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Cinquain 2/4/6/8/2 for Japanese Poetry Club

A chapter in the book One Thousand Cranes

Blue Bayou Swamp

by Gypsy Blue Rose


If You Would Like To Join the Japanese Poetry Club, please check my author notes


Blue Bayou Swamp

 

muggy
cobalt hue sky
above muck and green grime
where boughs bear burden of bad rap —
folk tales



 




the bottom picture is a swamp water lily

MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF LOUISIANA'S BAYOU COUNTRY --It doesn't take much to believe the folktales of the bayous and swamps of Louisiana. The twists and turns of the waterways and the shade of our cypress trees provide a mysterious backdrop for myths, legends, and folktales. click here to read a few stories

CINQUAIN is inspired by Japanese haiku and tanka, is akin in spirit to that of the *Imagists. The form is five lines with 22 syllables count in a pattern of 2/4/6/8/2. The title is used as the sixth line. It's usually unrhymed but it can be rhymed about any subject. It was created by American poet, Adelaide Crapsey in 1915. Her cinquain depends on the strict structure and intense imagery to communicate a mood or feeling. *Imagism was a movement in early-20th-century American poetry that favored precision of imagery and clear, sharp language, very much as haiku and tanka. more information

*If you would like to join the Haiku Club, please click here and look for the haiku club* RESERVE A SPOT /SUBMIT YOUR ENTRY

Thank you for reading and reviewing my poem.

Gypsy


Club entry for the "CINQUAIN POEM" event in "JAPANESE POETRY CLUB".  Locate a writing club.
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