Fire
Cinquain Poem
Published in
Jul 15, 2021
Tempest
of burning flames
Engulf to devastate
I perish to begin again
from fire
Poet Lubna Yusuf
Cinquain:
A cinquain (sɪŋkeɪn/ sin-kayn) is a five-line form of unrhymed poetry, structured in a 2–4–6–8–2 syllable scheme.
This 22 syllable poetry form was introduced by Adelaide Crapsey, an American poet who took her inspiration from Japanese haiku and tanka.
In her 1915 collection titled Verse, published a year after her death, Adelaide Crapsey included 28 cinquains.
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