CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

Just when I thought I’d discovered every variation of cinquain there was, I found another—the Cinq Cinquain. To the best of my knowledge, this form consists of five cinquain verses, making it similar to both the garland and crown forms. 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: The Hidden Face Still caged My nightmare half Reigned in tight; no carnage today Dark soul prowling dissatisfied Restless Psycho Murderous rage Held back, steadied, tight-leashed Soothed and calmed to quietitude Lonely Baresark Old genes passed down A legend not need...

This week, my health continues to improve, my lessons continue, and assessment pressure is slowly building. I also had three or four days on the bus, which means I was able to create most of the short pieces you see listed below. I’m well behind on the monthly title, and I don’t know if I can catch it up. The week ahead has three assessments due. One is complete bar the tweaking, which can’t occur until Monday night, and two are in-class tests – so, now much writing scheduled. We’ll see. Ideally, I should have completed another 15,000 words by the end of the month, and it’s not looking great for that.   Overview   New words produced: 7,596 Old words revised: 0 Works completed: 26 (or two collections of work) Works revised: 0 Covers created: 0 Works published: 0 Works submitted: 0 Competitions Entered: 0 Tier 1 Tasks Annual 13: Added 1,063 words Annual 14: Added 5,633 words Publishing Tasks Created 1 blog post for this blog; Ne...

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...

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...