guffaws
depart our lips
as we serve up applause;
we tenderly remember scripts
and clips
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I am posting an odd numbered cinquain for a change of pace. Rest in peace Robin Williams.
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Cinquain/XXVI
this year
unwelcome waves
washed away darlings, dear;
yea – all shall become sleepy slaves
in graves
Cinquain/XXIV
fast feet
fly over floor
to a ballistic beat
as harmonious hands implore
for more
Cinquain/XXII
travel
to foreign realms
and you may unravel
comely kindness that overwhelms
hushed helms
Cinquain/XX
forsooth!
bending bone back
afore tearing tense tooth
tacked a terrifying taut thwack
on track
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I had no plans to write tonight, but then I fell during my evening run. I chipped a tooth, cracked my lip, and have a pretty nasty abrasion on my chin.
I was feeling a bit low, so I wrote a little something to make myself feel better.
Tomorrow – the dentist!
Cinquain/XVIII
do NOT
hammer that nail
into Johnny’s top spot;
without him, our musical grail
shall pale
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Cinquain XVIII was inspired by this quirky photo of John Lennon and George Harrison.
Cinquain/XVI
brother,
when you were born
our tremendous mother
adored you, thus her tender thorn
was shorn
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For my brother Jason, who shines brighter than us all.
Cinquain/XIV
your stone
I do despise
and so amid this groan
my heart regrets such shameful ties
to lies
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In Greek mythology, Sisyphus was a king who was punished for his knavery by having to roll a large boulder up a hill, before it rolled back down again. He was forced to repeat this up and down cycle for eternity.
From this point on, I will only post even numbered cinquains.
Cinquain/I
we dash
down the hillside
towards the leafy brash
until our legs cry and collide
off stride
Cinquain/XII
her blade
rips howling veins
in a radical raid,
committing misbegotten reigns
to chains
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Caravaggio’s Judith Beheading Holofernes is one of my favorite Baroque paintings. Judith’s beheading of Holofernes is the subject of over 100 paintings and sculptures. I recently discovered a beautiful treatment of the story by German painter August Riedel.
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