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Cinquain-Tanka 5/5/5/5/5 For The Contest
One Thousand Cranes
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Dark Evening
by Gypsy Blue Rose
for cinquain-tanka new contest
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In this dark evening,
even moonflowers
hide from summer rain,
lulled by creek’s whispers,
and heron’s roh-rohs.
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Cinquain Tanka
Contest Winner
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Author Notes
-- The personification of moonflowers is allowed with Cinquain Tanka
-- Moonflower is a night-blooming flower
--Herons, during breeding, greet their partner with squawking roh-roh-rohs when arriving at the nest.
CINQUAIN-TANKA is a combination of a cinquain poem and a tanka. It's written using 5 lines with 5 syllables on each line. "Cinq" is French for the number 5. Tanka is a Japanese poem with five lines too. I created this new poem form. It never rhymes. You can use any subject.
Line one: 5 syllables
Line two: 5 syllables
Line tree: 5 syllables
Line four: 5 syllables
Line five: 5 syllables
Thank you very much for taking the time to read and review my poem.
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