illness
flee far away,
so may this home be blessed
with health and fortitude, today
I pray
Tag Archives: cinquain
elusive soap (a cinquain)
mordant
silence bubbles
up in our folded throats
and peace, that elusive soap, floats
away
little girl lost (cinquain)
no key
on your person,
freezing under a tree
endlessly praying for someone
to come
rot away
The wings
that carry us
shall rot away one day;
we shall fall if we are not taught
to fly.
24 Toes (a cinquain)
pale pearls,
like muted moons,
beam beneath coffee curls,
as a mellifluous voice croons
old tunes
Cinquain/LXXXVI
scandals,
from mouth to ear,
waft slyly by candles,
whilst tipsy minions strain to hear
cheap smears
Cinquain/LXXXIV
tanks creep
through silent street,
for we have gone to sleep,
and cannot wake up to defeat
the fleet
Cinquain/LIX
beware
of comrades who
consciously withhold their
company when hardships halt to
hurt you
Christmas Cinquain
flowers
bandaged in rime
fall on barren bowers
as a chapel bell meekly chimes
the time
Cinquain/LVII
pixies
prance ere cockcrow
amidst fine sterling trees,
but, dreams will come when morning’s glow
is known
——
57 is an older cinquain.