Empty Boat Full of Dusk
gentle
wake waves embrace
the busy docking bay,
without the fish in nets to sell —
washout
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Author Notes
CINQUAIN is inspired by Japanese haiku and tanka, and 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. American poet, Adelaide Crapsey 1915, created it. 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 like haiku and tanka. more information
more information about cinquain
top picture from google public domain; bottom picture by Akos Batorfi on flickr
Thank you for reading and reviewing my poem.
Gypsy
"Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason" -- Novalis
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