Comment from Dawn Munro

Excellent

VERY good poetry, IMHO, BUT your second one doesn't fit the syllable count required for a cinquain, as far as I know... Inferno is three syllables, for example = In/fer/no = 3.

Lets break down another line for that cinquain. (Fiery is the syllable-rule exception. It can be two or three syllables. There are a few words like "fire" with that exception).

Moving on --

Flick/er/ing =3
flar/ing = 2
burn/ing = 2
__________
total = 7

Next line:
A/void = 2
at all costs =3
___________
total 5

Nonetheless, as a certain bard might say (*smile*), what's in a name; a rose by any other name still smells as sweet.

Just don't call your sweet poems cinquains and all is good. :)) WE (poets) invent the formats. I like these poems very much.

 Comment Written 08-Mar-2019

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reply by the author on 08-Mar-2019

Thank you for the review and compliments. The construction of that type 2 is different the notes section explain why.

Comment from Y. M. Roger

Excellent

Wow -- don't think I've even heard of the second type one there -- thanx for the introduction! :) ;) Great cinquains with worthwhile messages! ;) ;) Be sure to pop back in there and center your final "Hell". :) Thanx for sharing and good luck in the contest! :) ;)

 Comment Written 06-Mar-2019

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reply by the author on 06-Mar-2019

Thank you for the review and compliments,
It was listed with the contest notification.
I will check the centering, but it maybe the different poem structures automatic centering.

Comment from 24chas

Excellent

This was a good read. I can appreciate the imagery and the flow of these two cinquains. I think your warning is pretty evident and you did it in a good way. Nice job.

 Comment Written 06-Mar-2019

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reply by the author on 06-Mar-2019

Thank you for the review and positive encouragements.