It’s the last week of the month, the first day of fall, and that can only mean one thing in the Land of PENSIEVE:
This month’s theme? Autumn. This month’s poetic form? Cinquain.
I’m keeping it simple and easy–no small task for the likes of me–in order to snare as many of you as possible. Click the PPL badge for details and feel free to grab it for your post. I’ll have Mr. Linky posted here on Thursday so you can register your entries and we can wax poetic about all things Fall together :). If you’ve never tried PPL before, this is the perfect time for you to dive in!
Need a refresher course on "cinquain"? There are a couple of methods to write them; here are three suggestions from my previous post:
[1]
| Line 1: | a one-word line, a noun, that gives the poem its title |
| Line 2: | two adjectives that describes what the poem is about |
| Line 3: | three action -ing verbs that describe something the subject of the poem does |
| Line 4: | a phrase that indicates a feeling related to the subject of the poem |
| Line 5: | a one-word line, noun, that sums about the poem is about, essentially renaming it |
[2]
First Line: 2 syllables – One word, giving
title for your subject
Second Line: 4 syllables – Two words, describing
title
Third Line: 6 syllables – Three words,
expressing action
Fourth Line: 8 syllables – Four words, expressing
a feeling
Fifth Line: 2 syllables – Another word for the
title
[3] A five-line stanza with a rhyme scheme of a-b-a-b-b.
OOH! Count me in – I AM a fan of fall! (Have you read my first day of fall post?)
And.. you scared me for a minute, I thought a cinquain had to be ALL three of those things. Now THAT would be a chore! (And probably impossible since there seem to be a few conflicts, like the number of words for line 3!)
Autumn is the best season of them all (sorry Summer, for all your good qualities, you still don’t quite measure up). It’s also my most productive writing season. So…I cinq I quain play this month, too.
Count me in!
I love autumn–the colors, the crispness in the air (though I have to pretend about the crispness living in TX), the apples, the anticipation of the holidays from Halloween to New Year’s. It’s a crazy week for me, but I’ll see what I can do.
Oh…off to think if I can somehow incorporate this into my writing class. 🙂 Then I’ll play. How’s that for commitment.
The timing for this couldn’t have been better – I was trying to think of a post for Thurs., and I LOVE fall. Thanks! I’m definitely playing along!
Am I allowed to do Spring because that is what it is over here?
Will see how my access is – am away from Paradise at the moment – but if I am near a connection will do my best…
J’adore le fall!
i’ll get my brain in gear…..
Sadly, I must take a pass this month… 🙁 Novel planning needs every free minute I have in the morning. Ya’ll have fun though.
Oh Mr. Linky….? I’ve got “poems” ready and up on my blog…
Robin, will Mr. Linky go up soon today? (Thu)