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The Cinquain Challenge: Form 9—The Grammar Cinquain

This week, we’re looking at yet another form of cinquain—I have called it a Grammar Cinquain. This form varies from the two base Crapsey forms, using different word-types instead. The first line is made of a single noun, the second line has two adjectives, the third line has three ‘-ing’ words’, the fourth line has a phrase, and the fifth line has a synonym or alternative word for the noun in the first line. For those of you who are new to this series, 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. Cinquains were invented by Adelaide Crapsey was an American poet who was inspired by the rules of Japanese poetry to create her own poetical form, the cinquain. Here’s an example, originally written for a poetry collection to come out later this year: Goblins Inspired by those horrible green critters of many fantasy tales, this piece is my first grammar cinquain. It w

Progress Report: Week 3 May 2014

Went down with the flu—again, and only had one morning trip on the bus, which seems to be where most of my writing gets done during semester. I’ve completed less than half of the 7.000-word target for the week. On the up-side, I have passed all the mini-tests and returned to the pre-reading for the final draft of an essay. Guess what I’ll spend Sunday on? After that, I might be able to write some more. Here's to fingers crossed, hey. Overview New words produced: 3,374 Old words revised: 0 Works completed: 13 (for inclusion in a longer work) Works revised: 0 Covers created: 0 Works published: 0 Works submitted: 0 Competitions Entered: 0 Tier 1 Tasks Annual 13: Added 432 words Annual 14: Added 2,942 words Publishing Tasks Created 1 blog posts for this blog; New Arrivals The following ideas arrived this week: Poem370—The Hidden Face: a cinq-cinquain about a person’s darker side; Poem371—The Halls of the Moon: a science fiction