a pond ..
coot a’swimmin
swift as a torpedo
wonderin’ what he finally found
two ducks
quacking, awakened in surprise
they too start a’swimmin
a dragon-fly
.. flies off
G.s.k. ‘15
A butterfly cinquain is a nine-line syllabic verse of the following pattern: 2 / 4 / 6 / 8 / 2 / 8 / 6 / 4 / 2.
Jane Doughery Writes: Poetry challenge #8: Butterfly cinquain
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A fun feel to this one, Bastet! 🙂
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Thanks … the form tickled my Muse 😉
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those butterflies … ooh la la! 😉
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LOL!!!
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Love the sound of those quacking ducks! lovely flow here, cara
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Thanks … it was fun to come across this interesting form and play with it 🙂
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I always learn so much from you. Like Cubby, I’ve learned to write poetry more and more in the past two years and get better at it:)
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Ah .. the writing is not only the proof of the pudding it is the perfection of the pudding 🙂 Thanks for the lovely compliment .. and here’s to dear Cubby! Hugs.
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