Compendium of American Cinquains

AMERICAN CINQUAINS Poems in shapely form, displaying syllables or stresses in a versatile refrain. Created. by both Adelaide Crapsey & William Soutar LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT-a quintile(LINKED cinquains) We had met and conversed, a rapport on first sight- a chance meeting to a life's time delight that Summer evening silken, long..an encounter of initiations together explored as Desire welled within- words became a promise so sublime,to love now and for all time. MY FONDEST MEMORY My love Beguiled me,with Soft sensuous lips,sleek Long thighs with rounded hips,twinned heart's Enlaced with Eyes closed As lips caressed, Mouths joined,impassioned Tongues explore,in our love's embrace, Time-framed in the The warmth Of love's invite Encompassed my desire, In two soft whispered words of love, Be mine ! ANOTHER QUINTILE Long days Of August sun Where nature blinks and shrinks The dying grass,yellowed in sleep- Held fast as Oat grass Tinted old gold Shimmers on tall green stems; On a clear warm light of evening sun- Back-lit the Brimstone Awakens,then From each flower hovers On the drying wind of the breeze- Sun-lit. CINQUAIN EPIGRAM Beauty free from above embedded in our heart- His loving-kindness ..ready to impart THE TRIO These be the keys to life, faith,hope and agape, love,the greatest gift of all three- to thee ! L1 is the opening line to TRIAD the American Cinquain by Adelaide Crapsey MISTAKES Hurry Takes its toll as In our daily stroll,we From deepest ruts of blind alleys Quicken. THE CINQUAIN untitled How slight The petal of A poppy,flowering- So much like us,beautiful,yet Fragile.