tender
tenacity
verdant shoots sprout in spring
perseverance in winter’s wake
frosted
~kat
An American Cinquain for Colleen Chesebro’s Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge using synonyms only for the prompt words: patience (tenacity, perseverance) and green (tender, verdant).
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March 15th, 2018 at 12:58 pm
I really love these cinquains. They give so much flexibility to our prose. This is gorgeous! ❤
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March 15th, 2018 at 1:00 pm
Thanks Colleen. I’m so glad to have found the “American” version. It allows the cinquain to sound less like a laundry list and more fluid.
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March 15th, 2018 at 1:09 pm
Yes. In the beginning, I shared the easiest version because it was new. You can write some pretty cool poetry with these forms. 😉
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March 15th, 2018 at 1:17 pm
I love the Garland style…want to give that one a try too. 🙂
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March 15th, 2018 at 1:18 pm
I agree. The last cinquain in the garland is amazing. I’m hooked on these forms. ❤
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March 16th, 2018 at 8:55 pm
Beautiful.. 😎😎😎😎😎
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March 16th, 2018 at 9:09 pm
Thank you. 😊
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