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Cinquain Challenge

Cinquain

 

Each month we are trying to do some interactive posts that will get you writing. I know this is nanowrimo, but we still think it’s fun to interact.

We’ve picked a short poetry form that many of you might know: the Cinquain. I know there are a few different forms of these, but I wanted to keep it simple. I don’t think a fun writing exercise should be frustrating in any way. Let’s see  the best Cinquain you can come up with. Winner will be published on Every Day Poems with a bio.

I’ve picked, what I feel is the simplest way of writing a Cinquain. It is the Holidays after all, and we don’t want to spend a week trying to write a complicated poetry form (in the future, perhaps). For now write your Cinquain IN THE COMMENTS like this:

 

Cinquain:

 

Line 1: A noun

Line 2: Two adjectives

Line 3: Three -ing words

Line 4: A phrase of four words

Line 5: Synonym for the noun in the first line

 

Simple example:

I,
bored, anxious
waiting, strumming, wanting,
to go home to
solitude

Write as many as you want:

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  1. Bethany Rohde says

    November 24, 2014 at 12:26 pm

    Oh, I’m glad to hear you like it. Yes, feel free to use it.

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  2. Every Writer says

    November 24, 2014 at 12:25 pm

    I like this very much. Do you mind if I use this margin in the next Every Writer?

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  3. Bethany Rohde says

    November 20, 2014 at 10:40 am

    Daughter,
    Sixty, hushed.
    Kneeling, whispering, grasping
    her mother’s swollen hands.
    Child

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