Cinquain Train

[poetinahat]

Just for fun -- one more game thread. I got the idea from Norman D Gutter, who mentioned cinquains.

Cinquains are five-line poems. I've found several sets of rules for them -- I've picked the form below because it lends itself best to a game. Just start with the last line of the previous poem (as in the chain, chain, chain thread).

Line 1 = 2 syllables
Line 2 = 4 syll.
Line 3 = 6 syll.
Line 4 = 8 syll.
Line 5 = 2 syll.

Okay, here's your start:

Floodlights
Bathe shy faces
In a crude dazzle splash.
Frightened men hunch and wail, helpless.
Dogs bark.

 

[Rivana]

Yay! Game!
^o^

Walk on
scattered roses.
I hear a distant prayer
calling for the darkness to end.
Dawn comes.

*

 

[KTC]

Dawn comes,
white light nestles
upon the spread of sheets
intriguing me with their wisdom
Cool warmth

 

[Norman D Gutter]

Floodlights
Bathe shy faces
In a crude dazzle splash.
Frightened men hunch and wail, helpless.
Dogs bark.
===========================

Dogs bark
as lightning lights
a night sky. But no, not
a storm, but a lone meteor.
Cats sleep.

 

[Rivana]

*groans* I knew I'd missed something... Oh well...

Cats sleep
under moonlight
lapping milk from the sky
in dreams full of playing and fun
Stars fall

 

[jst5150]

Stars fall
mighty gall'yon
thunders shots into night
smashing clipper's thin outer shell
Deep sixed

 

[Godfather]

deep sixed
watch them thrift
a six-pack of artists
haha! diff'rent, original?
whats that?

 

[moblues]

What’s that?
You say something?
I must have misheard you.
I fear it is just but a game
To you.

 

[poetinahat]

To you
a gallery
is vibrant asylum,
a decrepit shipping warehouse
downtown.

 

[ddgryphon]

Downtown
night lights blinking
reflections in windows
flashing between breaths in dark panes
alone

 

[KTC]

.

 

[Rivana]

Chanting
prayers to the sky
forgotten words of faith
fill the heavens with their love
Be safe

 

[KTC]

Be safe,
arms to Jesus
flung in prayer despair
circling the dizzying fray
faith song

 

[Rivana]

Faith song
for the first time
sung as if they meant it
Perhaps there's hope for mankind yet
Let's hope

 

[Godfather]

lets hope
that we can hope
even when our hope glands
have dried out, and our eyes start to
water

 

[Lyra Jean]

Let's hope
all is fair in
love and war for they both
hurt. Injured parties grieve with each
other.

 

[moblues]

Water
cold and lonely
is the home we now know.
Rust, ruptured bilge now our blanket
We sleep.

 

[Dee]

Let's hope
all is fair in
love and war for they both
hurt. Injured parties grieve with each
other.

Rosemerry, I see you too love faeries. I am working on a book of faery poetry. It's been blissfully fun.

Anyway, I'm glad I stumbled across this thread... I love these games.

Other
People may stare
But they can't see inside
To where the soul cradles my heart
Divine

 

[moblues]

We sleep
Once we were young.
We speak to you each day
Of the tales of your ancestors
We live.

 

[Lyra Jean]

We live
in a world of
wonder and delight mixed
with terror, sorrow, grief and then
we die.

 

[kdnxdr]

we die
extinquished suns
vibrant fires no longer
black holes consuming others' death
we're cold

 

[Dee]

We die
Life extinguished
Our essense floats away
Scooped up midflight by God himself
We live

 

[KTC]

We live
inside ourselves
protection against death
a promise broken in the end
with hope

 

[Dee]

With Hope
She bade farewell
To the love of her life
Only temporarily gone
Faithful

 

[pconsidine]

With Hope
She bade farewell
To the love of her life
Only temporarily gone
Faithful

Faithful
do we suffer
the sins of our fathers.
Our redemption comes from battle
hard won.