A cinquain (was Re: Correction)

Subject: A cinquain (was Re: Correction)
From: Louise Penberthy <louise -at- PRAVDA -dot- CC -dot- GATECH -dot- EDU>
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 1994 16:41:59 -0400

In article <9408180733 -dot- AA11994 -at- sd -dot- co -dot- il>, Mark Levinson <mark -at- sd -dot- co -dot- il> wrote:
>Sorry, I was flaming too hot to type straight.

>A cinquain is a five-line poem with 2, 4, 6, 8, and 2 syllables.

Here's an example, just for fun.

These be
Three silent things:
The falling snow, the hour before
The dawn, the mouth of one
Just dead.

By Adelaide Crapsey. A friend of mine told it to me years ago.

-- Louise Penberthy

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