Cinquain is a short, usually unrhymed poem consisting of twenty-two syllables distributed as 2, 4, 6, 8, 2, in five lines.
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bullet-riddled
crying soldiers anxious
breathlessly waiting setting sun
freedom
Cinquain is a short, usually unrhymed poem consisting of twenty-two syllables distributed as 2, 4, 6, 8, 2, in five lines.
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bullet-riddled
crying soldiers anxious
breathlessly waiting setting sun
freedom
madasahatter572 
I’m enjoying these cinquain. Wonderful!
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Ah, Poetry Channel, Thank You for the read and compliment. It’s only my fourth posted Cinquain, but I’m very proud of it and of my progress concerning to creatively excute them at all. 😉
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I am proud of you too. You have worked hard to produce these outcomes. I love the end and the sun setting is their life ending.
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Poignant and evocative. Excellent cinquain work, Dorna ❤ I learned a new poetry form, perhaps I'll try to write one sometime.
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Anita and MW, thank you ladies for your encouraging compliments. I do hope to produce even more Cinquain and other poetries as they come. 🙂
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Very difficult to compose but you are superb at it! 🙂
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Truly, I try and every post is definitely my great(est) success. 😉 Thank You for your further encouragement. 🙂
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Wonderful imagery, Dorna.
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Qaiser, Thank You so much for the compliment. 😉
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Nice!
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very nice!
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I am liking this form. Nicely done.
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Sorry for the delayed response. The laptop has been on the fritz of late. So now I want to Thank You for your encouraging comment. With all your great works, poetry, it is truly a compliment that you enjoy or found some enjoyment, something of my poetry. 😉
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Mine is on the fritz too, picking it up tonight:) And, you’re welcome.
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IMPACT, the bullets are level with the intensity of this poem. Great job!
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tmez, Thank you for the read and comment. And I agree, bullets can be very impacting any piece.
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Whoa… Totally awesome. Well done!
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Again, thank you for reading my words and finding enjoyment, some sort of feeling from them. 🙂
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I want to try new poem form, but I am away business. I should try at least one a week. Nice job on this one.
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Thank you always for reading my words. And yes, I agree, every writer should try and step away from their writing comforts, knowing and try something new. 😉
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You are right. I studied the poem forms and hope to try something new. You are a good example. Thank you!
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Never thought myself an example to anyone, but thank you for the compliment.
I am trying, though slowly with each piece I post, to step out and away from my own-created (writing/reading) comfort zone. 🙂
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You are to me!
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