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Cinquain and the City - An Urban Verse

Posted: Tuesday, October 27, 2009

by Julian Price
http://www.uk-freelance-content-writer.co.uk/

City

City

Sprawling, stretching

Beating, pulsing life blood

Shouldering a weight of nations

Home

City

Clamour and noise

Proclaiming, politics

Divided, united, confused.

Concrete

City

Smoke clouds of grey

Enveloping the night

Dizzying, overwhelming all

A Shroud

City

Manic movement

Arrivals, departures

Joy, sadness, greetings and goodbyes

Heart Strings

City

Birth, life and death

A revelling in time

Contemplating tomorrow's name

Always

City

Clamour and noise

Enveloping the night

Joy, sadness, greetings and goodbyes

Always

A Cinquain is a five line poem. There are various forms of the cinquain and one of the most common structures each of its lines syllabically. In my example above each stanza has two syllables (Line 1), four syllables (Line 2), six syllables (Line 3), eight syllables (Line 4) and two syllables (Line 5).

In addition each line is separated (loosely at least) into, Line 1 (Noun), Line 2 (An adjective describing line 1), Line 3 (Verbs or action relating to line 1), Line 4 (A description of emotions) and Line 5 (A synonym of line 1).

This particular poem has six stanzas; with the sixth refraining a line (in sequential order) of each of the other stanzas and this is called a Garland Cinquain.

I hope you enjoyed this example.

Julian has diplomas in freelance journalism (with distinction), copywriting and proofreading. He is also a creative writer and poet who writes both professionally and for pleasure. Julian has written articles for an internet marketing company and although this medium is often restricted by topic, his writing still maintains a unique and often humourous style, with many of his articles achieving good results on search engines. He has found the discipline involved with this kind of work to be a great writing exercise and believes it enhances and improves other areas of his writing. Julian is becoming an established freelance writer and many of his articles here at searchwarp are a showcase of the variety and quality of his work.

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» left by Joyce Dunn
2 years 205 days ago.
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I enjoyed the example a lot. Nice description of a city

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» left by Julian Price 2 years 205 days ago.
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Thanks Joyce! Much appreciated! Julian

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» left by Nenita Wells
2 years 204 days ago.
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Hi Julian. I am an admirer of the cinquain forms and I enjoy writing as well as reading them. Your "City" is truly fascinating and I could feel the pulse and energy emanating from it. Well done. Best to you. ~Nenita~

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» left by Julian Price 2 years 204 days ago.
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Hi Nenita, thanks for reading and glad you enjoyed this particular cinquain. They are really fun to write arent they? I love the discipline involved in creating them. Thanks again, Julian

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