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Cinquain
Published in
Nov 17, 2022
listen
the sea waves sing
blue words in grey verses
follow the rise and fall of dreams
passing
Poet Lubna Yusuf
Inspired by the Japanese tanka and haiku, a cinquain is a short poem consisting of five, usually unrhymed lines containing, respectively, two, four, six, eight, and two syllables.
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