F.O.R.M.- The Crapsey Cinquain Views: 39
Mar 30, 2010 8:17 pm F.O.R.M.- The Crapsey Cinquain #
Jack Huber Crapsey Cinquain
A cinquain can refer to any five-line poem with a set pattern or syllable count. Adelaide Crapsey, however, made the cinquain her own. Born in Brooklyn, NY, in 1878, at the turn of the century she was class poet at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie. Before her death of tuberculosis, her interest in haiku and tanka led her to develop her own cinquain patterns, as well as a new form of "doublet," a couplet that utilized two rhyming lines of ten syllables each. Much of Adelaide's work was published posthumously and it was Carl Sandburg's poem, "Adelaide Crapsey," that re-established her and her art form in popular culture.
Without rhyming, the Crapsey cinquain was most often written in iambic meter ("duh-DUM") and had a set syllable pattern. Its 22 syllables were arranged in lines of 2,4,6,8 and 2 syllables, respectively, for lines one through five.
Crapsey cinquains are the most popular but variations do exist. A “reverse cinquain” has a syllable pattern of 2-8-6-4-2 and a “mirror cinquain” pairs the Crapsey or standard cinquain with the reverse. Combining the two "mirror cinquain" stanzas and eliminating one of the two-syllable lines in the middle creates a nine-line “butterfly cinquain.” Link five stanzas and you have a “crown cinquain.” There seems to be no shortage of variations.
Examples:
Lightning
Its flash,
a brilliant test
of nighttime's secrecy,
exposes for an instant, then
escapes.
Cardinal
Red bird,
your glorious
plumage is radiant,
as your male ego is displayed
for her.
Copyright © 2010 by Jack Huber
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Mar 31, 2010 6:35 am re: F.O.R.M.- The Crapsey Cinquain #
Manohar Bhatia Jack,
I am trying out this Crapsey Cinquain::::::
Pink Necked Flamingoes.
Pink necks (2)
are eye-catching (4)
to watch in amazement (6)
especially picking fish from (8)
mud flats. (2)
I hope to be corrected.Thanks Jack for teaching me this easy new F.O.R.M.
Manohar Bhatia
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Mar 31, 2010 7:05 am re: F.O.R.M.- The Crapsey Cinquain #
dalip daswani
HEN
ruffle
your tail no more
your shimmering colors
no longer fascinate cocky
peacock
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Mar 31, 2010 9:01 am re: re: F.O.R.M.- The Crapsey Cinquain #
Maya Mahant Hard Rock
Three 'C's
of shining stone
costing a million buck,
carat, colour, clarity; a
diamond
Hard Rock
(Butterfly)
Four 'C's
of shining stone
costing a million buck
carat, cut, colour, clarity
hard rock.
Brilliant in gold or platinum
love's circlet forever;
girl's best friend, a
diamond.
Jack I am not sure of the syllable count of line 4 of both the poems.. carat (2), colour (2) clarity (3) cut (1)....?
Maya
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Mar 31, 2010 11:25 am re: re: re: F.O.R.M.- The Crapsey Cinquain #
Jack Huber Manohar, Dalip and Maya, all are splendid examples of Crapsey cinquains, which now make you Crapsey poets...
Maya, your syllable counts are correct, but you might want to change "buck" to "bucks" (a million bucks).
Good job!
Jack
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Mar 31, 2010 11:31 am re: re: re: re: F.O.R.M.- The Crapsey Cinquain #
Maya Mahant Thanks Jack, I will. Happened with copy paste, missed the typo.
Maya
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Apr 01, 2010 7:38 am re: re: re: re: F.O.R.M.- The Crapsey Cinquain #
Manohar Bhatia Jack,
Hip,hip,hurrays.........3 cheers to our very dear Jack,for teaching us this new F.O.R.M.God bless everyone in your family.
Manohar Bhatia
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