September 2, 2019

September Cinqku 1 & 2

By Kat Myrman

Catching up…for September’s short form, I’ll be exploring the Cinqku. (Read the description below.)

1-

maybe
tomorrow,
usually
means never…but there is
one day

Hurricane Dorian -photo by VOX

2-

tempests
rage wildly
it’s what they do
its victims, helpless still,
ask why

~kat
(Thoughts for those affected by the hurricane…may they be safe.)

A cinqku must always have 5 lines and a perfect seventeen-syllable count. The lines typically follow a 2,3,4,6,2 format. There is no title requirement on the second line. As for syntax and diction styles, it follows the free Tanka style originally. There are no metric requirements for a cinqku poem. Additionally, the final line must contain a cinquain or kireji turn for emphasis. 

This entry was posted on Monday, September 2nd, 2019 at 11:11 pm and tagged with , , , , and posted in Challenges and Writing Prompts, Cinqku, Poetry, Random Thoughts and Musings. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

8 responses to “September Cinqku 1 & 2”

I love feedback...

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.