day 11
Cinquain # 11: How To Love
Loving
Done correctly
Is more a matter of
Faithfulness and honor than of
Feelings.
Done correctly
Is more a matter of
Faithfulness and honor than of
Feelings.
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Still plenty of time to try your hand at a poem a day for the last half of April. Visit NaPoWriMo.net for details.
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NaPoWriMo 2016 – Day 10
To take part in this fun challenge, visit NaPoWriMo.net.
I’m doing only cinquain during this year’s National Poetry Writing Month challenge, and since today is National Siblings Day in the U. S., this subject seemed appropriate.
Cinquain # 10: Sisters
Sisters
I have but one,
And always we’ve been close –
As little girls and ladies grown;
We’re blessed.
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NaPoWriMo 2016 – Day 9
Join the fun. Hop over to NaPoWriMo.net to get the details.
Cinquain # 9: Chocolate
(You knew I’d have to do it sometime this month.)
Choc’late
Deserves awards
For all it gives to us.
Comforts souls, soothes taught nerves, aids health.
Sweet treat!
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NaPoWriMo 2016 – Day 7
Cinquain # 7: Am I Here???
“To be,
Or not to be.”
I’ve borrowed this fine quote
‘Cause I have no fresh ideas
Today.
To be
Is to exist.
Then not to be must mean
The opposite: to not exist.
Sounds right.
But if
I don’t exist,
Would someone be aware?
And would anyone care that I’m
Not me???
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NaPoWriMo 2016 – Day 6
Cinquain # 6: Global Warming???
The say
Earth’s growing warm.
But Spring has brought cold winds
And frigid nights. Me thinks someone
Has lied.
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There’s still plenty of time to take part. Visit NaPoWriMo.net.
You can follow the prompts on that site or write something from your own ideas. I’m doing only cinquain this year, and writing on whatever subject suits my fancy each day.
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NaPoWriMo 2016 – Day 5
Ciquain # 5: Language Lesson
‘To love’
Conjugation:
Amo, amas, amat,
Amamus, amatis, amant.
Latin.
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‘To love’
Conjugation:
I love; you love; he loves;
We love; you love (plural); they love.
English.
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There’s still plenty of time to take part. Visit NaPoWriMo.net.
You can follow the prompts on that site or write something from your own ideas. I’m doing only cinquain this year, and writing on whatever subject suits my fancy each day.
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NaPoWriMo 2016 – Day 4
Cinquain # 4: When Love Is Lost
I yearn:
For tingling touch,
For nectared kiss from which
I’d draw sweet love. But you are gone.
I yearn.
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To participate in this year’s poetry challenge, visit NaPoWriMo.net.
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NaPoWriMo 2016 – Day 3
Cinquain # 3: The Naughty Wishing Well
Old well,
I’ve wished and wished
And fed you bags of coins.
But still no love. Now, I want a
Refund.
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To join the fun visit NaPoWriMo.net.
For an explanation of cinquain, visit here.
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NaPoWriMo 2016 – Day 2
Cinquain # 2: Lookin’ Good
Day two.
I’m well prepared.
My muse is still quite fresh.
The words flow smoothly; no distress
So far.
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To participate in this writing challenge, visit NaPoWriMo.net.
For an explanation of cinquain, see this post.
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NaPoWriMo 2016 – Day 1
Cinquain # 1: Meeting The Challenge
It’s here:
NaPoWriMo.
The challenge now is this:
A brand new poem ev’ry day.
Begin!
This year for NaPoWriMo, I’m creating a new cinquain every day in April (or at least I’m starting out to do that. I may or may not have 30 when we’re done.) If you’d like to challenge yourself to write a new poem every day during National Poetry Writing Month, hop over to the NaPoWriMo site for some interesting information and prompts. You don’t have to follow the prompts, but they’re worth checking out in case they strike your fancy.
I’m doing cinquain because, although I generally prefer poetry forms that require rhyme and specific meter, I do occasionally enjoy writing in some of the forms that are based on syllable count. And of all those forms, my favorite is cinquain. It is also the only totally American poetic form — created by the American poet Adelaide Crapsey. She was inspired by the Japanese forms of haiku and tanka, but cinquain has its own syllabic pattern and its own unique charm. So this time around, rather than follow the NaPoWriMo prompts, I’m going cinquain all the way.
The form requires a 5-line stanza with the syllable count in each line as follows:
Line 1 — 2 syllables
Line 2 — 4 syllables
Line 3 — 6 syllables
Line 4 — 8 syllables
Line 5 — 2 syllables
The basic meter is iambic pentameter. However, there are many variations on the cinquain that Adelaide Crapsey wrote, and as with other poetic forms, each poet adds his or her own personality to the work.
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National Poetry Writing Month is Almost Here
Hey, all you poets, psalmists, and songwriters out there, did you know that April is National Poetry Writing Month? Well, it is, and that means it’s time to focus on our meter, rhyme, and imagery. Maureen Thorson, of Washington, D.C., U.S.A., hosts a website devoted specifically to National Poetry Writing Month — along with a project she has christened NaPoWriMo. That project encourages participants to write a new poem every day for the 30 days of April.
Now, you can write any kind of poem you want — any form — any theme. Or you can visit her site every day to get a prompt from the project itself. The site also offers interesting material from a number of different poets, as well as links to other sites that are poetry specific.
So why not jump in and take part in NaPoWriMo this year. I generally participate, although I rarely manage to write 30 poems. But if we each write even 10 new poems in the month of April, just think how much creativity we’ve unleashed.
This year I’m doing something a little different. I love cinquain, and it is about the only form out there that is uniquely American-made. So this year, rather than follow the prompts on the NaPoWriMo site, I’m going to write a new cinquain for each day. I may borrow from the site’s theme suggestions, and I may not. We’ll have to see. But I hope a lot of you participate and post your links to your poems on the NaPoWriMo site.
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The Happy Wordcrafter 