Crapsey's Cinquan
Crapsey's Cinquan
She named
her form Cinquan,
Adelaide Crapsey,
neither Adelaide or Crapsey
would do.
And left
in her poems
very fast and unruly life
organized in syllabic form
her lungs.
She died
at thirty-six
Adelaide Crapsey
creator of American
Cinquan.
Climax
that each line builds
as it grows without rhyme
five lines of two, four, six, eight, two
with sound.
Questions & Answers
© 2018 Jamie Lee Hamann
Comments
I learned something from you today because I'd never heard of Cinquan. I never cared for poetry until I joined HubPages and started reading modern-day poets like you and others I could name. I think it was the stodgy old masters I didn't care for. This style definitely takes skill, so I think I'll stick with limericks. I'm not a poet, and do I know it. You are a good one.
Most creative and a nice introduction to this form. I find that I do best with writing poetry in the freestyle because my inspiration can just take over and I can just let my imagination soar. However, I have learned to create different forms and even though some are rather complex the ending result is still satisfying.