This week, we’re looking at a fourth type of cinquain. Again, it uses either a Crapsey Form 1 or a Crapsey Form 2 as a base. For those of you who are new to this series, Adelaide Crapsey was an American poet who was inspired by the rules of Japanese poetry to create her own poetical form, the cinquain. A cinquain is a five-line poem that has a set number of syllables (or word types) per line. Sometimes the title of a cinquain acts as a sixth line. The fourth type of cinquain we’ll look at is called a Mirror Cinquain. This form consists of two five-line verses—a Crapsey Form 1 or 2 cinquain, and a Reverse Cinquain based on the form used in the first verse. Here’s an example, inspired by the day outside my window: Sunlight Reflected on leaves From a sky grey with cloud Rain threatens, wind blows, the sun shines Autumn Some leaves Have turned early Red and yellow highlights Amidst a stormy sea of green Autumn And here’s another one. St...
