Does it make sense to you that when you keep bumping into something in your life, it is about you rather than just about what (or whom) you are bumping in to? That has been happening for me again. I enjoyed using a new poetry form to gain insight and freedom.
The form of poetry is called the American Cinquain.(See Cinquain.org)
Adelaide Crapsey (1878-1914) was an American poet best known for establishing the five-line form known as the cinquain.
She had a deep appreciation for metrics and was an admirer of Japanese tanka and haiku. Her cinquain was developed partly as an American analogue of these forms.
Her poetry was published posthumously in 1915 in a collection titled Verse.
She is considered one of the first Imagist poets.
The insight gained related to a struggle I had had at Holistic Alliance—wanting to please everyone, thereby sacrificing my own integrity and the integrity of the relationships with everyone else. I hope you will enjoy the poetry!
Regret
Unbidden, pervasive
Wrenching, gripping, haunting
Makes a poor bedtime partner
Remorse
Forgiveness
Sweet, welcome
Freeing, expanding, relieving
Opens one’s heart to new beginnings
Mercy
Ashes
Broken promises
Our dreams dashed
Can we ever recover
Willing
Humor
Brings healing
Makes us laugh
At or with others
Lightheartedly
Nature
Once feared
Then sadly forgotten
What will the future
Hold
The truth
My honesty
Why give anything else
When all is given to the self
Live clean
In one form, your last line should be a synonym of your first line. It should mean exactly the same or nearly the same of that first word.
Friends
Such treasures
Some for life
Some for a time
Beloveds
Passion
Wild, hot
Wickedly, wantonly, willingly
Giving over to my heart’s desire
Devotion
Great stuff can come from inner struggle just like pearls from clams…
Here are more related websites about the form, thanks to Gail, president of Pine Island Writers!
http://examples.yourdictionary.com/cinquain-examples.html
http://hrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca/davidc/6c_files/Poem%20pics/cinquaindescrip.htm
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson43/RWT016-1.PDF
