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Cinquain  is a poem of five lines. It was invented by Adelaide Crapsey.
Like the haiku and tanka it depends on brevity and juxtaposition of images. Raymond Luber adopted the format:
line 1:title-a noun with just one word
line 2:Describes the title with two words
line 3:Action words/phrase about title with three words
line 4:A feeling about the title with four words
line 5:Refers to the title with again just one word
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Thank you Bill for loving me and encouraging me to write.
July 12,1947-December 25,2004
I took a chance,
together we danced.
The nights turning colder,
I rested my head on your shoulder.
Dancing through the rain,
dancing through Alzheimer's pain.
Until at Christmas you went home,
yet never really leaving me alone.
I’m glad I didn't’miss the dance,
I’m glad I took the chance.
It was worth all the pain,
dancing with you in Alzheimer’s rain.
No matter how strong the pain.
Dancing in Alzheimer’s rain,
knowing joy in the midst of pain.
I’d do it all again.

Journal entries Alzheimer ,our life together,etc. Please click Older on journal page for index. Bill's story an ongoing project. I hope to add poetry and more pages soon.
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Clouds
Cotton balls
Dancing gracefully today
Bringing serenity and wonder
Magical

Adelaid Crapsey's  form consists of 2,4,6,8,2 syllable lines.
Love songs
Reminding me
Of memories we shared
Our love living beyond the grave
Timeless

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Calligrams can be found on these pages:
Christmas Calligrams And Other Christmas Poems
Introduction to Calligrams      Duck
AutumnLeaf And Autumn PoemsSnowman And Other Winter Poems
Heart  Butterfly
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                                                 The voice of an angry woman                
                                                   The sound of glass breaking
      
                                                   Workman taking siding off a building
                                                    A mother undressing her child

                                                Folded white towels in the linen closet
                                                Stacked loaves of white bread at the store

                                                Taking off my pantyhose                           Stars in the sky
                                                 snake shedding its' skin                           A diamond bracelet

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Ghazal (pronounced ghuzzle) poem is of Persian origin It is couplets which can stand by themselves. Does not have to be thematic. Can be rhymed or unrhymed. But rhymed are more consistent with the original form.Often it has a signature couplet at the end where the person's name is invoked in the second or third person. It can be any length but at least five couplets and usually has a consistent syllabic count. A traditional ghazal is often sung.
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Owners of Eternity
Poem written in memory of Bill and the love we shared. One of the last pictures of the two of us. A medley of love songs I put together into a midi.

Nancy
Poem written after seeing Nancy Regan on television in May 2004.

Dream Song (On Wings Of  Love)
Poem written from a song in a dream. Original midi.

Valentines
An Awdl Gwydd poem.

A Highland Love Song #2

A Highland Love Song
Poem written while listening to Highland Cathedral.

New Year

Love Letters
Poem written with tanka style stanzas.

Ocean
Poems written in haiku style.

Don't Worry
A birthday poem written for my husband.

Welcome To The World
On the birth of a     child.

Orchestra
A Sound poem illustrated with rain applet.

My Wedding Day
Title says it all.

One Word Line Poems (unitoum)
Form of a poem I read by Ron Drummond.

Butterfly Calligram
original midi on page.

In Memory Of Meme
Saying goodbye by painting with words.

Ode To Moon Talking to moon star to fade applet with pictures of the moon

Sunset Haiku One poem is part of the java applet.

Meditation A poem written in the tanka style

My Secret Place A poem inspired by a writing exercise

Abantu Poetry Two line poems written in a style invented by the African Bantu tribe

The Last Time I Saw You This poem came out of a writing exercise

Sailing Through Life
Poem inspired by a poster

Lightning Poems written in the tanka style illustrated with Lightning applet

Masks Ripping off masks and finding the freedom to be myself.

Rain Poems Poems written in the tanka style and illustrated with rain applet

Garden Of The World   Three line stanzas with end rhymes. Illustrated with a fade to cube applet

Shooting Star: Poem gets its' name from the last line. .

Vase: Inspired by  vases  broken and then put back together with gold filigree to become priceless works of art

Letting Go: Short poem about blossoms letting go

Life Goes On: Poem inspired by a quote by Robert Frost

The Conductor: Poem illustrated with fade applet

Love You: Heart shaped Calligram I wrote as e-mail

Life: A cento poem quotes from the book "Be Happy:
Remember To Live, Love Laugh and Learn".
Night

Night covers the sky with her dark web.
Signals time to get ready for bed.

Tucked safe under comforter of down.
The wind fiercely howling all around.

Things thump outside in middle of night.
Dancing until there comes morning light.

A light shining dimly down the hall.
Plays video of shadows on the wall.

Feeling your warmth next to me in bed.
Night covers the sky with her dark web.

Myoriah sleeps under quilt of down.
The wind fiercely howling all around.

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I was recently informed that Bantu is a derogatory name and that the correct name is now Abantu

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