Cinquain Poems

Cinquain Pattern #1

Line1: One word

Line2: Two words

Line 3: Three words

Line 4: Four words

Line 5: One word

Cinquain Pattern #1

(example)

Dinosaurs

Lived once,

Long ago, but

Only dust and dreams

Remain

Cinquain Pattern #1

(example)

Knights

Armour, shields

Fighting, charging, slaughtering

Worried, delighted, brave, fearsome

Crusaders

Cinquain Pattern #2

Line1: A noun

Line2: Two adjectives

Line 3: Three -ing words

Line 4: A phrase

Line 5: Another word for the noun

Cinquain Pattern #2

(example)

Spaghetti

Messy, spicy

Slurping, sliding, falling

Between my plate and mouth

Delicious

Cinquain Pattern #2

(example)

Mules

Stubborn, unmoving

Braying, kicking, resisting

Not wanting to listen

People

Cinquain Pattern #3

Line1: Two syllables

Line2: Four syllables

Line 3: Six syllables

Line 4: Eight syllables

Line 5: Two syllables

Cinquain Pattern #3

(example)

Baseball

Bat cracks against

The pitch, sending it out

Over the back fence, I did it!

Homerun

Cinquain Pattern #3

example

Listen...

With faint dry sound,

Like steps of passing ghosts,

The leaves, frost-crisp'd, break from the trees

And fall.