tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27428526.post-1146589860806633892006-05-02T10:00:00.000-07:002007-04-30T07:31:27.395-07:00<strong>CINQKU</strong> is a fixed-form five line tanka/cinquain image poem without a title in 17 syllables,concise with a surprise or turn in lines 4/5.<br /><br />The form was created by Denis Garrison,an American poet.<br /><br />All the image poems below are <strong>COPYRIGHT</strong> of Brian Strand an English Poet they may be reproduced for educational purpposes provided an acknowlwdgement of copyright is made and an email advice of use is made to <a href="mailto:strandbg@hotmail.com">mailto:strandbg@hotmail.com</a><br /><br />If you would like to try out a five line image form in a friendly group workshop atmosphere then click on the link to this site and goto <strong>Lanternes </strong>(<em><strong>See Link</strong></em>)<br /><br />######################################################################################<br /><strong>CINQKU</strong><br />#1<br />nesting<br />rooks among<br />the bursting buds--<br />stick by stick,Ides of March<br />unfold<br /><br />#2<br />muffled<br />bells echo<br />across the square---<br />sepia memories<br />surface<br /><br /><br /># 3<br />a light<br />frost whitens<br />the frozen verge---<br />inert below,summer<br />awaits<br /><br />#4<br />a thick<br />mist blankets<br />the winter dawn---<br />necklaced jewels bedeck<br />the hedge<br /><br />#5<br />August<br />shaded gold<br />becomes monsoon---<br />berries rot beneath the<br />bramble<br /><br />#6<br />dank fog<br />envelops<br />a bonfire night---<br />the party becomes a<br />damp squib<br /><br />#7<br />under<br />the hedge a<br />welcome haven---<br />down my neck raindroplets<br />trickle<br /><br />#8<br />dozing<br />on the lawn<br />St Swithin's day---<br />large round spots slash into<br />my lap<br /><br />#9<br />five toes<br />and a pad<br />imprint the snow--<br />hunger brings a stranger<br />at night<br /><br />#10<br />winter<br />arrives late--<br />in th forest<br />a stoat melts into a<br />snowdrift<br /><br />#11<br />layers<br />of deep cloud<br />linger all day---<br />depression cateracts<br />insight<br /><br />#12<br />sunlight<br />on the tiles<br />dusted with snow--<br />rivulets overflow<br />the butt<br /><br />#13<br />over<br />the stubble<br />carrion crows---<br />the gamekeeper heads home<br />for tea<br /><br />#14<br />blossom,<br />a welcome<br />springtime emblem---<br />the foretaste of fruitage<br />to come<br /><br />#15<br />the first<br />heavy frost<br />whitens the lawn--<br />overnight fall becomes<br />winter<br /><br />#16<br />smitten<br />by a smile,<br />the warmth of love<br />engaged and now lives on---<br />engraved<br /><br />COPYRIGHT BRIAN STRAND ENGLANDichthyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02166493604739619406noreply@blogger.com